Pakingking, Rolando V., Jr., RMT, M.Sc, Ph.D, DPAM

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 …

Coloso, Relicardo M., Ph.D.

Relicardo M. Coloso is a Scientist (Ret) at the Nutrition and Feed Development Section, former Program Leader of the Marine Fish Program, and former Head of the Research Division of the Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC AQD). He obtained his Ph. D. in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University as a Fulbright-Hays Mutual …

Lacierda, Erlinda C., Ph.D.

Dr. Erlinda C. Lacierda received her B. Sc. Fisheries and M. Sc Marine Biology degree in 1976 and 1981, respectively from the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. She spent one year and a half in Japan as a research student under MONBUSHO scholarship. She finished her Ph. D in Tropical Fish Health at the Universiti Pertanian …

Hurtado, Anicia Q., D.Agr.

Anicia Q. Hurtado was a Senior Scientist at the Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC-AQD), Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines for more than 20 years. She spearheaded the Seaweed Program of AQD during her entire career at the Center. She is at present the Chair of the Integrated Services for the Development of Aquaculture and …

Luhan, Ma. Rovilla J., M.Sc

Ms. Ma. Rovilla J. Luhan got her B. Sc. Fisheries and M. Sc. Fisheries degrees from University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo in 1981 and 1991, respectively. She was a research student in Fishery Science at the Tokyo University of Fisheries in 1994-1996. She worked as a Research Assistant at the Division …

Marte, Clarissa L., Ph.D.

Dr. Clarissa L. Marte received her B. Sc. Zoology in 1963 and M. Sc Zoology in 1970 from the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City and Ph. D. Zoology from the National University of Singapore in 1990. She was a faculty member of the UP System and Ateneo de Manila for 6 years, and …

Quinitio, Emilia T., D.Sc.

Dr. Emilia Tobias-Quinitio obtained her B.Sc. Fisheries (Inland Fisheries) and M.Sc. Fisheries (Aquaculture) from the University of the Philippines in 1976 (Diliman) and 1980 (Visayas), respectively. She obtained her Doctorate in Fisheries Science from Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan. Until her retirement in 2017, she worked at SEAFDEC/AQD for 41 years. She is known for her …

Quinitio, Gerald F., D.Sc.

Gerald F. Quinitio finished his BS Fisheries (major in Marine Fisheries) from the University of the Philippines Diliman in 1976 and MS Fisheries (Aquaculture) from the University of the Philippines Visayas in 1980 through a pre-employment scholarship from the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC/AQD). He obtained a Doctor of Fisheries …

Salayo, Nerissa D., Ph.D.

Dr. Nerissa D. Salayo got her B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna in 1984, M.Sc. Fisheries Economics from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia in 1989, and Ph.D. in Economics from Griffith University in Australia in 1999. Aside from work experience in the Philippines, she has worked with international …