James
Ahern
jahern@calpoly.edu |
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AGB |
|
Commodity
marketing, industrial organization or market structure, price
analysis, horse racing |
Bill
Amspacher
wamspach@calpoly.edu |
|
AGB |
|
Econometrics,
economic analysis, quantitative analysis, forecasting, and
wine |
Christopher Appel
cappel@calpoly.edu |
|
ESS |
|
Environmental soil chemistry of heavy metal
interactions with soil surfaces. Surface chemistry and surface
physical chemistry of heavy metal sorption to soils. |
Louise
Berner
lberner@calpoly.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Dietary patterns,
nutrition, and health especially based on analyses of data from
CSFII and NHANES; estimation of usual intakes of foods; dietary
assessment; nutritional implications of food industry practices. |
Leanne
Berning
lberning@calpoly.edu |
|
DSCI |
|
Immune
mechanisms against animal diseases, particularly mastitis;
vaccine development; development of tests for different
aspects of white blood cell function (also applies to human
medicine); multi-media development of course materials |
J.
Wyatt Brown
wbrown@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) of vegetable and herbs with
special reference to lightly processed produce |
Charles
Burt
cburt@calpoly.edu |
|
BRAE |
|
Irrigation,
drainage, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, canal
automation, irrigation project, water rights, water balance,
evapotranspiration, soil moisture, furrow irrigation, salinity |
Rich
Cavaletto
rcavalet@calpoly.edu |
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BRAE |
|
Safety,
ag safety, ag safety & health, occupational safety,
machinery safety, ergonomics, safety training, safety
engineering |
Michael Costello
mcostell@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Grape insect
pest management, plant-insect interactions, insect response to
plant water and nutrient status, spider mites, spiders in
agriculture, cover cropping. |
Madoka
Dawson
mdawson@calpoly.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Nutritional
profile of university students (comparative study between
Japanese and US students); competency requirements for women
managers (comparative study between Japanese and US
organizations) |
Christopher Dicus
cdicus@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Fire in the
Wildland/Urban Interface. Forest management activities on fuel
loading and potential fire behavior. Forest regulation and its
impact on California landowners. |
Brian
Dietterick
bdietter@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Channel
restoration; water quality monitoring; BMP's for minimizing
erosion and water quality impacts; effects of timber
harvesting on water quantity and quality hydrologic modeling |
Del
Dingus
ddingus@calpoly.edu |
|
ESS |
|
Soil
chemistry; agronomy; land reclamation. Use of technology for
teaching. |
Nana
Farkye
nfarkye@calpoly.edu |
|
DSCI |
|
Dairy
chemistry and technology with emphasis on cheese manufacture
and ripening; fermented dairy foods; and food enzymology |
Les Ferriera
lsferrei@calpoly.edu |
|
DPT |
|
Dairy herd
management, cow comfort, artificial insemination, reproduction
management and dairy safety. |
Samantha
Gill
sgill@calpoly.edu |
|
BRAE/NRM |
|
Forest
biometrics; statistical modeling and analysis (especially
parametric techniques); GIS and remote sensing |
Marnie Goldenberg
mgoldenb@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Outdoor and Wilderness Education, Adventure
Recreation, Outcomes Associated with Participation, Means-End
Theory. |
David
Green II
degreen@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Plant
pathology; Improved turfgrass management techniques;
Integrated pest management, specializing in turfgrass
communities |
Brian
Hampson
bhampson@calpoly.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Food
safety; food quality; fruit and vegetable processing; water
quality and water usage in food processing; food microbiology;
air quality management in the processing environment; ozone as
a germicide |
Dave
Hannings
dhanning@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Wholesale
nurseries (nursery plant production); plant propagation;
orchids; plant tissue culture; abiotic plant problems |
David
Headrick
dheadric@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Biological
control of agricultural pests; biological control of weeds;
non-target impact of arthropods introduced for the biological
control of weeds; ecosystem management and biological control;
biology and behavior studies of the natural enemies of
agricultural and greenhouse pests; biology and taxonomy of
native phytophagous flies; pollination ecology-non-apis
pollinators; taxonomy of thrips parasitoids; mortality of
native and pest thrips populations |
Stan
Henderson
shenders@calpoly.edu |
|
DSCI |
|
Dairy
cattle genetics; dairy cattle management |
Bill
Hendricks
whendric@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Recreation
resource management; wilderness education; environ-mental
education; wilderness management; park management; outdoor
recreation; natural resources based tourism; ecotourism |
Wayne Howard
whhoward@calpoly.edu |
|
AGB |
|
Agribusiness
Management, human resources management, appraisal, policy
analysis. |
Jeff Jacobs
jacobs@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM/REC |
|
Environmental and Wilderness Education,
Outdoor and Camp Leadership, Adventure Travel and Tourism, Natural Resources Recreation. |
Rafael
Jimenez-Flores
rjimenez@calpoly.edu |
|
DSCI |
|
Milk
protein chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology;
interaction of milk proteins with other components in foods;
milk fat globule membrane function and composition; dairy
products microbiology |
Bill
Kellogg
bkellogg@calpoly.edu |
|
AGED |
|
High
school agricultural education; FFA; teacher effectiveness;
agricultural safety |
Hany
Khalil
hkhalil@calpoly.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Food
thermal processing; microwave processing of food; food product
development; food process development; international post
harvest processing |
Elizabeth Koutsos
ekoutsos@calpoly.edu |
|
ASCI |
|
Interactions between nutrition and immunology in
companion, exotic and domestic avian nutrition. |
Neal MacDougall
nmacdoug@calpoly.edu |
|
AGB |
|
Federal regulations concerning theorganic market
and organic inputs; development of the certified organic seed
market; institutional issues surrounding organic certification;
trade and organics; writing issues of College of Agriculture
students; assessment issues. |
Walter
Mark
wmark@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Urban
forestry; forest/plant pathology; silviculture |
Joe
Montecalvo
jmonteca@calploy.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Design and
development of new food products including extruded and
certified organic products and process operations; development
of food plant sanitation and pest management operations that
meet 7CFR-NOP requirements; utilization of agricultural process
by-products and plant process streams; strategic planning of
plant and process operations to meet 7CFR National Organic
Program requirements; wine chemistry and analysis and human
resource training in all food/wine analytical methods and
instrumentation. |
Lynn
Moody
lmoody@calpoly.edu |
|
ESS |
|
Coastal
geomorphology and soils; the Coast Ranges of California
(geology and soils); soil mineralogy; hydric solid and
wetlands and subaqueous soils; soil erodibility; soils and
water quality |
Tom
Neuhaus
tneuhaus@calpoly.edu |
|
AY |
|
•Chicken fat composition as a function of diet. Organoleptic and fatty
acid analysis of conventional, organic, and pasteured chickens.
