Strawberry Center Staff
Center Director
Gerald Holmes, Ph.D.
Center Director
Office Locations: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 1B & 11-114
Phone: (805) 756-2120
Email: gjholmes@calpoly.edu
Plant Pathology Program
Shashika Hewavitharana, Ph.D.
Plant pathology program leader & assistant professor
Office Location: 11-249 & 11-206
Phone: (805) 756-2856
Email: shewavit@calpoly.edu
Samantha Simard
Assistant Research Scientist
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park, Ste. 1B)
Phone: (805) 748-4414
Email: ssimard@calpoly.edu
Vivian Longacre
LAB TECHNICIAN
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park, Ste. 1B)
Phone: (805) 756 -2150
Email: vlongacr@calpoly.edu
Entomology Program
Mohammad A. Aghaee, Ph.D.
entomology program Leader
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 1B
Phone: (805) 540-1489
Email: maghaee@calpoly.edu
Colin Koubek
Entomology Research associate
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park, Ste. 1A-101)
Phone: (805) 756-2150
Email: ckoubek@calpoly.edu
Automation Program
John Lin, Ph.D.
Automation Program Leader
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 104A
Phone: (805) 867-3086
Email: jlin134@calpoly.edu
Aidan Fischer
FIELD ENGINEER
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 104A
Phone: (805) 451-2278
Email: afischer@calstrawberry.org
Brendan Holt
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 104A
Phone: (805) 586-2274
Email: bholt@calstrawberry.org
Operations
Kyle Blauer
Field research manager
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 1B
Phone: (805) 441-3509
Email: kblauer@calpoly.edu
Alison Stevens
Center operations manager
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park) - Ste. 1B
Phone: (805) 756-2150
Email: asteve17@calpoly.edu
Colette Smith
Center program analyst
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park, Ste. 1B)
Phone: (805) 756-2123
Email: csmit250@calpoly.edu
Joseph Ramirez
Farm supervisor
Office Location: Bldg. 83 (Technology Park, Ste. 1B)
Phone: (805) 634-6899
Email: jrami233@calpoly.edu
