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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. Montaño, Ph.D.
Biochemistry

Rosana Balangue-Tarriela, Ph.D.
Earth Sciences (Geology)

Fernando A. Siringan, Ph.D.
Marine Sciences

Cristine Villagonzalo, Ph.D.
Physics

Corazon D. Villareal, Ph.D.
Managing Editor

Dercylis G. Mararac
Editorial Assistant

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A Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences



TEOFILO A. ABRAJANO JR., Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
abrajt@rpi.edu

ALFONSO M. ALBANO, Ph.D.
Department of Physics
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
aalbano@brynmawr.edu

ANGEL C. ALCALA, Ph.D
Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management
Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Philippines
sumanila@psdn.org.ph; suakcrem@philwebinc.com

FELIXBERTO A. BUOT, Ph.D.
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C.
buot@estd.nrl.navy.mil; fab@cfdrc.com

JOSEFINO C. COMISO, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
comiso@joey.gsfc.nasa.gov

LOURDES J. CRUZ, Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
luly@upmsi.ph

EDGARDO D. GOMEZ, Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
edgomez@upmsi.ph

PER JUEL HANSEN, Ph.D.
Marine Biological Laboratory
University of Copenhagen
Helsingor, Denmark
pjhansen@zi.ku.dk

JORGEN HYLLEBERG, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Ecology
University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark
hylleberg@biology.aau.dk

CHRIS M. IRELAND, Ph.D.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
cireland@deans.pharm.utah.edu

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

EMIL Q. JAVIER, Ph. D.
Institute of Plant Breeding
University of the Philippines Los Baños
College, Laguna, Philippines
emil.javier@cgiar.org

AMADOR MURIEL, Ph.D.
Data Transport System
New York, New York
dtsny@msn.com

BALDOMERO M. OLIVERA, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
olivera@biology.utah.edu

EDUARDO A. PADLAN, Ph.D.
Kensington, Maryland
EdPadlan@aol.com

WILLIAM G. PADOLINA, Ph.D.
International Rice Research Institute
College, Los Baños, Laguna
w.padolina@cgiar.org

KELVIN S. RODOLFO, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
krodolfo@uic.edu

GARY E. RODRICK, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
GERodrick@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

FRANCIS J. SCHMITZ, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
fjschmitz@chemdept.chem.ou.edu

GAVINO C. TRONO JR., Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute
University of the Philippines Diliman
Quezon City, Philippines
trono@upmsi.ph