PhD Scholars

	Name	Marianne Yssabelle Sabdao Lunas
	Philippine affiliation	Bicol University College of Science
	University	Gyeongsang National University
	Mentor	Professor Yang Jae Kang
	Research	Comparative Genomic Analysis of Capsicum species in South Korea and Philippines

	Name	Jickerson Lado
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Seoul National University
	Mentor	Professor Tae-Jin Yang
	Research	Nuclear and organellar genome analysis of economically-important members of the Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, and Apiaceae families and other medicinal plants Understanding the chimeric phenomenon in plants based on their complete plastomes and 45S nrDNA High-quality chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of makapuno-like endosperm of coconut cultivars

	Name	Evangeline Pascual
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Chungnam National University
	Mentor	Professor Changsoo Kim
	Research	Epigenomics in Rice

	Name	Therese Julienne Medina
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Kyungpook National University
	Mentor	Professor Je Min Lee
	Research	Genomics and breeding in tomato for fruit quality improvement

	Name	Bernabeth Tendero
	Philippine affiliation	Philippine Genome Center - Program for Agriculture, UPLB
	University	Handong Global University
	Mentor	Professor Ah Ram Kim
	Research	Whole-genome sequencing of Philippine Native Stingless Bee, Tetragonula biroi Dissecting the regulatory mechanism of Coagulation Factor 8 gene (FVIII) using a massively parallel reporter assay

	Name	Emmanuel Galang
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Pusan National University
	Mentor	Professor Soon Wook Kwon
	Research	GWAS to assess and mine genetic info on combined heat and drought stress resistance (rice)

	Name	Aira Janella Elec
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Jeonbuk National University
	Mentor	Professor Beum-Chang Kang
	Research	Optimizing the protocol of the Chrysanthemum for C. morifolium Agro-transformation Developing a protoplast regeneration system in Paprika

	Name	Grace Lachica
	Philippine affiliation	Philippine Genome Center - Program for Agriculture, UPLB
	University	Kangwon National University
	Mentor	Professor Ik Young Choi
	Research	Effect of apocarotenoid beta-cyclocitrical in transcriptomic and metabolomic reprogramming in soybean in response to drought conditions

	Name	Jorge Michael Dominguez
	Philippine affiliation	University of the Philippines Los Baños
	University	Chungbuk National University
	Mentor	Professor Kwan Suk Kim
	Research	Genomic Evidence for the Origin, Relationship, and Adaptation of Philippine Native Cattle and Pigs

	Name	Maria Czet Fulleros
	Philippine affiliation	Philippine Coconut Authority - Albay Research Center
	University	Jeonbuk National University
	Mentor	Professor Youngjun Mo
	Research	Genomic Insights into Rice Yield: GWAS and Fine-mapping for Yield-related Traits