Ed Allan L. Alcober

Associate Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Agronomy

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Luz G. Asio

Assistant Professor II 

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD in Crop Science

Specialization

• Crop Physiology and Plant Nutrition

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Dionesio M. Bañoc

Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Bio Agricultural Science

Specialization

• Rice Ratooning
• Water and Nutrient Management Systems 

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ulysess A. Cagasan

Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Crop Science

Specialization

• Crop production and management
• Cropping system

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ruth O. Escasinas

Adjunct Professor

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Agronomy

Specialization

• Crop Physiology
• Crop Production Management

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Berta C. Ratilla

Professor IV 

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Agronomy

Specialization

Research Interest

• Crop production and management
• Organic agriculture
• Cropping systems
• Resource use efficiency
• Energetics in agriculture

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Loreme S. Cagande

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. in Agronomy

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Agronomy

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Winston M. Tabada

Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• M. Applied Science & Computer Science

Specialization

Research Interest

• Machine Learning
• Image Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Sofware Engineering

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ivy C. Emnace

Professor VI

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Food Science

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Food Microbiology
• Food Fermentation
• Food Safety Management

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Lorina A. Galvez

Professor VI

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Food Science

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Food Product Development
• Jackfruit Dehydration
• Food Science/
• Sensory Evaluation of Foods
• Food Chemistry

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Maricel A. Leorna

Associate Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Food Science

Specialization

• Food Research Interest
• Food Product Development
• Postharvest Quality Evaluation

Research Interest

• Coconut Research

Role

• Teaching Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Roberta D. Lauzon

Professor Emeritus

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Food Science

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Lynette C. Cimafranca

Associate Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Food Science

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Food Nutrition
• Fermentation
• Baking Science
• Functional Foods

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Inish Chris P. Mesias

Associate Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Food Technology

Specialization

• Food Science 

Research Interest

• Food
• Chemistry/Food Analysis,
• Food Flavors,
• Pigments and other Food Additives

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Eileen B. Bandalan-Cayetano

Associate Professor I

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D in Food Science and Technology  

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Meat and Dairy Science,
• Sensory Evaluation,
• PIant Products

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Julious B. Cerna

Assistant Professor I

Highest Degree Attained

• MS in Agricultural Engineering

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Food Engineering,
• Post Harvest,
• Chocolate and Candy Science
• Food Packaging and Labelling

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Ladie Anne P. Conde

Associate Professor I

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD in Food Technology

Specialization

• Food Science

Research Interest

• Starch Chemistry and Digestability
• Multivariate Data Analysis

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Beatriz S. Belonias

Professor VI

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Botany

Specialization

• Plant/Forest  Systematics
• Biological Sciences

Research Interest

• Plant biodiversity and ecological studies
• Developmental physiology of plant organs, plant stress physiology

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Julissah C. Evangelio

Associate Professor I 

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Life Science (On-Going)

Specialization

• Marine Science

Research Interest

• Conservation Biology and Resource Management
• Marine Biodiversity
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Phylogeography

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Analyn M. Mazo

Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Biology (Zoology)

Specialization

• Marine Biology

Research Interest

• Reproductive biology of invertebrates
• Marine resources assessments
• Invertebrates as indicators of water quality

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Rosalina D. Poliquit

Associate Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Botany (On-Going) 

Specialization

• Botany (Plant Physiology)

Research Interest

• Plant Stress Physiology
• Plant hormones
• Plant growth and development
• Bioremediation

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Berna Lou L. Aba-Regis

Assistant Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Environmental Science

Specialization

• Wildlife and Biodiversity
• Environmental Microbiology

Research Interest

• Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Lands
• Rehabilitation of Acid Mine Drainage Agricultural Areas using agriwaste compost and microbes
• Bioprospecting of Plant Growth Promoter Bacteria and Fungi
• Bat Fauna Diversity and Relative Abundance

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Publication(s)

• Aba, B. L., & Almosa, N. M. (2015). Characterization, Antimicrobial and Anti-fungal Activity of Endophytic Fungi Associated with Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskal) Feldmann and G.Hamel (1934) from the Intertidal Area of Silago, Southern Leyte, Philippines. Journal of Society and Technology, 5, 162-172.
• Tulin, A., Aba, B. L., & Pasa, A. (2014). Relative Abundance and Local Knowledge on Bats in Pagang-Pagang Cave, Eastern Leyte. Journal of Society and Technology, 4, 171-182.

