Crop ecology, soilless plant production, environmental horticulture, greenhouse and in-door production management.
Controlled environment agriculture.
Department of plant sciences, University of California, Davis. CA.
MAJOR RESEARCH INTEREST:
Horticultural production of plants grown as greenhouse and nursery crops in soilless production..
Greenhouse environmental control automation, particularly irrigation and soilless production systems (hydroponics).
Development of sustainable, environmentally-sensitive production techniques and optimization of production variables related to commercial crop production.
Development of mathematical models and decision support tools.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Biomathematics (minor: Ecology) University of California Davis 1982
M.S. Applied Mathematics University of California Davis 1978
B.S. Mathematical Sciences University of California Davis 1976
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
June ‘05 – present Professor and Extension Specialist for Crop Ecology, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA
July ‘01 – June ‘05 Department Chair, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA
July ‘97 – present Professor and Extension Specialist for Crop Ecology, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA
July ‘91 – June ‘97 Associate Professor and Extension Specialist for Crop Ecology, Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA
Dec ’84 – June ’91 Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist for Crop Ecology, Environmental Horticulture, University of California, Davis, CA
July ’83 – Dec ’84 Research Associate, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, Temple TX.
May ’83 – July ’83 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
Jan ’83 – May ’83 Post Doctoral Research Associate, USDA/ARS, Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
