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Editor-in-Chief
Maricor N. Soriano, Ph.D.

Associate Editors
Zubaida U. Basiao, Ph.D.
Biology

Joel Joseph S. Marciano, Jr., Ph.D.
Computer Science, Engineering

Nemesio E. Montano, Ph.D.
Biochemistry

Rosana B. Tarriela, Ph.D.
Earth Sciences

Fernando P. Siringan, Ph.D.
Marine Sciences

Cristine D. Villagonzalo, Dr. Rer. Nat.
Physics

Corazon D. Villareal, Ph.D.
Managing Editor

Dercylis G. Mararac
Editorial Assistant

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SCIENCE   DILIMAN
A Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences

COVER PHOTO
Scanning electron microscope image of GaAs nanowires at 200,000x

magnification grown on gold-deposited Si (100) substrate. Image courtesy

of Dr. Armando Somintac from the paper “Growth of Gold-assisted Gallium

Arsenide Nanowires on Silicon Substrates via Molecular Beam Epitaxy” in

this volume.

EDITORIAL ADVISORS

Kelvin S. Rodolfo, Ph.D.
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
krodolfo@uic.edu

Alfonso M. Albano, Ph.D.
Dept. of Physics
Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
aalbano@brynmawr.edu

Victor C. Gavino, Ph.D.
Dept. of Nutrition
University of Montreal, Canada
victor.gavino@umontreal.ca

Raul K. Suarez, Ph.D.
Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology
University of California, Sta. Barbara
suarez@lifesci.ucsb.edu