BPSC Faculty

Current BPS Faculty

For a list of our current Emeriti faculty, click here.

Mary Lu Arpaia

phone (559) 646-6561

Botany and Plant Sciences Dept

Contact Info:
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist, Subtropical Horticulture
CE -Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (559) 646-6561
E-mail: marylu.arpaia@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/marylu.arpaia

Julia Bailey-Serres

phone (951) 827-3738

email julia.bailey@ucr.edu

Mechanisms that enable crops to be resilient to floods and other climate change stresses,Mechanisms of gene activity control from chromatin to the translated mRNA, Technologies that enalble analysis of gene regulation in specific populatoins of cells

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist
Tel: (951) 827-3738
E-mail: julia.bailey@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/julia.bailey

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

James Baird

phone (951) 827-5630

email james.baird@ucr.edu

Botany and Plant Sciences Dept

Contact Info:
Title: Professor
CE -Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5630
E-mail: james.baird@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/james.baird

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Christopher Catano

phone (951) 827-1723

email christopher.catano@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor
Botany & Plant Sciences
Tel:
E-mail: christopher.catano@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/christopher.catano

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Meng Chen

phone (951) 827-5635

email meng.chen@ucr.edu

Light and temperature signaling in plants

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5635
E-mail: meng.chen@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/mengc

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Sean Cutler

phone (951) 827-6990

email sean.cutler@ucr.edu

Plant Biology, Chemical Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biotechnology

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6990
E-mail: sean.cutler@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/cutler

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Katayoon Dehesh

phone (951) 827-6370

email katayoon.dehesh@ucr.edu

Contact Info:

Title: Distinguished Professor and Molecular Biochemist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6370
E-mail: katayoon.dehesh@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/katayoon.dehesh

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Ashraf El Kereamy

phone (951) 827-2280 | 559-592-2408 Ext. 1154

email ashraf.elkereamy@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension

CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-2280 | 559-592-2408 Ext. 1154
E-mail ashraf.elkereamy@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/ashraf.elkereamy

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Thomas Eulgem

phone (951) 827-7740

email thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Department Chair, Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7740

E-mail: thomas.eulgem@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/teulgem

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Exequiel Ezcurra

phone (951) 827-4368

email exequiel.ezcurra@ucr.edu

Desert ecology, Coastal ecology, Conservation biology, Ethnobotany

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor of Ecology
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4368
E-mail: exequiel.ezcurra@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/exequiel

Juan Pablo Giraldo

phone (951) 827-3583

email juanpablo.giraldo@ucr.edu

Plant Nanobiotechnology, Plant Physiology, Nanosensors, Nanoparticle-plant Interactions

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Physiologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3583
E-mail: juanpablo.giraldo@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/juanpg

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Thomas Girke

phone (951) 732-7072

email thomas.girke@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Bioinformatics

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 732-7072

E-mail thomas.girke@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/thomas.girk

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Venugopala Gonehal

phone (951) 827-3482

email venu.gonehal@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Plant Cell Biologist

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 732-7072

E-mail venu.gonehal@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/venu.goneha

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Darrel Jenerette

phone (951) 827-7113

email darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Landscape Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7113
E-mail: darrel.jenerette@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/gdjen

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Zhenyu (Arthur) Jia

phone (951) 827-3987

email arthur.jia@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3987
E-mail: arthur.jia@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/zhenyuj

Faculty website: Jia Lab

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Robert Jinkerson

phone (951) 827-2271

email robert.jinkerson@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
CFM-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-2271
E-mail: robert.jinkerson@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/rjinkers

Adam Jozwiak

phone (951) 827-4401

email adamj@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Molecular Biochemistry
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4401
E-mail: adamj@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/adam.jozwiak

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Sunil Kenchanmane Raju

phone (951)827-8672

email sunilkuk@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Plant Resilience
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 867-8672
E-mail: sunilkumar.kenchanmaneraju@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/sunilkumar.kenchanmaneraju

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Daniel Koenig

phone (951) 827-3212

email daniel.koenig@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3212
E-mail: daniel.koenig@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dkoenig

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Loralee Larios

phone (951) 827-4001

email loralee.larios@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4001
E-mail: loralee.larios@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/loralee

