Behind The Science Podcast

Dr. Emil Joseph Vergara, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, shares his journey from veterinary medicine to vaccine research. With a Ph. D. in immunology, Dr. Vergara discusses his work on improving dengue vaccines and the challenges faced during the pandemic. He also offers valuable advice for aspiring researchers, emphasizing the importance of finding a research niche, collab...

Ms. Jessica Legaspi, a PhD student at Kochi University, shares her research on examining the life history of squids captured in Concepcion, Iloilo using ear bones. Research spotlight: Legaspi, J. M., del Norte-Campos, A. G., & Campos, W. L. (2024). Age and Growth of the Indian Squid, Uroteuthis duvaucelii : Analysis of Statolith Microstructure and Length Frequency Data . Zoological Studies, 62...

Guest Speaker: Audrei Anne Ybañez, M.Sc. Supervising Science Research Specialist UP Resilience Institute Ms. Ybañez shares how they produced landslide susceptibility maps downscaled to the community-level for the entire Leyte province using remote sensing, numerical modelling, and GIS. Research spotlight: Eco R, Aquino D, Lagmay A et al (2015) Landslide and debris flow susceptibility mapping of Le...

In Episode 45 of the #BehindTheSciencePodcast, we talked with healthcare professionals about the feasibility of telepsychiatry to improve mental health. 👤Guest Speakers: Mr. Gregorio Candelario is the head of the Data Privacy and Telemedicine Office of the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City. Ms. Cristela Candelario is an assistant professor in the School of Medical Laboratory Scien...

👤Guest Speaker: Edwin Dumalagan, M.Sc. Assistant Professor Mindanao State University at Naawan In this episode of Behind The Science Podcast, Mr. Edwin Dumalagan shares his research on the spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines. Research Spotlight: Dumalagan Jr, E. E., Cabaitan, P. C., Bridge, T. C., Go, K. T., Qui...

👤Guest Speaker: Lea Dasallas, Ph. D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Canterbury In this episode, Dr. Dasallas discusses her research on developing a multiscale flood model using variable grid sizes for the Marikina-Pasig River Basin. Research Spotlight: Dasallas, L., An, H., & Lee, S. (2022). Developing an integrated multiscale rainfall-runoff and inundation model: Application to a...

👤Guest Speaker: Regina Martha Lumongsod, M.Sc. PhD Candidate Kangwon National University In this episode, Ms. Lumongsod explains the factors that can contribute to karstification. Research Spotlight: Lumongsod, R.M.G., Ramos, N.T. & Dimalanta, C.B. Mapping the karstification potential of central Cebu, Philippines using GIS . Environ Earth Sci 81, 449 (2022). #BehindTheSciencePodcast is presen...

Guest Speaker: Orlando A. Calcetas, PhD Senior Science Research Specialist Department of Agriculture DA-RCPC-IVA-CALABARZON In this episode, Dr. Calcetas shares how he discovered a new species of leaf beetle in the Philippines and named it Podontia rustiai. Research spotlight: Calcetas O, Staines C. 2024. New Species of the Genus Podontia Dalman (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) i...

Guest Speaker: Gabriel Hildawa Research Assistant Br. Alfred Shields FSC Ocean Research Center De La Salle University In this episode, Mr. Hildawa shares how he transformed his research on using coral color to measure coral health in Calatagan, Batangas from a college thesis to a full paper published in the Philippine Journal of Science. Research spotlight: Hildawa G et al. 2024. Coral Health and...

👤Guest Speaker: Dominique Mediodia, M.Sc. Assistant Professor College of Fisheries and Ocean SciencesUniversity of the Philippines Visayas Mr. Dominique Mendiodia shares his experiences in studying fish fossils (Paleoichthyology) in the Philippines. ⌛Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest 01:57 What got me interested into science 07:13 Why I chose fisheries for college 11:51 Journe...

Guest Speaker: Jolly Joyce Sulapas, M.Sc. Junior Managing Researcher / Project Coordinator UP Resilience Institute Ms. Sulapas discusses why the cities of Manila, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, and Legazpi are sinking. ⌛Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest 02:02 How I got into science 07:16 Research focus: ground subsidence in major Philippine metropolitan cities 14:27 Research funding and...

