December 9, 2016

Dr. Betsy Joy B. Tan

VPAA
Dear Dr. Tan,
Greetings from the Biology Department!
I am forwarding the list of faculty and staff from our Department who have made significant contributions in the
field of research and instruction for School Year 2016-2017:
Faculty

Field of Contribution

1. Nadia P. Abesamis
2. Michael Lawton R. Alcala
3. Leandro S. Cabrera
4. Hilconida P. Calumpong
5. Roy Olsen P. De Leon
6. Janet S. Estacion
7. Robert S. Guino-o II
8. Renee B. Paalan
9. Kathryn B. Rosell-Jadloc

Research
Instruction and Research
Research
Instruction and Research
Instruction and Research
Instruction and Research
Instruction and Research
Instruction and Research
Instruction and Research

Staff
10. Jocelyn P. Basa-Inocencio

Research

I am attaching a list of researches undertaken by our faculty and staff of Biology Department for your perusal
along with the supporting documents which will be mailed in two batches.
Thank you for the planned recognition day for our faculty and staff; this will surely inspire them to give their best
for our University.
Best regards,

Robert S. Guino-o II, PhD

Department Chairman
cc:
Dean Early Jude Paul L. Cleope
Associate Dean Brigit Mae Bernadel L. Villordon

Researches by Faculty, and Staff of Biology Department for School Year 2016-2017
by Robert S. Guino-o II
Department Chairperson

The faculty, staff, Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs), and volunteer Research Assistants (RAs) for school year 20162017 undertook 23 researches. The research funding for these researches come from various sources such as
Faculty Research Grant of Silliman Research & Development Center (SU RDC), Commission on Higher Education
(CHED), Philippine Tropical Forest Foundation, Inc. (PTFFI), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), and
personal fund. The lists of faculty-researchers from the Biology Department and their researches are:
1.Abesamis, N.P. Distribution and microhabitat associations of the juveniles of a high-value sea cucumber, Stichopus
cf. horrens, in northern Philippines
2. Abesamis, N.P. Diel activity pattern and sheltering behavior of juvenile sea cucumber Stichopus cf. horrens:
effects of photoperiod and microhabitat
3. Abesamis, N.P. Influence of microhabitat on growth and survival of juvenile sea cucumber Stichopus cf. horrens
4. Alcala, M. L. & Canja, J.D. Herpetological Assessment of Selected Sites in Bgy. Apolong, Valencia, Negros Oriental
5. Alcala, M.L., & Canja, J.D. Herpetological Assessment of the Tayasan Subwatershed, Negros Oriental
6. Basa-Inocencio, J.P. & Nacar, E.T. Butterfly Assessment of the Tayasan Subwatershed Butterfly Component
7. Basa-Inocencio, J.P. & Paalan, R.B. Plants and Mammalian Assessment of Selected Sites in Bgy. Apolong, Valencia,
Negros Oriental
8. Cabrera, L.S. & Oracion, J.H. Avifaunal Assessment of Selected Sites in Bgy. Apolong, Valencia, Negros Oriental
9. Cabrera, L.S.,& Oracion J.H. Avifaunal Assessment of the Tayasan Subwatershed, Negros Oriental
10. Calumpong, H.P. STEWARDS: Science Towards Environmental Well-Being and Resource Development for Society
in a Changing Climate (Project Leader) mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef assessments in selected Philippine
regions
11. De Leon, R. D. A Biophysical and Socio-Economic Assessment of the Tayasan Subwatershed: Capacitating the
LGU in Developing a Water Management and Ecotourism Framework (Overall Project Leader)
12. De Leon, R.D. Socio-Cultural Impacts/Vulnerability to Climate Change of the Tayasan Subwatershed

13. Estacion, J.S. STEWARDS: Science Towards Environmental Well-Being and Resource Development for Society in a
Changing Climate (Researcher - Macroinvertebrates)
14. Estacion, J.S. Coral Reef Restoration Research Project (Co-Investigator)
15. Guino-o, R.S., Tura-J.Y., Oracion, J.H. Lowering Total Coliform in Treated Wastewater from Constructed Wetland
of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, Philippines
16. Guino-o, R.S., Tura, J.Y., Oracion, J.H. Lowering the Total Coliform of Vermicompost from Solid Waste Materials
Produced By African Night Crawler Worm Eudrilus Eugeniae
17. Guino-o, R.S. Emergency Preparedness of Riverbank Residents: Lessons Learned in the 2013 Flooding of
Bayawan City, Negros Island, Central Philippines
18. Guino-o, R.S. Exacerbating and Mitigating Factors to Water-Related Natural Disasters in Negros Oriental, Central
Philippines
19. Guino-o, R.S. , Tura, J.Y. & Guino-o, R.R.A. Water Quality Assessment of Tayasan Subwatershed, Negros
Oriental
20. Oracion, E.G., Guino-o, R.S., De la Rama, & P.A, Credo, J.A. The Community-Based Forest And Mangrove
Management Project: Impact on Farm Production and Household Income in Negros Oriental
21. Paalan, R.B., Basa-Inocencio, E.S., Pyponco, R., Sequijod, I.M. & Sumondong,K.B. Plants and Bats Assessment of
Tayasan Subwatershed
22. Paalan, R.B. Biophysical Assessment of Selected Sites in Bgy. Apolong, Valencia, Negros Oriental: Implications on
Ecotourism (Overall Project Leader)
23. Rosell-Jadloc, Kathryn B. Community Structure of Meiofauna in Silliman Beach, Dumaguete City, Philippines