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

B Larry Li

phone (951) 827-4776

email bai-lian.li@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Ecologist

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4776

E-mail bai-lian.li@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/bai-lian.li

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Amy Litt

phone (951) 827-2113

email amy.litt@ucr.edu

Plant diversity, evolution, and development

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor and Plant Evolution & Develop Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-2113
E-mail: amy.litt@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/amylitt

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Adam J. Lukaszewski

phone (951) 827-3946

email adam.lukaszewski@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3946 | 9518273946

E-mail adam.lukaszewski@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/adam.lukaszewsk

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Peggy Mauk

phone (951) 827-4274

email peggy.mauk@ucr.edu

Agricultural Operations

Contact Info:
Title: Director of Agricultural Operations

CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4274

E-mail peggy.mauk@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/peggy.mauk

Milton McGiffen

phone (909) 560-0839

email milt.mcgiffen@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist, Vegetable Crops

CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (909) 560-0839

E-mail milt.mcgiffen@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/milt.mcgiffe

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Donald Merhaut

phone (951) 827-1523

email donald.merhaut@ucr.edu

Contact Info:

Title: Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Horticulture

CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-1523

E-mail donald.merhaut@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/donald.merhau

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Dawn Nagel

phone (951) 827-4425

email dawn.nagel@ucr.edu

Plant circadian clock and temperature responses

Contact Info:
Title: Associate Professor of Genetics and Genomics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4425
E-mail: dawn.nagel@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dawnn

https://dawnnagel.wixsite.com/nagelucr

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

David Nelson

phone (951) 827-4397

email david.nelson@ucr.edu

Mechanisms and evolution of plant hormone signaling pathways, strigolactones, karrikins

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4397
E-mail: david.nelson@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/davidn

https://nelsonlab.ucr.edu

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Carolyn Rasmussen

phone (951) 827-4415

email carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu

Division plane orientation and the cytoskeleton in shape and patterning in plants

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Plant Cell Biologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4415
E-mail: carolyn.rasmussen@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/crasmu

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Philippe Rolshausen

phone (951) 827-6988

email philippe.rolshausen@ucr.edu

Vascular diseases of tree crops

Contact Info:
Title: Professor Coop Extension Specialist, Subtropical Crops
CE-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-6988
E-mail: philippe.rolshausen@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/philrols

https://ucanr.edu/sites/Rolshausen/

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Louis Santiago

phone (951) 827-4951

email louis.santiago@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Physiological Ecologist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4951
E-mail: louis.santiago@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/santiago

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Danelle Seymour

phone (951) 827-4441

email danelle.seymour@ucr.edu

Genetics, genomics, and breeding in citrus

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Genetics
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4441
E-mail: danelle.seymour@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dseymour

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Patricia Springer

phone (951) 827-5785

email patricia.springer@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Genetics

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5785

E-mail patricia.springer@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/patricia.springer

Linda Walling

phone (951) 827-4687

email linda.walling@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/lwalling

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Qiguo Yu

phone (951)827-1117

email qiguo.yu@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)827-1117

E-mail qiguo.yu@ucr.edu

Shizhong Xu

phone (951) 827-5898

email shizhong.xu@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-5898

E-mail shizhong.xu@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/shizhong.x

Member of the UC ANR – UC Agricultural Experiment Station

Adjunct Professors

Jorge Ferreira

phone (951) 369-4830

email jorge.f.ferreira@ucr.edu

US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS

Contact Info:

Title Adjunct Professor and Research Plant Physiologist, Ph.D.

Botany and Plant Sciences Dept
Tel: (951)-369-4830
E-mail: jorge.f.ferreira@ucr.edu

Tracy Kahn

phone (951)827-7360

email tracy.kahn@ucr.edu

University of California, Riverside

Contact Info:

Title Adjunct Professor

Botany and Plant Sciences Dept
Tel: (951) 827-7360
E-mail: tracy.kahn@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/tracy.kahn

Paul Nabity

phone (951)827-3927

email paul.nabity@unimelb.edu.au

The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia

Contact Info:

Title: Adjunct Professor

E-mail: paul.nabity@unimelb.edu.au

Devinder Sandhu

phone (951)369-4832

email devinder.sandhu@ucr.edu

US Salinity Laboratory, USDA-ARS

Contact Info:

