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Dr. Manuel Logroño is recognized of his contribution to corn breeding research that led to the development of high yielding yellow corn hybrids, now part of the Grains Production Enhancement Program of the Department of Agriculture and development of the first double endosperm mutant variety approved for release by the Philippine Seed Board.
Sex: Male
Education:
- University of the Philippines at Los Ba?os, College, Laguna, M.S. in Agronomy (Major in Plant Breeding), 1979
- University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, PhD. in Agronomy and Soil Science (Plant Breeding and Genetics), 1979
- Silliman University, Dumaguete City, B.S. in Agriculture, 1979
Field of Specialization:
Agriculture, Plant Breeding, Genetics (Plants), Agronomy
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Sex: Male
Education:
- University of the Philippines-Manila, Manila, PhD in Nursing, 1988
- Siliman University, Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, MA in Nursing, 1978
- Siliman University, BS Nursing, 1976
Field of Specialization:
Nursing(Theoretical/Philosophical)
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Sex: Female
Education:
- University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, Master of Science in Food Science, 2013
Field of Specialization:
Sensory Evaluation of Foods, Food Chemistry, Food Processing, Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods
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Dr. Arturo O. Lluisma is recognized of his significant contributions in the field of fundamental and applied seaweed biology and biotechnology. He helped develop laboratory-based micropropagation techniques for the seaweed Kappaphycus alvarezii that facilitate the development of land-based nursery and germplasm conservation technologies for this commercially important seaweed, explored the genetic diversity of K. alvarezii strains through DNA fingerprinting and with the use of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), characterized a number of carbohydrate metabolism-related genes in the red alga Gracilaria.
Sex: Male
Education:
- Dalhouse University, Halifax, Canada, Ph.D. in Biology, 1997
- University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, M.S. Marine Biology, 1993
- University of the Philippines in the Visayas, Miag-ao, Iloilo, B.S. Fisheries, 1987
- Ben-Gurion University, Israel, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999 O- 2001 Je
Field of Specialization:
Seaweed Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Biology
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Dr. Lizada is recognized for her important research work on postharvest physiology and safety of horticultural produce. She was part of the team that conceptualized the ASEAN-Australia Project on Quality Assurance Systems for ASEAN Fruits, Fresh and Minimally Processed, which had food safety as a key component.
Sex: Female
Education:
- College of the Holy Spirit, Manila, BS Chemistry, 1969
- University of Texas, El Paso, USA, MS in Chemistry, 1974
- University of California, Davis, USA, PhD. in Biochemistry, 1979
Field of Specialization:
Postharvest Physiology, Biochemistry, Agriculture