Ms. Anne Parojinog, MS won first place in the Oral Competition of the Biological and Health Sciences category (MS level) for her research entitled 鈥淚ntegrated Urban Ecology: A socio-ecological overview of Metropolitan Manila and bioecological study of its two urban protected forests鈥�.

Meanwhile, Ms. Pauline Maglipon, MS won first place in the Poster Competition of the Agricultural and Environmental Science category for her poster entitled 鈥淪patiotemporal distribution and diversity of plant communities in post fire sites of Mts. Iglit-Baco Natural Park, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines鈥�. Both Ms. Parojinog and Ms. Maglipon were under the supervision of Biological Sciences academic researcher Nikki Heherson Dagamac, Dr.rer.nat.

Another Environmental Biology alumna, Ms. Kamille Poblete, M.Sc. won third place in the Poster Competition of the Biological and Health Sciences category for her research entitled 鈥淭emporal shifts of methane production and methane oxidizing bacteria communities: A limnological assessment in a tropical lake,鈥� which she conducted under the supervision of College of Science Dean Rey Donne S. Papa, PhD.

Lastly, Mr. Theo Victor Cavite of the MS Applied Physics major in Medical Physics program garnered second place in the Poster Competition of the Physical Sciences Category. His poster entitled 鈥淣eutron spectrometry via in-115 activation foil at the Philippines鈥� sole research reactor鈥� was co-authored with his supervisors Dr. Alvie J. Asuncion-Astronomo of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute and Asst. Prof. Roland Cristopher F. Caballar, Ph.D. of the UST Department of Mathematics and Physics.

These award-winning student researchers are part of the UST delegation composed of 13 DOST scholars, four Graduate School academic staff, and two UST DOST-ASTHRDP office project staff. The 探花精选 is a member of the National Science Consortium (NSC) under the ASTHRDP of the DOST鈥揝cience Education Institute, which oversees the offering of scholarships in flagship Science and Technology graduate programs. UST is represented in the NSC by Dean Papa. First offered in UST in 2010, the DOST-ASTHRDP scholarship has supported 435 Master of Science graduates and 55 doctoral degree graduates. This academic year, there are 70 Master of Science and 6 doctoral students enjoying the scholarship.

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Bennett was recognized for research efforts as young researcher at the Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences and for his work while a graduate student. Specifically, Bennett鈥檚 work on the taxonomy and evolution of oomycetes was recognized. Building on the comprehensive study by Dogma, Bennett鈥檚 contributions helped 鈥渇ill in the missing literature and knowledge gap in Philippine Oomycetes.鈥� His studies focus on oomycete taxonomy, ecology, and evolution. Recently, he has engaged with fellow Thomasian researchers on the applied aspects of oomycetes such as fatty acids and secondary metabolites. Among his collaborators, are Prof. Dr. Gina Dedeles, Inst. Mark Devanadera, Prof. Dr. Mafel Ysrael, Inst. Nono Caguimbal, and Asst. Prof. Dr. Kim Arafiles.

His current focus is researching with and training students 鈥渨ho are very willing to learn about these organisms,鈥� which he counts as a rarity as the work involves long hours of observations using a microscope to try and decode the oomycetes life cycle and development.

In his interview with the Communications Bureau, Bennett acknowledged College of Science Dean Rey Donne S. Papa, PhD for the nomination and his plant pathology and mycology professor at the UST Graduate School, Prof. Irineo J. Dogma, Jr., PhD, whom he hailed as the 鈥渁uthority on zoosporic fungi.鈥� He also thanked graduate research advisers Prof. Dedeles and Prof. Dr. Marco Thines. The Chair also thanked his colleagues and teachers in the department, namely Asst. Prof. Mae Lowe Diesmos, Prof. Dr. Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Prof. Dr. Pia Marie S.P. Albano, and Prof. Dr. Maureen Sabit.