Title: Adjunct Professor and Research Geneticist
Adjunct Professor-Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951)-369-4832
E-mail: devinder.sandhu@ucr.edu

Jaimie Van Norman

phone (951)827-2134

email jaimievannorman@g.ucla.edu

Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

University of California, Los Angeles

Contact Info:

Title: Adjunct Professor

Tel: (310) 206-0661

E-mail: jaimievannorman@g.ucla.edu

Emeriti Faculty

Edith Allen

phone (951) 217-4645

email edith.allen@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist and Professor, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 217-4645
E-mail: edith.allen@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/eallen

Timothy Close

phone (951) 827-3318

email timothy.close@ucr.edu

Agricultural Plant Genomics and Breeding, Resource development: high-density genotyping, genome sequences, markers, germplasm Cowpea, (Vigna unguiculata): biotic & abioitic stress, seed quality, domestication traits Dehydrin proteins and multigene family.

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of the Graduate Division and Professor and Geneticist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3318
E-mail: timothy.close@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/timclose

Darleen DeMason

phone (951) 827-3580

email darleen.demason@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Botany & Plant Morphologist, Emerita
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-3580
E-mail: darleen.demason@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/demason

Norman Ellstrand

phone (951)827-4194

email norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4194
E-mail: norman.ellstrand@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/norman.ellstrand

Janet Franklin

email janet.franklin@ucr.edu

jfranklin2@sdsu.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: janet.franklin@ucr.edu

jfranklin2@sdsu.edu

https://jfrankl39.wixsite.com/vale

Victor Gibeault

phone (951) 827-4401

email victor.gibeault@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: CE Environmental Horticulture Specialist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: victor.gibeault@ucr.edu

Arturo Gomez-Pompa

phone (951) 827-4748

email arturo.gomez-pompa@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: University Prof. & Distinguished Prof. of Botany, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: arturo.gomez-pompa@ucr.edu

David A Grantz

phone (559) 646-6599

email david.grantz@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Emeritus,Plant Physiologist & CE Air Quality Specialist
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: david.grantz@ucr.edu

Anthony E Hall

phone (530) 283-3052

email anthony.hall@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Plant Physiology & Crop Ecologist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: anthony.hall@ucr.edu

Robert L Heath

phone (951) 827-5925

email robert.heath@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of Plant Physiology & Biophysics, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: robert.heath@ucr.edu

Jodie Holt

phone (951) 827-7095

email jodie.holt@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Director of Botanic Gardens and Professor of Plant Physiology & Biophysics, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: jodie.holt@ucr.edu

bgdirector@ucr.edu

https://gardens.UCR.edu

Anthony Huang

phone (951) 827-4783

email anthony.huang@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of the Graduate Division and Botanist
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail: anthony.huang@ucr.edu

Carol J Lovatt

phone (951) 827-4663

email carol.lovatt@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Prof of the Graduate Division & Plant Physiologist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail carol.lovatt@ucr.edu

Alan McHughen

phone (951) 827-7532

email alanmc@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: CE DNA, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Specialist, Emeritus

Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7532
E-mail: alanmc@ucr.edu

Eugene A Nothnagel

phone (951) 827-3777

email eugene.nothnagel@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Prof of the Graduate Division & Plant Physiologist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail eugene.nothnagel@ucr.edu

Natasha Raikhel

phone (951) 827-6370

email natasha.raikhel@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor of the Graduate Division
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail natasha.raikhel@ucr.edu

Mikeal L. Roose

phone (951) 827-4137

email mikeal.roose@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor of the Graduate Division
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail mikeal.roose@ucr.edu

John G Waines

phone (951) 827-3706

email john.waines@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Professor and Geneticist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
E-mail john.waines@ucr.edu

Susan Wessler

phone (951) 827-7866

email susan.wessler@ucr.edu

Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor and Geneticist, Emeritus
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-7866
E-mail: susan.wessler@ucr.edu

https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/swessler

Department of Botany & Plant Sciences

Current BPS Faculty

Adjunct Professors

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Current BPS Faculty

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COLLEGE OF NATURAL &
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES