Department of Viticulture and Enology

Faculty and Staff

Name	Title and Area of Specialty	Position
Geoffrey Dervishian	Viticulture Associate Mechanical canopy management, crop load and irrigation stress on yield and fruit quality in the SJV	Staff
William Edinger	Lecturer Microbial wine spoilage, application of non-Saccaromyces yeasts in fermentation, development of improved and automated detection and enumeration of wine microorganisms	Lecturer
Britt Foster	V. E. Petrucci Librarian	Staff
Kenneth Fugelsang	Professor of Enology & Winemaster Wine microbiology	Faculty
John Giannini	Winemaker & Lecturer Winemaking	Staff, Lecturer
Linda Glassman	Adjunct Faculty Enology	Adjunct Faculty
Jayne Ramirez	Admin. Assistant to the Chair/Director, DVE/VERC Office Manager	Staff
Sanliang Gu	Professor of Viticulture & Ricchiuti Chair of Viticulture Fruit quality improvement, plant nutrition, plant-water relations, cold hardiness, cultivar evaluation, trellis systems and canopy management	Faculty
Hemant Gohil	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Viticulture Wine grape quality, crop forcing, canopy management, wine phenolics and anthocyanins, the effects of plant growth regulators such as ABA on color improvement in wine grapes, and water use efficiency.	Staff
Carrie Irby	Accounting Technician for DVE and VERC	Staff
James Kennedy	Professor & Chair, Director Grape and wine phenolic chemistry, with an emphasis on tannins	Faculty – Chair/Director
S. Kaan Kurtural	Bronco Wine Company Viticulture Research Chair Precision viticulture, whole grapevine physiology, mechanization of canopy management practices, vineyard efficiency	Faculty
Jim Lamar	Lecturer Wine appreciation, sensory evaluation, sensory variations and etymology, physiological and psychological health aspects	Lecturer
Susan Rodriguez	Director, Wine Sensory Lab Wine microbiology, growth and metabolism of lactic acid bacteria and yeast in wine using flow cytometry and specific antibodies, wine sensory evaluation, grape rot quantification	Staff
Mark Salwasser	Vineyard Manager Vineyard management and production for raisin, wine, and table grapes	Staff
Clark Smith	Adjunct Faculty Winemaking and new technologies, enhancement of wine structure	Adjunct Faculty
VACANT	Enterprise Product Marketing, Fresno State Winery Marketing and sales of Fresno State wine, and agricultural products	Staff
Terri Stephenson	Manager, Wine Sensory Lab	Staff
Roy Thornton	Professor of Enology Wine microbiology with an emphasis on wine yeast genetics and physiology, the breeding of wine yeast by selective hybridization for improved winemaking properties, manipulation of wine flavor by the use of different wine yeasts, flow cytometry, and quantifying microbial rot on wine grapes	Faculty
Sonet Van Zyl	Table and raisin grape production and marketing, cultivar development and evaluation, grapevine and rootstock breeding for improved quality and pest and disease resistance, industry focused research for California's table grape and raisin industries	Faculty
Cynthia Wood	Program / Event Coordinator Educational, outreach and fundraising activities for the viticulture and enology program	Staff

*EMERITI*
Sayed Badr	Professor & Chair Emeritus, Plant Science Department and Professor Emeritus, Department of Viticulture and Enology Viticulture, with an emphasis on table grape varieties, production and research	Emeritus
Barry Gump	Professor Emeritus, Chemistry and Adjunct Faculty of Enology, Department of Viticulture and Enology Chemistry, brewing and wine analysis, enology	Emeritus and Adjunct Faculty
Carlos J. Muller	Professor Emeritus, Enology Enology Food Science & Nutrition and the Department of Viticulture and Enology Food chemistry and biochemistry, flavor development, vine physiology and defense mechanisms, wine quality, spoilage and stability, and the health aspects of wine	Emeritus
Vincent E. Petrucci	Professor Emeritus, Plant Science Department and Director Emeritus, Viticulture & Enology Research Center Viticulture – Vineyard management and production, varieties	Emeritus
Robert L. Wample	Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Viticulture and Enology and Director Emeritus, Viticulture & Enology Research Center Viticulture – Effects of mechanical pruning, irrigation management, productivity and physiology including effects of nutrition, harvest date, pruning level and disease on cold hardiness of wine and juice grapes	Emeritus and Adjunct Faculty