Contact

Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science

Andrew Waterhouse

Director
(530) 754-6349 (main)
alwaterhouse@ucdavis.edu

Jaime Wilson

Communications Lead
(530) 752-5233 (office)
jwil@ucdavis.edu

Babette Orendain

Administrative and Events
(530) 754-6349 (main)
brorendain@ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Olive Center

Javier Fernandez-Salvador

Director
(530) 752-5170 (office)
jfernandezsalvador@ucdavis.edu

Selina Wang

Research Director
(530) 752-0612 (office)
scwang@ucdavis.edu

Shirley Li

Assistant Director
(530) 752-3176 (office)
spsli@ucdavis.edu

Honey and Pollination Center

Amina Harris

Director
(530) 754-9301 (office)
aharris@ucdavis.edu

Center for Wine Economics

Julian Alston

Director
(530) 752-3283 (office)
julian@primal.ucdavis.edu

Driving Directions

From I-80 West (from Sacramento), take the UC Davis/Mondavi Center exit. Turn right onto Old Davis Road and continue east past the traffic circle to Hilgard Lane. Turn right on Hilgard Lane. Parking will be on your left, either in the enclosed parking structure or to your immediate left, or a bit farther ahead in the open lot.

From I-80 East (from Bay Area), take the UC Davis/Mondavi Center exit. Turn left onto Old Davis Road and continue east past the traffic circle to Hilgard Lane. Turn right on Hilgard Lane. Parking will be on your left, either in the enclosed parking structure or to your immediate left, or a bit farther ahead in the open lot.

From Highway 113 South (from Woodland), take the I-80 east off-ramp towards Sacramento. Take the UC Davis/Mondavi Center Exit near the end of the ramp and turn left onto Old Davis Road. Continue east past the traffic circle to Hilgard Lane. Turn right on Hilgard Lane. Parking will be on your left, either in the enclosed parking structure to your immediate left, or a bit farther ahead in the open lot.

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