Current Employment

National President
Society of Environmental Engineers
Western Mindanao State University

Head
Department of Environmental Engineering
Western Mindanao State University

Education

2009     PhD in Education Major in Educational Administration
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga City

2004    Master of Science in Environmental Engineering Major in Environmental 
Management and Technology
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga City

2001    Bachelor of Science in Ecological and Environmental Engineering
Western Mindanao State University
Zamboanga City

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards:

2018 Most Outstanding Woman in Water Award, Environmental Management Bureau Region IX (2018)
Civil Service Awardee, Western Mindanao State University (2016)
Champion of Life and Hero of the Environment Award, Student Actions Vital to the Environment and Mother Earth (SAVE ME) Movement (2015)

Current Employment
 
Professor VI and Dean
College of Engineering
Mariano Marcos State University
 
Education

2007    PhD in Agricultural Engineering
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Laguna

2003     Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Laguna

1994    Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering
Mariano Marcos State University
Ilocos, Norte

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

International
Visiting Scientist, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center (2014)

National
Outstanding Researcher, Mariano Marcos State University (2019)
2018 Outstanding Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer, Philippine Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineers (2018)
AFMA R&D Paper Award, 29th National Research Symposium (2017)
2nd Place Best Paper, ISSAAS National Congress and General Meeting (2017)
3rd Place Best Paper, CHED NAFES National Symposium (2017)
1st Place Best Poster 29th Regional Symposium on R&D highlights (2017)
2nd Place Best Poster, 29th Regional Symposium on R&D highlights (2017)
1st Place Poster Category, 28th Regional Symposium on R&D Highlights (2016)
Asia Geospatial Excellence Award
First Place Poster Research Category, 26th Reggional Symposium (2014)
AFMA Best R&D paper (Bronze), 25th National Research Symposium, Bureau of Agricultural Research  (2013).
Best R&D Paper (2nd Place), 25th ILAARRDEC R&D (2013)
AFMA R&D Paper Award, 24th National Research Symposium (2012)
Best Paper (Environmental Science Category), Philippine Society for the Study of Nature, Philippines (2009)
National R&D Paper Award, Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) (2005)
Best Paper (Physical Science Category), Philippine Society for the Study of Nature, Philippines (2004)
AFMA R&D Paper Award, Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR) (2003)
Certificate of Commendation for Best Presenter (2009)
 

Current Employment
    
Professor and Division Chair
Biological Sciences
University of the Philippines Visayas
 
Education

1996     Doctor rerum naturalium in Marine Biology
University of Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

1985     Master of Science in Marine Biology 
University of Miami
Florida, USA

1981     Bachelor of Science in Marine Science 
University of the Philippines
Diliman, Quezon City

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

University of the Philippines Visayas Chancellor’s Awardee: Most Outstanding Faculty (2021)
University of the Philippines Scientist 2 (2017 - 2019)
University of the Philippines Scientist 3 (2014 - 2016)
University of the Philippines Scientist 1 (2011 - 2013)
NAST Outstanding Scientific Paper Award (2007)
University of the Philippines Visayas Outstanding Researcher (2006)
PCAMRD-DOST Elvira Tan Award for Best Paper in Fisheries (2006)
NRCP Special Prize, Annual Meeting of NRCP Visayas Cluster (2005)

Current Employment
 
Professor V
Division of Social Sciences
University of the Philippines Visayas
 
Education

2012    PhD in Agricultural Economics
University of the Philippines, Los Baños, 
Laguna

2002     Master in International and Development Economics
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame De La Paix
Namur, Belgium

2000    Master in Management
University of the Philippines Visayas
Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines

1995     Bachelor of Arts in Economics
University of the Philippines Visayas
Miag-ao, Iloilo, Philippines
 

Current Employment
 
Associate Professor
Practice of Global Public Health
Department of Professionalism, Humanities, and Medical Ethics
St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial
 
Inaugural Director
Planetary and Global Health Program
St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine – William H. Quasha Memorial
 
Education

2019    Doctor of Public Health 
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

2012     Doctor of Medicine
University of the Philippines Manila

2010    Bachelor of Science in Basic Medical Science
University of the Philippines Manila

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

International
Generation T List 2020 of 400 leaders of tomorrow who are shaping Asia’s future, Tatler Asia Magazine (2020)
Who’s Who in America (2018)
Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership Award (2017)
Finalist (2nd place), Hult Prize 2014 Social Business Competition (2014)
New Voices in Global Health, World Health Summit and The Lancet (2012)

National
Special Award Citation for Sustainability, CSR Youth Awards (2015)
E. S. Garcia Leadership Award, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (2012)
Oblation Award, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (2012)
Gawad ng Dekano for Leadership, College of Medicine, University of the Philippines Manila (2006 - 2012)
Climate Hero Award from Senator Loren Legarda (2011)
 

