EDITORIAL BOARD
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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SCIENCE DILIMAN
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 [email protected]
ALFONSO M. ALBANO, Ph.D.
Department of Physics Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania [email protected] ANGEL C. ALCALA, Ph.D
Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management Silliman University
Dumaguete City, Philippines
[email protected]; [email protected] FELIXBERTO A. BUOT, Ph.D.
Naval Research Laboratory Washington, D.C.
[email protected]; [email protected] JOSEFINO C. COMISO, Ph.D.
Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland
[email protected] LOURDES J. CRUZ, Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
EDGARDO D. GOMEZ, Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
[email protected] PER JUEL HANSEN, Ph.D.
Marine Biological Laboratory University of Copenhagen Helsingor, Denmark [email protected]
JORGEN HYLLEBERG, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Sciences and Marine Ecology University of Aarhus
Aarhus, Denmark [email protected] CHRIS M. IRELAND, Ph.D.
Department of Medicinal Chemistry University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
EMIL Q. JAVIER, Ph. D.
Institute of Plant Breeding
University of the Philippines Los Baños College, Laguna, Philippines
[email protected] AMADOR MURIEL, Ph.D.
Data Transport System New York, New York [email protected]
BALDOMERO M. OLIVERA, Ph.D.
Department of Biology University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah [email protected] EDUARDO A. PADLAN, Ph.D.
Kensington, Maryland [email protected]
WILLIAM G. PADOLINA, Ph.D.
International Rice Research Institute College, Los Baños, Laguna [email protected] KELVIN S. RODOLFO, Ph.D.
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois
Chicago, Illinois [email protected] GARY E. RODRICK, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
[email protected] FRANCIS J. SCHMITZ, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
[email protected] GAVINO C. TRONO JR., Ph.D.
The Marine Science Institute University of the Philippines Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
