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
Website
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
Website
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
Alexis Richard C. Claridades, PhD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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, 2024
Research interests
Indoor GIS, 3D GIS, Spatial Data Modeling, Spatial Data Integration, Spatial Visualization, Spatial Analysis
GmE Specialization
Primary: Geoinformatics
Secondary: Remote Sensing
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/acclaridades/
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
Website
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
Website
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
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
Website
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
Website
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
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
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
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
Website
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://upcgrd.wixsite.com/cgrd
https://www.facebook.com/cgrdlab
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
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