Albany Location Contacts |
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Office of the Director | |
Tara McHugh Center Director Ph: 510-559-5600 Fax: 510-559-5963 Tara.McHugh@usda.gov |
Jackie Green Executive Assistant Ph: 510-559-5600 Jacqueline.Green@usda.gov |
Facility Engineer Ph: 510-559-5622 Fax: 510-559-5638 |
Megan Kennedy Safety and Occupational Health Specialist Ph: 510-559-6059 EHS.WRRC@usda.gov |
OCIO-CEC-TSD | |
James Banghart Information Technology Specialist Ph: 510-559-6178 Jim.Banghart@usda.gov |
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All Media inquiries: Kim Kaplan Public Affairs Specialist Ph: 301-504-1637 kim.kaplan@usda.gov |
ARS Office of Communications |
Location Support Services |
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Gwyn Watson Administrative Officer Ph: 510-559-6029 Fax: 510-559-5638 Gwyn.Watson@usda.gov |
Dolores Gantan Administrative Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-6030 Dolores.Gantan@usda.gov |
Office of Technology Transfer (Pacific West Area, OTT) |
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David Nicholson Technology Transfer Coordinator Ph: 510-559-5641 Fax: 510-559-6091 David.Nicholson@usda.gov |
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Research Units at WRRC |
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Bioproducts Research Unit (BRU) |
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Bill Orts Research Leader Ph: 510-559-5730 Fax: 510-559-5818 Bill.Orts@usda.gov |
Program Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-5750 |
Crop Improvement and Genetics Research Unit (CIG) |
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Yong Gu Research Leader Ph: 510-559-5950 Fax: 510-559-5818 Yong.Gu@usda.gov |
Anakaren Ibarra Program Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-5934 Anakaren.Ibarra@usda.gov |
Foodborne Toxin Detection & Prevention Research Unit (FTDP) |
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Luisa Cheng Research Leader Ph: 510-559-6337 Fax: 510-559-6429 Luisa.Cheng@usda.gov |
Jackie Green Executive Assistant, WRRC Ph: 510-559-6428 Jacqueline.Green@usda.gov |
Healthy Processed Foods Research Unit (HPFR) |
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Ron Haff Acting Research Leader Ph: 510-559-5868 Fax: 510-559-5818 ron.haff@usda.gov |
Aurianna Newman Program Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-5652 Aurianna.Newman@usda.gov |
Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Unit (ISPH) |
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Paul Pratt Research Leader Ph: 510-559-6127 Paul.Pratt@usda.gov |
Curtis Adams Program Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-5750 Curtis.Adams@usda.gov |
Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit (PSM) |
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Vivian Wu Research Leader Ph: 510-559-5829 Fax: 510-559-6165 Vivian.Wu@usda.gov |
Lucy Choi Program Support Assistant Ph: 510-559-5610 Lucy.Choi@usda.gov |