Dr. Crist John M. Pastor is a full-time instructor in the College of Graduate Studies and Teacher  Education Research (CGSTER) and an adjunct faculty of the Faculty of Science, Technology and  Mathematics (FSTeM) of Philippine Normal University. He finished his Bachelor of Science in  Chemistry for Teachers at the Philippine Normal University as cum laude in 2006 and obtained  his straight Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry degree at the University  of the Philippines, Manila (2017). Mr. Crist John M. Pastor has served as a trainer in the National  Training of Teachers of the K-12 Curriculum, spearheaded by National Institute for Science and  Mathematics, University of the Philippines-Diliman, in partnership with the Department of Edu cation. His dissertation focused on mutation profiling and gene expression analysis of drug 

susceptible and resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in collaboration with the Lung Center of the  Philippines and the Department of Bio- chemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Philippines-Manila. His graduate studies and dissertation were funded by the Accelerated Science  and Technology Human Resource Development Program (ASTHRDP) through the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, Department of Science and Technology (PCHRD DOST), wherein he is the pioneer graduate of straight MS-PhD in Biochemistry program. He  served as resource speaker in numerous seminars, workshops and conferences on pedagogy and  contextualization in science education. Mr. Pastor served as the cluster coordinator of the Mathematics and Science Cluster of CGSTER from 2018- 2022. He finished his PGCAP training from the University of Liverpool, U.K. in 2023 through the TAPHEP that is spearheaded by the  University of the Philippines Los Baños and funded by the Commission of Higher Education.