Guest Speakers: Joseph Basconcillo, PhD Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (DOST-PAGASA) Dr. Basconcillo sheds light on the increase in occurrence of Christmas typhoons in the Philippines in recent years. ⌛Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the podcast and guest 03:14 What got me into science 06:11 Things you need to know about the climate map of the Philippi...

Guest Speakers: Lala Calle, Dana Manogan, Paolo Co, Mary Rose Gabuyo, Bryan Casauay Research assistants from the University of the Philippines - Marine Science Institute share their experiences of doing research studies in the Pag-asa Island Research Station in the West Philippine Sea. --- #BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to you by Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Instit...

Guest Speaker: Jeffrey Perez, M.Eng. This episode highlights the research of Mr. Perez on the prehistoric earthquakes from the Surigao segment of the Philippine Fault. Mr. Jeffrey S. Perez is a licensed geologist and a Supervising Science Research Specialist at PHIVOLCS. He is a graduate of BS Geology from the UP Diliman and gained a Master of Engineering Major in Civil and Environmental Engineeri...

👤Guest Speaker: Raquel Felix, PhD This episode highlights the work of Dr. Raquel Felix on modelling the tsunami scenarios in Lombok and Bali, Indonesia. Dr. Felix is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Coastal Lab at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She completed her PhD in 2023 at NTU, within the Asian School of the Environment (ASE). Her r...

Guest Speaker: Iris Mabanta MS Marine Science Student UP Marine Science Institute --- #BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to you by the Marine & Earth Science Learning Hub, UP Resilience Institute, and Liknayan Podcast. Do you want to share your research? Sign up through this https://forms.gle/6cEU78144zD7By5z5⁠.

Guest Speaker: Kevin Garas, PhD Senior Geologist Mines and Geosciences Bureau - DENR --- Research spotlight: K.L. Garas, T. Watanabe, A. Yamazaki (2023) Hydroclimate seasonality from paired coral Sr/Ca and δ18O records of Kikai Island, southern Japan: evidence of East Asian monsoon during mid-to late Holocene . Quat. Sci. Rev., 301 (2023), Article 107926 #BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to yo...

Guest Speaker: Deo Carlo Llamas, MSc Science Research Specialist Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology --- Research spotlight: Llamas, D. C. E., Perez, J. S., Legaspi, C. J. M., Acid, J. J. S, Naing, J. P. S., and Papiona, N. K., 2024, Stress releases and seismic gaps: Earthquake sequences strike Eastern Mindanao, Philippines , Temblor #BehindTheSciencePodcast is presented to you by t...

Guest Speakers: 1) Dominic Panaligan - Instructor & MS Food Science Student, UP Diliman 2) Isaac Sy - BS Computer Engineering Student, UP Diliman Research spotlight: Panaligan D, Sy ICB, Sarza RM. 2024. Harnessing artificial intelligence in microbial food safety: global progress and implications in the ASEAN region . International Journal of Food Science & Technology.‌ #BehindTheSciencePod...

A native of Iloilo, Dr. John Dale Dianala is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines - National Institute of Geological Sciences. His research focuses on understanding where, how often, and why earthquakes happen by studying how tectonic faults accumulate and release stress. He primarily works with satellite radar (InSAR) and GPS data to map and model earthquake sources and the...

Ms. Lala Grace Calle is currently an editor at Cactus Communications. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries from the University of the Philippines Visayas and is currently pursuing a Master of Marine Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman. From 2017 to 2021, she worked with the Coral Reef Ecology Laboratory, where her team concentrated on assessing the status of giant clams in...

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Ms. Ruth Esther Delina-Agillon is a PhD student specializing in environmental mineralogy and geochemistry at the Interface Geochemistry section of the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. She obtained her MSc in Geology from the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she also served as an instructor. Her passion for teaching and research led her to extend her MSc work on Philippine ni...

Ms. Joy Santiago is a geographer and licensed environmental planner, currently serving as the only female Chief Science Research Specialist at the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute. She is also the Director of the Internal Audit Division at the Centre for Neighbourhood Studies Philippines. Ms. Santiago taught spatial analysis and cartography using geographic information systems at...

Michael Y. Roleda is a Professor at the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines-Diliman. His passion for tropical seaweeds started in the early 1990s cataloguing their biodiversity and worked on the biology and biochemistry of an agarophyte,  Gelidiella acerosa . Further graduate study and postdoctoral fellowships in Germany, Sweden, and Scotland enabled him to work on cold-t...