Masters Scholars

	Name	Thummasorn Jesrael Sehawanlop
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Kenneth McNally
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Maria Genaleen Diaz
	Research Title	Identification of and characterization of microRNAs (miRNA) in Laguna tall coconut (Cocos nucifera L.) from de novo assembled endosperm transcriptome

	Name	Switzer Joy Ducos
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Inez Slamet-Loedin and Dr. Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Hayde Galvez
	Research Title	Functional Validation and Identification of Candidate Genes for Adapatation of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) to Unfavorable Environments

	Name	Karl Fritze Sampiano
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Ramil Mauleon
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Barbara Caoili
	Research Title	Diversity and functional analysis of the gut bacteria of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) field populations deduced from 16S rRNA

	Name	Jessica Joyce Jimenez
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Jauhar Ali
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Maria Genaleen Diaz
	Research Title	Elucidation of Glyphosate Resistance Mechanism in Rice Mutant Lines through Biochemical and Molecular Analyses

	Name	Angelo John Layos
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Kenneth McNally
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Carlo Sandoval & Dr. Maria Carmina Manuel
	Research Title	De novo Genome Assembly and Annotation of the Pili (Canarium ovatum) Reference Genome

	Name	Lemuel Ray Balloyan
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Van Schepler-Luu
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Rina Opulencia
	Research Title	Pathotyping and annotation of transcription activator-like effectors in recently isolated Philippine Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

	Name	Roberto Cañete Jr.
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Ramil Mauleon
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Jay Ronel Conejos
	Research Title	Effects of distillers grains with solubles silage as a concentrate replacement on growth, digestibility and hindgut microbiome metagenomic analysis in growing dairy buffaloes

	Name	Weljane Lou Mantalaba
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Kurniawan Rudi Trijatmiko
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Maria Genaleen Diaz
	Research Title	Revealing Rice (Oryza sativa) Resistance Mechanisms Against Rice Root-knot Nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola) for Precision Crop Protection

	Name	Tom Lin Deocampo Jr.
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Jae-Sung Lee
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Maria Celeste Banaticla-Hilario
	Research Title	Morphoanatomical traits and metabolites associated with cold stress tolerance mechanisms in rice

	Name	Jasper Neil Mandac
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Dmytro Chebotarov
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Lenie Quiatchon-Baeza
	Research Title	Bioinformatics/GWAS/Post-GWAS in Rice

	Name	Vina Salazar
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Ramil Mauleon
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Rommel C. Sulabo
	Research Title	Effects of Cereal Source and Feed Form on the Intestinal Health, Gene Expression, and Metagenomic Analysis of the Gut Microbiome of Broiler Chickens

	Name	Kena Carbonera
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Sung-Ryul Kim
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Hayde Galvez
	Research Title	Gene Identification and High-Resolution Mapping of Green Leafhopper Resistant gene from Wild Rice Species

	Name	Ramon Galang
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Van Schepler-Luu
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Johnny Balidion
	Research Title	Metagenomic Analysis for Characterizing the Sheath Brown Rot Disease Complex in Rice

	Name	Kristiane Polido
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Van Schepler-Luu
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Maria Genaleen Diaz
	Research Title	Genomic Comparison and Transcriptome Analysis of Selected Rice Lines for the Identification of Candidate NLR Genes for Sheath Blight Resistance

	Name	Maria Raquel Avanica
	IRRI Mentor	Dr. Mallikarjuna Swamy
	UPLB Mentor	Dr. Lenie Quiatchon-Baeza
	Research Title	Transcriptome Analysis of Selected Indica Golden Rice GR2E Introgression Lines for Increased Grain Carotenoid Accumulation and Stability