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Educational background
Educational background
Dr. rer. nat. Geowissenschaften Universität zu Köln: DE 12.2024 - present
M.Sc. Environmental Studies University of the Philippines - Cebu: PH 01.2020 - 07.2024
B.Sc. Geology University of Southeastern Philippines: PH 06.2013 - 06.2017
Professional experiences
Professional experiences
Project Consultant University of the Philippines - Cebu: PH 01.2024 - 04.2024
Science Research Specialist University of the Philippines - Cebu: PH 10.2021 - 01.2024
Researcher GoTeam - Cebu: PH 09.2020 - 09.2021
Science Research Specialist Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Region 7: PH 02.2018 - 12.2020
Grants and funding
Grants and funding
Graduate School (Doctoral) Programme Funding Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Universität zu Köln - Graduate School of Geosciences (GSGS), and German Research Foundation (DFG) "Antarktisforschung": DE 12.2024 - 12.2028
Early Career Researcher (ECR) Travel Fellowship UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS): UK 04.2025 - 05.2025
Student Travel Grant Philippine Association of Marine Science (PAMS): PH06.2023
Awards
Awards
Outstanding Scientific Paper Award 2025 National Academy of Science and Technology: PH07.2025
NAST annually awards papers published in Thompson Reuters or SCOPUS-listed Philippine journals and, in 2025, our paper "Marine heatwaves and their impacts: Research perspectives in the Philippines" were among the recipients.
NAST annually awards papers published in Thompson Reuters or SCOPUS-listed Philippine journals and, in 2025, our paper "Marine heatwaves and their impacts: Research perspectives in the Philippines" were among the recipients.
Awards
Awards
International Publication Award 2023 University of the Philippines: PH 07.2023
Still in 2023, another paper of our project titled "Co-occurrence of a marine heatwave and a reported tomato jellyfish (Crambione mastigophora Maas, 1903) bloom in March 2020 at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines", which I am the corresponding author, also received an IPA from the University of the Philippines.
Still in 2023, another paper of our project titled "Co-occurrence of a marine heatwave and a reported tomato jellyfish (Crambione mastigophora Maas, 1903) bloom in March 2020 at El Nido, Palawan, Philippines", which I am the corresponding author, also received an IPA from the University of the Philippines.
Awards
Awards
International Publication Award 2023 University of the Philippines: PH 06.2023
The International Publication Award (IPA) is an award given to UP-affiliated faculty members, REPS, and students who have published in journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. In 2023, a paper I co-authored, "Characteristics of Marine Heatwaves in the Philippines", received an IPA.
The International Publication Award (IPA) is an award given to UP-affiliated faculty members, REPS, and students who have published in journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus. In 2023, a paper I co-authored, "Characteristics of Marine Heatwaves in the Philippines", received an IPA.
Trainings and workshops
Trainings and workshops
LaTeX Workshop for PhD Students Universitätstadtbibliothek, Universität zu Köln: DE 06.2025
- This workshop provided a comprehensive introduction to LaTeX and prepared doctorate students in creating high-quality academic papers.
Workshop on Polar Winter Climate and Processes: Towards Filling Knowledge Gaps in the Understanding of the Coupled Climate System British Antarctic Survey, University of Cambridge: UK 04.2025
- This workshop focused on training ECR's regarding winter processes in the Arctic and the Antarctic regions. Attendees were also requested to present current research to exchange ideas across multi-disciplines of polar science.
Trainings and workshops
Trainings and workshops
Summer School on Marine Heatwaves: Global Phenomena w/ Regional Impacts Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics: IT 07.2023
- This summer school taught marine-heatwave-ECR's with the basic technical aspects, science of driving forces, knowledge on impacts, and foundational modelling of marine extremes.
Introductory and Intermediate Spatial Data and GIS Analysis using R & QGIS University of the Philippines - Cebu: PH 01.2022
- This online Udemy training introduced spatial concepts used in analysing, processing, and programming satellite and/or remotely-obtained data.
Networks and memberships
Networks and memberships
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Member 10.2023 - present
IGS Early-career Glaciologists Group (IGS-EGG) Email coordinator (link) 01.2023 - present
Member 06.2022 - present
Member 06.2022 - present
International Glaciological Society (IGS) Member 01.2022 - present
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