Education, professional experience and training

since 2024, Assistant Dean for Research and Advanced Studies (ADRAS), College of Science, De La Salle University (Philippines)

since 2020, Professor, Department of Chemistry, De La Salle University (Philippines)

since 2015, Technical Consultant, D&L Industries, Inc. (Philippines)

2015-2020, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, De La Salle University (Philippines)

2013-2015, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical System Engineering, Keimyung University (South Korea)

2012-2013, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University (Japan)

2011-2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyushu University (Japan)

2010-2011, Instructor, Chemistry Department, Valdosta State University - J1 academic training (USA)

2005-2011, MS/PhD Chemistry program, Chemistry Department, University of Connecticut (USA)

1998-2002, MS Chemistry Education program, Central Luzon State University (Philippines)

1996, Instructor, Department of Chemistry, Central Luzon State University (Philippines)

1992-1996, BS Chemistry program (with honors), Central Luzon State University (Philippines) 

MATERIALS OF INTEREST/EXPERTISE

• Polymers (elastomers, plastics, fibers, membranes, thin films)

• Nanocomposite/composite materials

• Colloids (emulsions, sol-gel systems, micelles, dispersions, etc.)

• Additives

• Coatings and films

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES/CAPABILITIES

Expertise in the synthesis, structural characterization and property measurements of soft materials (polymers, nanocomposites, colloidal systems, liquid crystals, micelles, etc.)

Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with various analytical techniques to follow different stages of material preparation, structural determination and property measurement

• Spectroscopic Methods: FTIR spectroscopy; NMR spectroscopy (liquid H- and C-NMR and solid-state 29Si-NMR), UV-Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, evanescent wave spectroscopy

• Thermal and mechanical techniques: differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis; dynamic mechanical analysis; microrheology and rheology

• Microscopy: transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, polarized light microscopy, fluorescence microscopy

• Other techniques: optical tweezers, x-ray diffraction, x-ray small- and wide-angle scattering, dynamic and   static light scattering techniques, size-exclusion chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS)

ACADEMIC FAMILY TREE