Faculty

Leslie M. Roche

• Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty
• Plant Sciences Executive Committee - At-Large Representative
• Russell L. Rustici Endowed Specialist in Cooperative Extension in Rangeland Watershed Science

Rangeland and pasture management, ecology of grazing lands, grazing systems, drought and climate change adaptation, participatory research

• 530-752-5583
• lmroche@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

1232 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Daniel Potter

• Professor
• Faculty
• Plant Sciences Executive Committee - Teaching and Curriculum
• Vice Chair for Teaching

Plant systematics; taxonomy, evolution, and phylogenetic relationships of fruit crops and their wild relatives; molecular approaches to phylogeny reconstruction; ethnobotany

• 530-754-6141
• dpotter@ucdavis.edu
• Lab Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2041 WICKSON
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Jeffrey P. Mitchell

• Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty

Vegetable production; water management; agricultural ecology; crop management impacts on postharvest quality

• 559-646-6565
• mitchell@uckac.edu
• Website
• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

KEARNEY AG
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Richard W. Michelmore

• Distinguished Professor
• Faculty

Comparative functional genomics of disease resistance, lettuce genomics and breeding

• 530-752-1729
• rwmichelmore@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

4311 GBSF
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Mohsen B. Mesgaran

• Assistant Professor
• Faculty

Weedy and invasive plants in agricultural and natural systems

• 530-752-0852
• mbmesgaran@ucdavis.edu
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

276 ROBBINS
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Maeli Melotto

• Professor
• Faculty

Area of expertise: Biology of plant-microbe interactions, plant defenses against human and plant pathogens, stomatal immunity, bacterial pathogenesis

• 530-752-1747
• melotto@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

104 MANN LAB
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

David J. Mackill

• Adjunct Professor

• djmackill@ucdavis.edu
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2140 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Mark E. Lundy

• Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty

Agronomy, sustainable intensification, cropping systems analysis, input use efficiency, integrating technology and data into production practices

• 530-902-7295
• melundy@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Small Grains UC ANR
• Small Grains Blog
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2232 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Bruce A. Linquist

• Professor of Cooperative Extension
• Faculty
• Plant Sciences Executive Committee - Vice Chair of Outreach and Extension

My focus is on sustainable management of rice systems - in particular fertility management, nutrient and carbon cycling, water use, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions

• 530-752-3125
• balinquist@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

3224 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616

Andrew Morris Latimer

• Professor
• Faculty

Plant population and community ecology; climate, drought, and fire effects on forests and rangelands; statistical modeling

• 530-752-0896
• amlatimer@ucdavis.edu
• Website
• Google Scholar
• ORCID

2224 PES
UC Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis CA 95616