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Moreover, the event is part of the ongoing collaboration among the Faculty of Theology of the University of Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland)under the chairmanship of Prof. Helmut Zander for Comparative History of Religions and Interreligious Dialogue, the Dominican University (Ibadan, Nigeria), and the 探花精选 (Manila, Philippines). The collaboration is dubbed as CoMIF (Collaboration among Manila, Ibadan and Fribourg) and will host the afternoon Symposium/Workshop on 鈥楨cology and Climate Change.鈥�

Interested scholars, faculty members and students are invited to register through or the QR code provided on the poster. Updates related to this event will be released through the Facebook page of UST Institute of Religion ().

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During the same period and into the middle of the 1900s, notable professors and university alumni made contributions to fields such as bacteriology, botany, freshwater biology, and genetics, among others, even though, as Papa noted, there was no 鈥渇ormal research agenda in the University until the establishment of the UST Research Center in 1962.鈥� Despite the 鈥渟upporting鈥� roles that biologists were relegated to when research focus shifted to applied research, Papa noted the 鈥渞enaissance from the 2000s onwards,鈥� which culminated in the establishment of 鈥淏iodiversity, Ecology, Systematics, and Taxonomy (BEST) as a recognized research cluster in the university, contributing significantly to the university鈥檚 research productivity and providing important scientific data.鈥�

Entitled 鈥淥n Biodiversity: History, Heritage, and Research in Asia,鈥� the hybrid conference was organized by NUS鈥檚 Asia Research Institute with support from Yale-NUS College. Papa, a limnologist by profession, has published 75 research articles in local and international peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters and textbooks. A freshwater zooplankton ecology and systematics specialist, he is the National Ambassador of the Philippines to the International Society of Limnology.

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During the ten-month program, there will be a twenty-seven (27)-unit program delivered to the teachers in hybrid format. Among the outputs are capstone projects from the Pasig City teachers, who will be mentored by faculty experts from the UST College of Education and the College of Science.

The Memorandum of Agreement among UST, the City Government of Pasig, and DepEd Schools Division of Pasig was signed by the Rector of UST, Very Rev. fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., PhD (represented by Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH); the Pasig City Mayor, the Hon. Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto; and the Pasig City Schools Division Superintendent, Ms. Ma. Evalou Concepcion A. Agustin.

In his message, Mayor Sotto expressed delight at the partnership, which bolster the capacity of the local government鈥檚 Science teachers. Councilor Corazon Raymundo, in-charge of Education in the City Council, in her message, also thanked UST for helping them achieve the city鈥檚 vision of former 鈥淏atang Pasig鈥� who are 鈥渕atino, mahusay, at magiting.鈥� The investment of the local government in teachers is a step in the right direction, according to Ms. Shalani Soledad-Romulo, representing Congressman Roman T. Romulo, as this will redound to the benefit of the students later on.

The University Rector expressed hope that the collaboration will be the first of many avenues opened for partnerships between UST and the local government of Pasig City. The Rector expressed the University鈥檚 commitment to help prepare the teachers 鈥渢o take on leadership roles and nurture their abilities to work cross-culturally if we really have to make an impact on the kind of education we give to our students.鈥� College of Education Dean Pilar I. Romero, PhD assured the city government of UST鈥檚 formation of Science teachers who will have a heart that will allow them not just be technocrats but people of service to society.

Gracing the event were VRAA Peralta, Dean Romero, College of Science Dean Rey Donne S. Papa, PhD, Department of Secondary Education Chair John Christian C. Valeroso, PhD, Education High School Science Supervising Teacher Louie B. Dasas, PhD, as well as officials from Pasig City and DepEd. Councilor Raymundo, Ms. Soledad-Romulo, and Hon. Robert Vincent Jude B. Jaworski, Jr., Vice-Mayor, joined Mayor Sotto in the event.

Photos by Hans Lawrence V. Malgapu

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Held from November 23 to 24, 2021, the webinar provided a platform for collaboration among academics and practitioners involved in research and development in the quantitative sciences, analytics and applied mathematics.

UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Richard Ang, OP, Ph.D., in his opening message, stressed the importance of data analytics and the need to find effective ways to analyze and utilize these data especially during this challenging time of the pandemic, stating, 鈥淲hen great minds meet, great things happen.鈥�

The keynote session was led by UST Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Cheryl R. Peralta with her presentation 鈥淒ata-Informed Decisions in Academics in Support of Quality Assurance: The Experience of the 探花精选.鈥�

Peralta discussed the University鈥檚 experiences in the use of data analytics for informed decision-making in academics and highlighted the key lessons in UST鈥檚 journey that helped support continuous quality improvement.

Prof. Dr. Naomie Salim of the School of Computing of the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia, and Prof. Dr. Anton Abdulbasah Kamil of Istanbul Gelisim University, Turkey, were among the keynote speakers.

Faculty members and students from the College of Science and the College of Information and Computing Sciences presented papers during the parallel sessions.

From the Department of Mathematics and Physics of the College of Science, faculty presenters on the topic 鈥楽urfing the Big Waves鈥� included: Department Chair Asst. Prof. Enrico Yambao (鈥淚teration Functions for Approximating Complex Roots of Cubic Polynomials鈥�), Dr. Josephine Bernadette Benjamin, (鈥淔eature Weighted Multi-View Possibilistic C-Means with Feature Reduction Framework鈥�), Dr. Ma. Carlota Decena, (鈥淒etecting Chaos in Time-Series Data of Localized Measles Cases in the Philippines鈥�), Dr. Bernhard Egwolf, (鈥淭he UST CoV-2 Model for the COVID-19 Pandemic in Metro Manila鈥�), Asst. Prof. Arturo Patungan- (鈥淎 Machine Learning Modeling Prediction of Enrollment of Admitted College Applicants at 探花精选鈥�), and Asst. Prof. Mark Louie Ramos (鈥淎daptive local false discovery rate procedures for spiky data and their application to protein Set4 Delta data鈥�).

Discussed during the second day of the webinar was 鈥淚mproving Asynchronous Delivery of Mathematics in the Modern World through Student Feedback: A Descriptive Case Study鈥� delivered by the dynamic and YouTube sensation faculty member of the Mathematics and Physics Department, Asst. Prof. Xandro Alexi Nieto.

This was followed by eight student presenters from the UST College of Science and the UST College of Information and Computing Sciences that included: Ronica Lilia A. Pascua (College of Science- 鈥淐ardiac alternans suppression using the T卤蔚 feedback control in a single cell human model鈥�), Jose Conrado A帽onuevo (College of Information and Computing Sciences- 鈥淎 Prescriptive Analysis of Toll Plaza Booths for Company X鈥�), Ramon Joseph A. Teoxon (College of Science- 鈥淧roton beam interaction with ovary and prostate tissues using SRIM software simulation鈥�), Abigail Joy Roxas (College of Information and Computing Sciences – 鈥淩evenue Maximization: A Case for a Furniture and Decking Company鈥�), Nicole G. Aquino (College of Information and Computing Sciences – 鈥淎 Prescriptive Analysis on the Cost Optimization of LF Almira帽ez Construction Metal Works鈥�), Jigo Jovero (College of Science – 鈥淔easibility of Markov Chain Modelling Techniques for Covid-19 Cases Prediction in the Philippines鈥�), Ray Liorenz SP. Dominguez (College of Science – 鈥淪entiment Analysis of the Community on COVID-19 Vaccination Programs: A Case Study of the 2nd District of NCR, Philippines鈥� ) , and Hancelie Keith Llaguno (College of Information and Computing Sciences – 鈥淭he Implementation of Service Desk and Service Request Management through the Development of e-Ticketing System for IT Management Services鈥�).

The conference concluded with speeches from the Dean of the UUM School of Quantitative Sciences Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Kamal Mohd Nawawi, and the Dean of the UST College of Science Prof. Dr. Rey Donne S. Papa.

The two-day event in a fully virtual platform brought together numerous participants from Malaysia, Philippines, Nigeria, Japan, Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United States of America, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Taiwan, and other countries.

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The PAMB resolution, signed by Director Nilo B. Tamoria, CESO III, Regional Executive Director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – CALABARZON Region and Chairperson of the PAMB-TVPL, confirmed Dean Papa鈥檚 appointment, which comes after Dr. Macrina Zafaralla ended her service as chairperson.

Dean Papa, one of the country鈥檚 leading limnologists, has Taal Lake as his field site. He established the Zooplankton, Systematics, and Limnology (ZESL) research group at the Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences in 2011. He is the first Filipino to be named national representative to the International Society of Limnology.

Dean Papa is an expert in tropical freshwater microcrustacean zooplankton ecology and systematics, as well as lake ecology. The research undertakings he and Thomasians have been engaged in with regard to Lake Taal have led to, among other scientific endeavors, the creation of the UST Zooplankton Reference Collection, the first organized repository of freshwater zooplankton in the Philippines.

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The entry aimed to bring awareness to conserving post-eruption Lake Taal and aiding its resilient but vulnerable fisherfolk communities. The video was produced through the NRCP-funded Taal PEER Program headed by Briones and Papa, in close collaboration with JCI Antipolo and the Kilusan ng mga Maliit na Mangingisda sa Lawa ng Taal (KMMLT).

The video contest was promoted to show the impressions/reflections on life and activities related to natural lakes. Entries are evaluated on the basis of creativity, originality, entertainment value, and how well it expresses and connects the values and principles of aquatic ecosystems and water environment.

The conference was organized by the Platform for Aquatic Ecosystem Research (PAER), the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Yamagata University, Southeast Asian Limnological Network (SEALNet), and the Research Center for Limnology – National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (RCL-BRIN). Collaborators included Cambodia鈥檚 Ministry of Environment, Cambodia鈥檚 Tonie Sap Authority, Cambodia鈥檚 Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, as well as Universiti Sains Malaysia and the International Lake Environment Committee Foundation of Japan.

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Papa is an expert in tropical freshwater microcrustacean zooplankton ecology and systematics, as well as lake ecology, with his study site being Lake Taal. The research undertakings he and Thomasians have been engaged in with regard to Lake Taal have led to, among other scientific endeavors, the creation of the UST Zooplankton Reference Collection, the first organized repository of freshwater zooplankton in the Philippines.

In 2016, Papa organized the first-ever Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity Ecosystems, which gathered scholars from here and abroad and which also received funding from the United States Agency for International Development and the United States National Academy of Science. In the same year, Papa was elected as the Vice-President of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines, of which he is now President. He also serves as the Vice-President of the Philippine Society for Freshwater Science. In January 2020, he became the first Filipino national representative to the International Society of Limnology. 

With the recognition, Dean Papa becomes the first alumnus of the University鈥檚 BS Biology and PhD Biological Sciences programs to get the Outstanding Young Scientist award. He earned his BS Biology degree in 2002 and his PhD in 2011.

Papa also joins fellow Thomasian scientists who have previously received the distinction, namely Chemistry professors Alicia M. Aguinaldo, PhD,  Christina A. Binag, Allan Patrick G. Macabeo, Dr. rer. nat., Bernard John V. Tongol, and Mario A. Tan, PhD, as well as Biological Sciences professors John Donnie A. Ramos, PhD, Grecebio Jonathan D. Alejandro, Dr. rer. nat., and Thomas Edison E. dela Cruz, Dr. rer. nat.

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In 2016, Papa organized the first-ever Philippine Symposium on Freshwater Biodiversity Ecosystems, which gathered scholars from here and abroad for a four-day activity in UST, which also received funding from the United States Agency for International Development and the United States National Academy of Science. In the same year, Papa was elected as the Vice-President of the Association of Systematic Biologists of the Philippines, of which he is now President. He also serves as the Vice-President of the Philippine Society for Freshwater Science.

Papa is an expert in tropical freshwater microcrustacean zooplankton ecology and systematics, as well as lake ecology. The research undertakings he and Thomasians have been engaged in with regard to Lake Taal have led to, among other scientific endeavors, the creation of the UST Zooplankton Reference Collection, the first organized repository of freshwater zooplankton in the Philippines.

Papa became Dean of the College of Science in January 2020. He teaches at the UST and the , and is also a researcher of the .

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