•Complexity vs. neophobic tendencies. Does neophobia impact the consumer's
hedonic response to spices and flavors?
•Fair Trade and the Cocoa Cooperative. Effectiveness of Fair Trade at improving
quality of life for the cocoa farmer in West Africa and the Caribbean. |
Jay Noel
jnoel@calpoly.edu |
|
Director of CISSC |
|
Agricultural policy issues with special
reference to California specialty crops. Impacts of regulatory policy on agricultural producer
competitiveness and natural resource and environment policy. |
Ammar Olabi
aolabi@calpoly.edu |
|
FSN |
|
Expertise and
interests are in sensory methodology, influential variables on
food acceptability and intake, and dairy processing. Currently
conducting research on sensory properties of whey cream-based
buttermilk, and on flavor complexity and neophobia. |
W.
Keith Patterson
kpatters@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Grapes;
vitis; grapevines; wine |
Dan Peterson
dpeterso@calpoly.edu |
|
ASCI |
|
Molecular
biotechnology applied to animal systems; Molecular
investigations of bioactive nutrients, nutrient-gene
interactions, animal functional genomics. |
John
Phillips
jphillip@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
Crop
nutrition; soil fertility; cropping systems; soil
conservation; sustainable agriculture; precision farming |
Doug
Piirto
dpiirto@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Silviculture;
forest harvesting; wood quality; forest policy; forest
ecosystem management; environmental analysis (e.g., NEPA, CEQA),
fire ecology; forest health; distance learning |
Bill
Plummer
wplummer@calpoly.edu |
|
ASCI |
|
Animal
Biotechnology, mammalian sperm characteristics, embryo
manipulation, enhancing conception rates. |
Bob
Rice
rrice@calpoly.edu |
|
HCS |
|
IPM;
weed science; biorational and low impact methods of pest
control |
Thomas
Rice
trice@calpoly.edu |
|
ESS |
|
Soil
classification and mapping; land use planning; heavy metal
contamination; soil-viticulture relationships; watershed
monitoring |
Brad Rickard
bjrickar@calpoly.edu |
|
AGB |
|
Analysis of domestic and international policies
applied to food markets; traceability issues in agriculture; the
economic implications of nutritional recommendations. |
Mark
Shelton
mshelton@calpoly.edu |
|
CAFES
|
|
Integrated
Pest Management; post-harvest disinfestation via controlled
atmospheres; biological control |
Stuart Styles
sstyles@calpoly.edu |
|
BRAE |
|
Emerging electronic flow measurement technologies. Irrigation,
flow measurement, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, furrow
irrigation, evapotranspiration, pumps, concrete structures,
canal automation, water investigations, water balances,
international water projects, and modernization. |
Rich
Thompson
rpthomps@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Resource
economics; statistical analysis (especially parametric
techniques), forest ecosystem management; urban forestry. |
Bob
Thompson
rcthomps@calpoly.edu |
|
AGB |
|
Agricultural
finance; farm management |
Phil
Tong
ptong@calpoly.edu |
|
DSCI |
|
Dairy
food chemistry (physical properties - rheological, thermal,
particle size, proximate composition, proteolysis) and
science/technology for product manufacture (cheese, frozen
desserts, dairy concentrates and powders, butter and spreads,
milk composition, cultured dairy foods); bioseparation
processes particularly membrane separation processes applied
to food systems; development of new dairy foods and food
products. Continuing education and outreach to suppliers and
users of dairy foods and ingredients. Training and
development of dairy industry internationally (SE Asia, China,
Latin America) |
Scott
Vernon
svernon@calpoly.edu |
|
AGED |
|
Leadership;
motivation; ag communication (applied and curriculum
development); computers in secondary ag education; career
development in agriculture |
James
Vilkitis
jvilkiti@calpoly.edu |
|
NRM |
|
Non-point
source of pollution abatement through wetlands; environmental
audits and assessments; resources planning and management;
endangered species; habitat management plans |
Doug
Williams
dwwillia@calpoly.edu |
|
BRAE |
|
Animal
waste; anaerobic digestion; methane; renewable energy;
compost; sustainable agriculture; biomass energy |
Mark
Zohns
mzohns@calpoly.edu |
|
BRAE |
|
Development
of mechanical systems for Agriculture. Three-dimensional
solid and dynamic modeling. Hydraulic applications. |
