Science Field: Environmental Science

Ara Joy Pacoma is a Science and Technology (S&T) Fellow at the Department of Science and Technology and a soon-to-be PhD graduate from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand for Environment, Development, and Sustainability. She is currently working on the Community Empowerment Thru Science & Technology Program and the Smart and Sustainable Communities Program.

Janina Carla Castro is a science communicator with a history in environmental science and sustainability. Some recent science communication work she has done include curating the “Making the Invisible Visible” pop up exhibition at the University of the Philippines about bird window collision, and working with the Ocean Media Institute for the making of the short film “I Am Ocean” about fisherfolk in Palawan.

Jabez Joshua Flores is an environmental scientist and a senior lecturer at UP Open University and the University of the Philippines Rural High School. In 2022, Jabez took on a number of roles, creating maps as a spatial data scientist at the Pure Earth Blacksmith Institute and starting his fellowship with One Health for the NGOHP Program at St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine.

Heidi Mendoza is a PhD Candidate at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies in the Netherlands. Her research focuses on stories of drought-to-flood events in the Peruvian Amazon.

Joan Talubo is an Assistant Professor at the UPLB Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning. Her doctoral thesis assessed island socio-ecological resilience for disaster risk and recovery planning in the Philippines.

Deign Soriano is a research assistant and instructor pursuing his Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Reading. His dissertation tackles ecosystem services, ecological quality, and remote sensing.

Andrea Monica Ortiz is an interdisciplinary climate change scientist, honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Manila Observatory and Fellow at environmental consultancy Parabukas. Currently, she is in Chile, working on ways to connect science across the Pacific Ocean.

Alexa Abangan is a Marine Sciences graduate from Sorbonne University and is about to start her PhD journey with the French Research Institute for the Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) where she will explore fish behavior and develop machine learning technologies.

Meg Daupan is a Program Manager for the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. Currently, she leads all aspects of the DDCSP-UM from recruiting students across the United States, to building partnerships with environmental researchers and conservation professionals, and serving as a mentor to the scholars.

Colleen Rosales is an Environmental Science and Chemistry practitioner. She is conducting research interests revolve around atmospheric chemistry, indoor air quality and ambient air pollution among others.

Ever Tamayo is a Biochemistry and Environmental Science practitioner. She works at an international NGO focused on reducing air pollution through science-based policy development.

Denise Matias is a research scientist at the Institute for Social Ecological Research in Frankfurt, Germany. There, she undertakes social-ecological research on the Mongolian steppe ecosystem.

Riel Ingeniero is a PhD candidate at the Integrated School of Ocean Sciences at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany. His Master’s thesis tackled primary productivity and nitrogen uptake rates in the subarctic and temperate North Atlantic Ocean.

Cherrie Calderon is a chemist and environmental consultant! She is a registered chemist with 20 years of establishing and managing environmental laboratories.