Rolando Pakingking Jr. is a scientist of the Fish Health Section, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) where he actively engages in researches that delve on immune responses triggered by the interactions of viruses and bacteria in high value marine fish species. He has conducted research with funding from the Government of Japan Trust Fund (GOJ-TF), Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research-Development (PCAARRD)-Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP)-DOST among others. He is currently a recipient of 3 research grants, i.e. Establishment of sanitary quality of oysters and their culture environments (funded by PCAARRD-DOST); Enhancement of vaccine efficacy for the prevention of viral nervous necrosis in high value marine fish (GOJ-TF); and Technology extension and demonstration in some Southeast Asian Countries (GOJ-TF). He obtained his master’s (M.S. Biology) and doctoral (Ph.D. Aquatic Pathobiology) degrees respectively from the University of the Philippines Visayas and Hiroshima University, Japan. He has served as consultant/ fish disease expert of the Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations assigned at the Fish Farming Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and visiting professor of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas. He recently chaired the ASEAN Regional Technical Consultation on EMS/AHPND and Other Transboundary Diseases for Improved Aquatic Animal Health in Southeast Asia, 22-24 February 2016, Makati City, Philippines. He has authored and co-authored book chapters and scientific articles published in peer-reviewed journals and serves as referee to several scientific journals. He has been a recipient of various awards and has been conferred as Diplomate in Microbiology by the Philippine Academy of Microbiology.