Affiliated Faculty

The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has approved nine faculty positions to be associated with the institute.

Ryan Galt
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Sustainability and Society, Department of Human Ecology

Will Horwath
Professor, James G. Boswell Endowed Chair in Soil Sciences, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources (Soil Chemistry)

Ermias Kebreab
Professor, Sesnon Endowed Chair in Animal Science, Department of Animal Science, Sustainable Animal Systems Management

Johan Leveau
Associate Professor, Sustainable Plant Disease Management/Soil Microbiology, Department of Plant Pathology

Pierre Merel
Assistant Professor, Economics of Agricultural Sustainability, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Thomas P. Tomich
Professor and Director ASI/SAREP, W.K. Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food Systems, Department of Human Ecology, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

Johan Six
Professor of Sustainable Agroecosystems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

Neal Williams
Assistant Professor, Pollination Ecology, Department of Entomology

Louie Yang
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology

Fellows of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute

Fellows of ASI are faculty affiliates who are significantly engaged in ASI research, education and outreach. They include UC Davis professors, UC Cooperative Extension specialists, and colleagues at other UC campuses and other universities.

Heidi Ballard
Assistant Professor, School of Education, UC Davis

Howard Ferris
Professor, Department of Nematology, UC Davis

Shermain Hardesty
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Lecturer and Director of the UC Small Farms Program, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, UC Davis

Thomas Harter
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis

Richard Howitt
Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis

Alissa Kendall
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Frank Loge
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis

Mark Lubell
Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis

James F. Quinn
Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, UC Davis
Director, Information Center for the Environment

Kate Scow
Professor and Director of Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis

Neal Van Alfen
Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis

Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr
Cooperative Extension Specialist, Chair of the Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology and Co-Director of the UC Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis