Farming Expert Witnesses in California

This health and safety professional has more than three decades of experience in industrial hygiene, occupational exposures, safety, and public health. Throughout his career, this expert has personally conducted over a thousand industrial hygiene evaluations for numerous companies in various fields including engineering, mining, manufacturing, oil & gas, healthcare, environmental, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food processing, agriculture, and construction. As a Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified OSHA HAZWOPER, he evaluates, develops, and oversees health & safety programs and plans, conducts hazard/risk assessments and ergonomics surveys, and assesses work practices, engineering controls, and personal protective equipment. He currently serves as a Partner and Principal Industrial Hygienist for California-based occupational and environmental health & safety consultancy.

This highly qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in the field of entomology. He received his BS in entomology from the University of Idaho before pursuing his MS in entomology at Purdue University. After completing his Master’s program, he earned his PhD in biology at Utah State University. This expert is a board-certified entomologist, specializing in insect and mite pests, including wood-boring beetles in structures, pests in stored food, agricultural insect pests, scabies, mites, and bee stings. He is active in his field as a member of several entomological associations, including the Association of Applied Insect Ecologists and the Entomological Society of America. He is also highly involved in entomological research, having authored numerous publications and spoken at many entomology conferences. He has received multiple awards for his work throughout his career. His former positions include professor of crop science at Cal Poly, department head of crop science and dairy science at Cal Poly, and executive director of the agricultural research institute at California State University. Currently, this expert serves as professor emeritus of horticulture and crop science at a distinguished university in Southern California.

This expert is one of two owners and a Principal Scientist at a major environmental firm. This firm specializes in providing solutions to challenging agricultural and environmental problems throughout the world. Their areas of expertise include soil science, water quality and demand evaluation and management, agricultural systems, salinity and nutrient management, ecosystem restoration, statistics, remote sensing, geospatial analysis, land stabilization, and regulatory policy. Since earning his PhD in Soil Science, this expert has 19 years of experience in agricultural consulting in the United States. Before co-founding Land IQ, this expert spent 5 years with an agricultural and environmental firm.

This expert is an endowed professor of Weed Science at a very prominent university in California. He is the author of 2 patents, 5 books, and over 100 scholarly publications in field of Weed Science and Agronomy. He earned his doctoral degree from Kansas State University and later served as an agronomist and weed specialist at Washington State University, as well as a lecturer in Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington. He is an active member of the United States Council for Agriculture Science and Technology, the Weed Science Society of America, and the International Society of Plant Protection.