I am Professor and Endowed Chair of Agroecology at UC Davis, in the Department of Plant Sciences. Our research explores how diversification and healthy soil ecosystems can help agriculture meet its sustainability and resilience goals. We integrate concepts and methodologies from various disciplines to measure outcomes of agroecological management and linkages between diversification, soil health and resilience. I engage regularly with growers, farm advisors, extension specialists and industry stakeholder to collect data, share results but also identify opportunities and relevant areas of research in agroecology. Through this project, we hope to strengthen networks of UC collaborators and commercial farms to better connect research to contexts and create new opportunities for knowledge co-creation. I am also faculty director of the PEAS fellowship program which supports undergraduate summer research in Agroecology and Sustainable agriculture. This fellowship builds capacity to create more inclusive pathways for undergraduates from different backgrounds to engage in Agroecology.