Current Employment
    
Professor VI
Visayas State University
 
Director
Regional Climate Change R&D Center
Visayas State University
 
Education

1994        Ph.D. in Forestry 
University of the Philippines Los Baños 
Laguna

1987        Master of Science in Forestry
University of the Philippines Los Baños 
Laguna

1979        Bachelor of Science in Forestry
University of the Philippines Los Baños 
Laguna


Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

International
Darwin Initiative Fellowship Award for Biodiversity Conservation and Local Knowledge – Training on Rural Extension for Foresters (1997)
ICRAF Fellowship for Training on Tree Domestication (1999)

National
Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, Malacanang (2018)
PARRFI Professorial Chair Award (2010)
Polytechnic University of the Philippines Outstanding Centennial Alumnus Award in Education (2004)
 

Current Employment
    
Professor III
Catanduanes State University
 
Education

on-going    Dual PhD in Sustainable Food Systems 
Central Luzon State University
University of Liverpool (2021 - 2024)

(not graduated academic credits only)    PhD Candidate in Science Education
De La Salle University Manila
Malate, Manila
        
1999        PhD in Educational Management
Catanduanes State College (now Catanduanes State University)
Virac, Catanduanes

1992        Master of Science in Biology
De La Salle University Manila
Malate, Manila

1984        Bachelor of Science in Fisheries – Inland Fisheries
University of the Philippines (Visayas, Diliman Campus)

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

International
Finalist, Falling Walls- The Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2021 (2021)
Travel Scholarship, Kuroshio Science Symposium (2017)
Fellowship, 19th World Malacology Congress (2016)
SEAMEO - SEARCA Travel Fellowship Award for Southeast Asian Academics (2014)
Travel Fellowship to ASEAN Symposium at Chulalongkorn University (2013)
Travel Fellowship Award, 13th International Riversymposium International Riverfoundation/AUSAID (2010); 
Travel Fellowship for EMECS (2008)
Recipient,  Travel Fellowship by the Asian Network for Biological Sciences (ANBS) and National University of Singapore for the 3rd Asian Fisheries Forum World Trade Centre (1992)

National
Award of Excellence in Research Publication, Catanduanes State University (2020)
Finalist, 6th Gawad Bayaning Kalikasan Award, Center for Environmental Concerns (2020)
Best Research Paper Presenter Award,  Asian Intellect for Academic Organization and Development Inc., 1st Gender and Development Competition and Conference in Research and Education (2018)
Best Research Paper Award, 5th International Conference on Integrative Disaster Risk Reduction Management (2018)
Uswag Award Best Paper (Science and Technology Category), 2018 CSU Annual In-House Review of Completed Researches (2018)
Second Place Best Paper. 5th Bicol Regional Fisheries Research, Development & Extension Symposium (2018)
Third Best Paper, William Medrano Award, 3rd International Research, Development and Extension (RDE) Management Congress & 28thNational PHILARM (Philippine Association of Research Managers, Inc.) Convention (2018)
Meritorious and Valuable Service as Chief Editor of the Journal of Pedagogy, Technology & Synergy (2016)
Fellowship Award, 1st ASEAN Congress on Mangrove Research & Development (2012)
First and Second Research Fellowship & Scholarship Awards, SEAMEO- BIOTROP Long–Term Fellowship in Research Methodologies in Aquatic Biology & FishCytogenetics (1991)
 

Current Employment
 
Director
Food Systems and Resiliency
Hawaii Public Health Institute
 
Strategic Adviser for COVID19 and Epidemic Preparedness Consultant
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 
Asia-Pacific Region
 
Special Envoy of the President
Global Health Initiatives (Philippines)
 
Education

2005    Postgraduate Training in Business Statistics and Marketing
De La Salle University Graduate School of Business
Manila

1994    Master of Public Health
University of the Philippines
Quezon City

1987    Doctor of Medicine
University of the Philippines
Quezon City

1979    Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
University of the Philippines
Quezon City

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

International
 
100 Most Influential Filipina Women - Innovator and Thought Leader Category, Filipina Women’s Network, USA (2018)

National
    
Distinguished Alumni for Global Health, University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Society and University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (2017)
Women Helping Women Award, Soroptimist International, Quezon City (1998)
Ten Outstanding Physicians in Community Service (TOPICS), Auxiliary of the Philippine Medical Association (1995)
Most Outstanding Alumnus, Jose Abad Santos Memorial School, Philippine Women’s University (1995)
Member, Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society (1979)
 

Current Employment
 
Professor VI and Director for Continuing Education and Extension Services
College of Technology and Oceanography
Mindanao State University
Tawi-Tawi
 
Education

2015    PhD in Marine Science, Major in Marine Biology
Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City

2008    Master of Science in Biology major in Ecology-Taxonomy
Institute of Biology
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City

2002    Bachelor of Science in Zoology
Mindanao State University-Main
Marawi City

Scientific Recognition/ Honors/ Awards

Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines for Marine Science and Conservation, TOYM Foundation, JCI Philippines, and Gerry Roxas Foundation (2016)
Outstanding Young Scientists (OYS) of the Philippines for Marine Science, National Academy of Science (2016)
Dr. Edgardo Gomez Award, College of Science, UP Diliman (2015)
Most outstanding PhD Graduate Award, College of Science, UP Diliman (2015)