Ted Dominique S. Belonias

Instructor II

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Botany

Specialization

Research Interest

• Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Lands
• Rehabilitation of Acid Mine Drainage Agricultural Areas using agriwaste compost and microbes
• Bioprospecting of Plant Growth Promoter Bacteria and Fungi
• Bat Fauna Diversity and Relative Abundance

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Publication(s)

Jayzon G. Bitacura

Associate Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD in Human Health

Specialization

• Molecular Biology

Research Interest

• Microbial biodiversity and biotechnological Applications
• Molecular Systematics
• Molecular nCharacterization of genes and proteins
• Water Quality Assessment and Monitoring

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Christy M. Desades

Associate Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Scince Education (Biology)

Specialization

• Science Education major in Biology

Research Interest

• Biology Education
• Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction,
• Development of Modules

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Art Russel R. Flandez

Assistant Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Marine Biology & Lacustrine Science & Management ( Tropicla Marine Science) 

Specialization

• Marine Science

Research Interest

• Biodiversity and ecology of reef fishes and invertebrates
• Integrated coastal resource management
• Marine and lacustrine science

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ris Menoel R. Modina

Assistant Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Zoology

Specialization

Research Interest

• Toxicology Biomarker studies (mainly fish)
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• Herpetofauna and Coral Reef macroinvertebrates parasitology

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Eunice Kenee L. Seriño

Assistant Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Tropical Ecology

Specialization

• Tropical Ecology

Research Interest

• Freshwater biology and ecology especially in the use of bioindicators (e.g., planktonic algae and macroinvertebrates) to check the status of water quality in river ecosystems

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Honeylene V. Ongy

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Tropical Ecology

Specialization

• Tropical Ecology

Research Interest

• Plant ecology Vegeatation Assessment
• Heavy metal accumulation in plants

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Cheryl C. Batistel

Associate Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Ecology

Specialization

• Wetland Ecology

Research Interest

• Petland Studies
• Carbon Stock Assessments
• Biodiversity

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Marilyn M. Belarmino

Associate Professor IV 

Highest Degree Attained

• Dr. In Agricultural Sciences

Specialization

• Tissue Culture

Research Interest

• Tissue culture of Horticultural crops

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Catherine C. Arradaza

Associate Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

• Tissue Culture

Research Interest

• Tissue culture of Horticultural crops

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Marilou M. Benitez

Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

Research Interest

• Horticulture Crop Production
• Postharvest
• Postharvest Horticulture

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Zenaida C. Gonzaga

Professor VI

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

• Vegetable/ Ornamentals production and Management

Research Interest

• Vegetable Production and Physiology
• Protected Cropping and Crop Growth
  Regulation

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty and Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Dario P. Lina

Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Horticulture

Specialization

• Crop Physiology
• Plantation Crops

Research Interest

• Horticulture (Physiology)
• Fruit Crops

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Luz O. Moreno

Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Plant Physiology

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Arsenio D. Ramos

Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

Research Interest

• Crop Production
• Physiology Plantation Crops

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Rosario A. Salas

Professor  VI

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

• Vegetable Production and Management

Research Interest

• Vegetable production
• Integrated crop production management
• Horticultural industry development
• Safe technologies including using natural/organicmaterials
• Horticultural outreach and collaboration

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Santos B. Villocino Jr.

