Staff

Danny Royer

ESF and Greenhouse Coordinator, Grower
Austin Mercado

AES Greenhouse Coordinator Junior Specilalist
Leslie Chang

ESF Junior Specialist
Emery Silberman

ESF Ag-Tech Specialist

Student Staff

Adamaris Cristal Alvarez-Maldonado

ESF Student Specialist
Kat Corti

ESF Student Specialist
Nico Cheuquian

ESF Student Data Specialist
Samuel Saldivar

ESF Student Data Specialist
Sharvin Manjrekar

ESF Student Data Specialist

Founding Faculty

Joshua Viers, PhD

VISTA Faculty Director
Thomas Harmon

Co-Founder
Reza Ehsani

Professor
Sarah Kurtz

Professor

Staff Researcher

Faculty Researchers

Dr. Wan Du

Assistant Professor
Dr. Xiaoyi Lu

Professor
Sarah Kurtz

Professor

Student Researchers

Humberto Flores Landeros

PhD Student
Adam Weingram

PhD Student

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The UC Merced Agriculture Experimental Station (AES) is funded by the Hatch Act of 1887, which established AES at land-grant universities, supporting problem-solving research and teaching in food systems, natural resources, and rural community welfare through federal and state funds.

Funding support from the US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Agency Build Back Better Regional Challenge, investment no. 07 79 07893, “Fresno-Merced Future of Food (F3) Initiative” and the UC Merced iCREATE project, award no. 07 79 07913.
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