Interdisciplinary background in agribusiness and rural development economics.
I continuously seek to leverage my research, extension and teaching skills and experience to contribute to research that aims to find solutions to key global transition issues in agriculture, education and the environment. It is my goal to contribute on solutions that aims to close the gap between the academia and communities in working towards a more sustainable future.
In teaching, I worked as a faculty instructor for more than two years was involved in instruction, research, and extension activities as a project leader and member of on-going extension and research projects.
In research and extension, I worked as a research assistant for national research programmes and consultancy projects focused on value chain analyses/ development of major agricultural crops (seaweeds, sweetpotato, and rice) and the resilience of food systems in the Philippines.
In these projects, I worked within multidisciplinary teams in collaboration with local civil society organizations, international NGOs, and government agencies to identify constraints, gaps, and opportunities within value chain segments and actors (farmers, farmer organisation beneficiaries, small-scale food processors, MSMEs) to upgrade products, processes, and chain performance.
Education and Work Experiences
- 2022 - Present: Research Assistant/PhD Candidate, Business Management and Organisation, Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
- 2020 - 2022: Faculty Member, Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies (ISRDS), Visayas State University, Philippines
- 2018 - 2019: Intern, Content Writer and Researcher, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS), Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2017 - 2019: International Master of Science in Rural Development, Ghent University, Belgium and University of Pisa, Italy
- 2015 - 2017: Science Research Assistant, Philippine Rootcrops Research and Training Centre, Philippines
- 2014 - 2015: Instructor, Department of Business and Management, Visayas State University, Philippines
- 2013 - 2014: Student Research Assistant, The WorldFish Project, Visayas State Uinversity
- 2010 - 2014: Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness, Visayas State University, Philippines
Teaching
As a lecturer:
Master Courses (1st Semester to present)
- DSOC 221 – Sociology of Agriculture
- DSOC 224 – Demography
- DSOC 252 – Resources Management, Access and Benefit Sharing (co-lecturer)
- LAMP 299 – Graduate Seminar
Undergraduate
- AgSc 123 - Introduction to Agricultural Policy and Development (2nd Semester 2021-2022)
- ECON198 - Research Planning and Manuscript Preparation (1st Semester 2021-2022)
- ECON131 - Economic Development (1st Semester 2021-2022)
- ABMg 105 - Applied Economics (2nd Semester 2020-2021, 2021-2022)
- ENTR11 - Entrepreneurial Mind (1st Semester 2020-2021)
Highschool
- PR2- Practical Research for Senior High School (1st Semester 2020-2021, 2021-2022)
Publication
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Presentation
- 2021 - 4th Colleges and Universities Public Service Conference, Philippines
- 2021 - Philippine Sociological Society 2021 International Conference: Sociology of Vulnerabilities and Resistance, Philippines
- 2020 - 2nd International Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development, Philippines
- 2018 - Jean Monnet Chair SAMPLEU Conference on “Small Area Methods and Living Conditions Indicators in European Poverty Studies in the Era of Data Deluge and Big Data, Pisa, Italy
- 2014 - Search for Phi Delta Outstanding Undegraduate Theses, Economics and Business Category, Philippines