Faculty Members

Ma. Rosario Concepcion O. Ang, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: moang@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2009

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2011

PhD Space and Climate Physics, University College London, United Kingdom, ongoing

Research interests

remote sensing, GIS, renewable energy, weather / climate extremes

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

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Louie P. Balicanta, MA (URP)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

(on study leave)


Email address: lpbalicanta@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 1999

MA Urban and Regional Planning, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2011

Research interests

surveying, geodesy, GNSS, land administration and valuation

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Applied Geodesy

Secondary: Geoinformatics

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Ariel C. Blanco, Dr. Eng.

PROFESSOR

(on secondment)


Email address: acblanco@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 1997

M.App.Sc. Geographic Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia, 2003

Dr.Eng. Environmental Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 2009

Research interests

Environmental Geomatics and Modelling, Remote Sensing, GIS, Photogrammetry

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Geoinformatics

Secondary: Remote Sensing

Websites

https://sites.google.com/up.edu.ph/envisage/home

https://updgeenvisage.wordpress.com

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IWSrQfYAAAAJ&hl=en

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Alexis Richard C. Claridades, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

(on study leave)


Email address: acclaridades@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2013

MS Geomatics Engineering (Geoinformatics), UP Diliman, Philippines, 2018

PhD Geoinformatics, University of Seoul, Korea, Ongoing

Research interests

3D GIS, Indoor GIS, Spatial Data Modeling, Visualization

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Geoinformatics

Secondary: Remote Sensing

Website

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-4271

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Margaux Angelica A. Cruz, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: macruz4@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2002

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, 2007

Research interests

remote sensing, GIS, environmental applications of geomatics, climate change and sustainable development

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

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Florence A. Galeon, MES

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: fagaleon@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 1990

Master of Engineering Science in Remote Sensing, UNSW, Australia, 1994

Research interests

Land valuation, land development

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Applied Geodesy

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Carlyn Ann G. Ibañez, MA (URP)

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: cgibanez@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2013

MA Urban and Regional Planning (Estate Planning), UP Diliman, Philippines, 2020

Research interests

Forestry, Biodiversity, Land Use Planning, GIS, Remote Sensing, Database Management

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

Website

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlyn-Ann-Ibanez

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Luis Carlos S. Mabaquiao, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: lsmabaquiao@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2017

MS Environmental Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2022

Research interests

DRRM, Climate Change, Microwave Remote Sensing, Satellite Geodesy, Geodetic Surveys

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Applied Geodesy

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Oliver T. Macapinlac, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: otmacapinlac@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2001

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2008

Research interests

GIS, Land Administration, Data and Database Modeling

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Geoinformatics

Secondary: Remote Sensing

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Edgardo G. Macatulad, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

(on study leave)


Email address: egmacatulad@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2003

MS Geomatics Engineering (Geoinformatics), UP Diliman, Philippines, 2016

Research interests

3DGIS, Geovisualization, Geosimulation, Geomatics for Built Environment Analysis Modeling and Simulation

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Geoinformatics

Secondary: Remote Sensing

Website

https://updgeenvisage.wordpress.com/

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Jeark A. Principe, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR


Email address: japrincipe@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2007

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2012

PhD Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2019

Research interests

remote sensing, GIS, renewable energy resource assessment, surveying, watershed modelling

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

Websites

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9346-4116 

https://www.surelab.dge.upd.edu.ph/members 

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Roseanne V. Ramos, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR


Email address: rvramos@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2011

MS Geomatics Engineering (Geoinformatics), UP Diliman, Philippines, 2019

Research interests

GIS, geostatistics, environmental/numerical modeling

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Geoinformatics

Secondary: Remote Sensing

Website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseanne-ramos-7a28325b/

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Rosalie B. Reyes, Dr. Eng.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR


Email address: rbreyes3@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Civil Engineering, Bicol University, Philippines, 1987

MS Environmental Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2003

Doctor of Engineering RSGIS, AIT, Thailand, 2014

Research interests

Microwave RS, GNSS, Satellite Altimetry, Geodesy, Surveying and Mapping

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Applied Geodesy

Secondary: Remote Sensing

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Czar Jakiri Sarmiento, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR


Email address: cssarmiento@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2007

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2010

PhD Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2020

Research interests

Smart Geodesy (Location Intelligence​, Geocomputational Methods), Human Geodesy, Advanced Positioning, Navigation and Timing, Infrastructure Adoption and Deployment

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Applied Geodesy

Secondary: Geoinformatics

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/czarjakirisarmiento

https://twitter.com/jeodetik

https://upcgrd.wixsite.com/cgrd

https://www.facebook.com/cgrdlab

https://twitter.com/cgrdlab

https://www.instagram.com/cgrdlab

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Ayin M. Tamondong, PhD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR


Email address: amtamondong@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2008

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2012

PhD Global Engineering for Development, Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2022

Research interests

Coastal Remote Sensing, Land Cover and Land Use Change Analysis, Urban Remote Sensing, Ecosystem Monitoring and Modeling, Climate Change and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Data Fusion, Spatial Analysis and Modeling, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Coastal and Ocean Simulation, Watershed Modeling, LiDAR Applications, Air Quality Monitoring, Geospatial Data Visualization, Satellite Image Classification and Deep Learning, Citizen Science and Participatory GIS, Big Data and Remote Sensing, 3D Modeling and Simulation, UAS Applications

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

Website

https://scholr.me/ayintamondong

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Mark Edwin A. Tupas, MSc.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

(on study leave)


Email address: matupas@up.edu.ph

Academic Degrees

BS Geodetic Engineering, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2006

MS Remote Sensing, UP Diliman, Philippines, 2012

Research interests

Microwave Remote Sensing, Spatial Data Infrastrutures, High Performance Computing

GmE Specialization 

Primary: Remote Sensing

Secondary: Geoinformatics

Website

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-edwin-tupas-b351674a/

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