Affiliated Faculty & Staff
AgTech
![Chris Benner](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Chris-Benner-e1598153988895.jpeg)
Chris Benner
Professor, Environmental Studies and Sociology and Director, Institute for Social Transformation and Everett Program
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Jeffrey Bury
Professor, Environmental Studies
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Lissa Caldwell
Professor, Anthropology
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Shun-Nan Chiang
PhD Candidate, Sociology
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Sylvie Childress
Director, UCSC Greenhouses
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Jon Detka
PhD Student, Environmental Studies
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Rebecca DuBois
Associate Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
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Madeleine Fairbairn
Assistant Professor,
Environmental Studies
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Gregory S Gilbert
Professor,
Environmental Studies
Plant diseases; climate monitoring; urban forest management
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Julie Guthman
Professor, Social Sciences and Community Studies
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Melissa Gwyn
Associate Professor, Art
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Galina Hale
Professor, Economics
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Grant Hartzog
Professor, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology
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Aaron Hunter
PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering
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Mohammad Jafari
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Applied Mathematics
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Abigail Kaun
Executive Advisor to the Dean, Baskin Engineering
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Michael Loik
Professor, Environmental Studies
![Michael Matkin](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/michael-matkin.jpg)
Michael Matkin
Assistant Director, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
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Steve McGuire
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Maywa Montenegro
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
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Joji Muramoto
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Center for Agroecology and Environmental Studies
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Brian Nguyen
PhD Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Katia Obraczka
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
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Ingrid Parker
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Faculty Executive Director, UCSC Greenhouses
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Jennifer Parker
Professor, Art
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Damian Parr
Research and Education Coordinator, Center for Agroecology
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Jan Perez
Food Systems Research & Education Specialist, Center for Agroecology
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Stacy Philpott
Professor, Environmental Studies and Director, Center for Agroecology
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J. Xavier Prochaska
Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Zouheir Rezki
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
![Marco Rolandi](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/rolandi-400px-e1619134782902.jpeg)
Marco Rolandi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development (CIED)
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Ricardo Sanfelice
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director, Cyber-Physical Systems Research Center
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Pallab Sarker
Associate Research Professor, Environmental Studies
![David Shaw](https://transform.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2-25-20-iST-staff-CL-31.jpg1_-scaled-e1589488598381.jpg)
David Shaw
Right Livelihood College Coordinator and PhD Student, Environmental Studies
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Summer Sullivan
PhD Student, Environmental Studies
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Robert Wilson
Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Darryl Wong
Farm Site and Research Lands Manager, Center for Agroecology and Environmental Studies
Contact transform@ucsc.edu to join the collaborative.