Staff

Danny Royer

Farm and Greenhouse Coordinator, Grower
Leslie Chang

Junior Specialist

Student Staff

Adam Mercado

Student Specialist
Adamaris Cristal Alvarez-Maldonado

Student Specialist
Austin Mercado

Student Specialist
Kat Corti

Student Specialist
Nico Cheuquian

Student Data Specialist
Samuel Saldivar

Student Data Specialist
Sharvin Manjrekar

Student Data Specialist

Founding Faculty

Joshua Viers, PhD

VISTA Faculty Director
Thomas Harmon

Co-Founder
Reza Ehsani

Professor

Staff Researcher

Ben Lewis

Assistant Specialist

Faculty Researchers

Dr. Sarah Kurtz

Professor
Dr. Wan Du

Assistant Professor
Dr. Xiaoyi Lu

Professor

Student Researchers

Lorenzo Booth

PhD Student
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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