Associate Professor  V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

• Vegetables

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Aljay D. Valida

Associate Professor III   

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Horticulture

Specialization

• Vegetables

Research Interest

• Postharvest supply chain management

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Gloria E. Bancale

Associate Professor  I

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Horticulture

Specialization

Research Interest

• Seed System
• Plant Propagation of Horticultural Crop

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Roden D. Troyo

Associate Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Horticulture

Specialization

Research Interest

• Landscape Horticulture
• Edible Landscaping
• Ornamental Horticulture

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Malvin B. Datan

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. in Horticulture

Specialization

• Pomology

Research Interest

• Fruit Crop Flowering
• Physiology and Image Processing

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Julius V. Abela

Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Animal Science

Specialization

• Animal Production Swine

Research Interest

• Animal Production
• Animal Nutrition
• Extension Research

Role

• Teaching and Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Oscar B. Posas

Adjunct Professor

Highest Degree Attained

• Post Doctorate (Cornell University)
• Ph.D. Animal Husbandry

Specialization

• Dairy Production and Management

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Manuel D. Gacutan Jr.

Associate Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Animal Science

Specialization

Research Interest

• Animal Nutrition/Biochemistry

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Jade Dhapnee Z. Compendio

Assistant Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Agriculture major in Animal Genetics

Specialization

• Animal Genetics

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Cyrill John P. Godinez

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Animal Genetics

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ma. Rosa Delima G. Beato             

Assistant Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• M.S. Animal Science

Specialization

• Animal Nutrition/Biochemistry

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

  Warren D. Come

   Assistant Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Animal Science

Specialization

• Animal Physiology/ Environmental Science

Research Interest

• Ruminant Production Systems
• Animal-Environment Interactions
• Organic Livestock Production

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Michael Dominic M. Garrido

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• MS in Animal Science

Specialization

• Animal Science / Ruminants

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Ginas A. Villagonzalo

Assistant Professor II

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Animal Science 

Specialization

• Dairy Technology/ Food dscience

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Santiago T. Pena Jr.

Associate Professor III

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Tropical Veterinary Science

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Robelyn T. Piamonte

Associate Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Plant Pathology

Specialization

• Plant Pathology

Research Interest

• Plant Virology
• Molecular Virus Diagnostics and Genomics

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Elvira L. Oclarit

Associate Professor V

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. Plant Pathology

Specialization

• Plant Pathology

Research Interest

• Plant Pathology
• Biological Control of Nematodes

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Justine Bennette H. Millado

Assistant Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• Doctor in Agricultural Science major in Animal Sciences

Specialization

Research Interest

• Insect Pathology,
• Med and Vet Entomology,
• Storage Pest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Paciencia P. Milan 

Professor Emeritus

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Vertebrate Pest Management

Specialization

• Vertebrate Ecology and Pest Management

Research Interest

• Biology
• Vertebrate Ecology and Pest Management
• Environmental Education and Biology

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Ruben M. Gapasin 

Professor Emeritus

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D. in Plant Pathology

Specialization

• Plant Patholog

Research Interest

• Plant Management in Abaca, Corn, and other crops.

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Manuel K. Palomar 

Professor Emeritus

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D.

Specialization

Research Interest

• Plant Virology, Molecular Virus Diagnostics and Genomics

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty & Research Adviser 

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Mannelyn A. Merioles

Assistant Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• PhD Entomology

Specialization

• Entomology

Research Interest

• Entomopathogenic
• Nematodes

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Flora Mia Y. Duatin

Associate Professor IV

Highest Degree Attained

• Ph.D in Horticulture (Tissue Culture) 

Specialization

• Horticulture

Research Interest

• Plant tissue culture
• Plant Pathology

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Fely C. Falcone

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• MS in Plant Pathology

Specialization

• Plant Pathology

Research Interest

• Plant Pathology, Biological Control of Fungi,
• Mushroom Production

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Temporary

Rochelle Olana

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• MS in Plant Pathology and Plant Protection 

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent

Jay Darryl Ermio

Instructor I

Highest Degree Attained

• MS in Plant Protection/ Crop Protection

Specialization

Research Interest

Role

• Teaching Graduate Faculty

Status of Appointment

• Permanent