Office Information
Plant Pathology - CAES
Plant Pathology
One Shields Avenue
354 Hutchison Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8680
Phone: (530) 752-0300
Fax: (530) 752-5674
Chair & Professor
Thomas Gordon
Title: Chair & Professor
Specialty: The ecology and evolution of plant pathogenic fungi, fungal-insect interactions, disease control.
Email: trgordon@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-4269
Staff List
Oscar G Bacon
Title: Professor Emeritus
Specialty: Agricultural entomology
Email: nonelisted@3.com
Phone: (530) 752-0475
Dr Kendra Baumgartner
Title: USDA-ARS research plant pathologist
Specialty: grapevine diseases
Email: kbaumgartner@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 530-754-7461
Linda Bolkan
Title: Staff Research Associate
Email: llbolkan@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-8464
Richard M Bostock
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of host-pathogen interaction; diseases of fruit and nut crops
Department of Plant Pathology
Davis, 95616
Email: rmbostock@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0308
Greg T Browne
Title: USDA Research Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Soil-borne diseases of fruit and nut trees and other horticultural crops
Email: gtbrowne@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-9351
Janet Brown-Simmons
Title: Department Manager
Email: jbsimmons@ucdavis.edu
George E Bruening
Title: Professor Biochemist-AES
Specialty: Biochemistry of viruses, satellite RNAs and other small pathogenic RNAs, mechanisms of resistance to plant viruses, biochemistry of nucleic acids and proteins
Email: gebruening@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3474
Edward E Butler
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Mycology, soil microbiology, mycoparasitism
Phone: (530) 752-0306
Robert N Campbell
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Vegetable disease, fungus transmission of plant viruses
Email: rncampbell@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-4568
Edwin L Civerolo
Title: Research Leader USDA
Specialty: Phytobacteriology - ecology, epidemiology and control of phytopathogenic bacteria; characterization of phytopathogenic bacteria. Biology and control of plant viruses affecting fruit trees
Email: elciverolo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-8694
Douglas Cook
Title: Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Plant Genomics, Plant-Microbe Interactions, Plant Pathology
Email: drcook@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-6561
R Michael Davis
Title: CE Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Diseases of vegetable & field crops
Email: rmdavis@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0303
Dr John M Duniway
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Epidemiology, soilborn pathogens, water relations
University of California
Davis, 95616
Email: jmduniway@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0324
W Harley English
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Epidemiology and control of fungal and bacterial diseases of deciduous fruits and nuts
Phone: (530) 752-7310
Lynn Epstein
Title: Professor
Specialty: Biology, biochemical ecology and control of phytopathogenic fungi; fungal development; sustainable agriculture; efficient design of field trials
Dept. Plant Pathology
Davis, 95616
Email: lepstein@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-7916
Bryce W Falk
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Plant virology, virus vector relationships, engineered resistance
Email: bwfalk@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0302
Robert L Gilbertson
Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Seed pathology, virology
Email: rlgilbertson@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3163
David G Gilchrist
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Genetics and physiology of host-pathogen interaction, diseases of agronomic crops
Email: dggilchrist@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-6938
Deborah A Golino
Title: CE Specialist Director Foundation Plant Services Plant Pathology Department
Specialty: Virus diseases of horticultural crops and nursery clean stock programs
Hopkins Rd.
Davis, 95616
Email: dagolino@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-8102
Fax: 530-752-2132
Raymond G Grogan
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Vegetable diseases, bacteriology, virology, mycology
Dr Walter D Gubler
Title: Extension Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Trees, vines, small fruits
Email: wdgubler@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0304
Jeff Hall
Title: Senior Photographer
Phone: (530) 752-3982
William B Hewitt
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Grape diseases
Richard Hoenisch
Title: Analyst II
Email: rwhoenisch@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 530 754 2255
Mrs Elizabeth Martin Jeffery-Noring
Specialty: Student Affairs Officer for Plant Pathology, Nematology and Science and Society
Notes: My new title is Student Affairs Officer but since it was not a title option Administrative Assistant was used.
Email: emjeffery@ucdavis.edu
Clarence I Kado
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Molecular biology plant bacteriology and biotechnology
Email: cikado@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-7231 (530) 752-0325
Bruce C Kirkpatrick
Title: Associate Plant Pathologist-AES
Email: bckirkpatrick@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-2831
Vicki Klaasen
Title: Staff Research Associate
Email: vaklaasen@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-5218
Bert Lear
Title: Professor Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Nematode diseases, chemical soil treatments
Judith Martin
Title: Management Services Officer
Email: jjmartin@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3793
Christina Mathein
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: clmathein@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0446
Evelyn McCleer
Email: emccleer@ucdavis.edu
John M Mircetich
Title: Emeritus USDA Research Plant Pathologist
Phone: (530) 752-1919
George Nyland
Title: Emeritus Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Fruit tree virus and mycoplasma diseases; thermo- and chemotherapy of plants; clean stock programs
Karina Perez
Email: kpperez@ucdavis.edu
David M Rizzo
Title: Assistant Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Mycology; fungal diseases of woody plants, fungal ecology; forest pathology
Email: dmrizzo@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 754-9255
Pamela Ronald
Title: Assistant Plant Pathologist
Specialty: Molecular biology of plant disease resistance to pathogens
Email: pcronald@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1654
Adib Rowhani
Title: Associate Specialist
Specialty: Plant virology, viruses of perennial crops, characterization and detection
Foundation Plant Materials Service
Phone: (530) 752-5401
Louisa Ruedas
Title: Office Manager Administrative Specialist
Email: mlruedas@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-1879
Steve Silva
Title: Principal Agricultural Technician
Phone: (530) 752-0564
Sue Sim
Title: Staff Research Associate
Phone: (530) 752-6745 (530) 752-8679
Janet Stites
Title: Staff Research Associate
Email: jlstites@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-8464
Dr Krishnamurthy V Subbarao
Title: Plant Pathologist CE Specialist
Specialty: Epidemiology and integrated control of plant pathogens
1636 East Alisal Street
Salinas, 93905
Email: kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (831) 755-2890
Brett M Tyler
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Molecular genetics of fungi, molecular biology
Email: bmtyler@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-4771
Jerry K Uyemoto
Title: Associate Plant Pathologist-AES
Specialty: Epidemiology and control of virus and mycoplasma diseases of fruit and nut crops, USDA
Phone: (530) 752-0309
Joe Wakeman
Title: Staff Research Associate
Phone: (530) 752-0323
Robert K Webster
Title: Professor Plant Pathologist-AES, Emeritus
Specialty: Genetics host-parasite co-evolution; disease resistance; cause and control of field crop diseases with emphasis on rice and barley
Email: rkwebster@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-0316
Fax: (530) 752-5674
Ms Brenda K Wing
Title: Executive Academic Assistant
Email: bkwing@ucdavis.edu
Phone: 530 752-0300
Guyla Yoak
Title: Administrative Assistant
Email: gfyoak@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (530) 752-3794