MALACOLOGY LABORATORY
Animal Biology Division, Institute of Biological Sciences
University of the Philippines Los Baños
Most of the members of the Malacology Laboratory are students from the undergraduate (BS Biology, Major in Zoology, Systematics, and Ecology) and graduate (MSc and PhD Zoology, and Wildlife Science, and MSc and PhD Environmental Science) programs of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Senior high school students can also be accommodated, on a limited basis, for their research internship. Students are trained how to critically design, conduct and publish sound malacological researches under the close supervision of the laboratory head. Both laboratory and field-based studies are very much encouraged for the students to enrich their understanding and appreciation of the wonderful world of mollusks.
OUR RESEARCH TEAM
Head of Laboratory
Professor 7 - IBS & Graduate School
Affiliate Professor - SESAM
Curator for Mollusks - UPLB Museum of Natural History
President - Malacological Society of the Philippines (2021-present)
Ph.D. in Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai City, Japan
M.Sc. Zoology, Major in Invertebrate Biology, UPLB
B.Sc. Biology, Major in Zoology, UPLB (cum laude)
EMMANUEL RYAN C. DE CHAVEZ, Ph.D.
Specialization: Malacology (Community Ecology,
Evolutionary Biology, and Ecotoxicology)
Academic Links:
Research Topic:
Surveillance of Invasive Mollusks and Fish in the Selected Lakes of San Pablo City
Project Technical Assistant V
JOHN EDRICK RAGIL
HAROLD B. LIPAE
M.Sc. Zoology
(Assistant Professor - UP Manila)
Research Topic:
Functional Diversity of Karst Land Snails in the Philippines
MARK M. CASINDAC
M.Sc. Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Diversity, Community Assembly and Conservation of Macro Land Snails of Negros Island
JANREY B. BAGUINCO
M.Sc. Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Multi-Endpoint Analysis of Polyethylene Microbeads and Lead (Pb) on the Freshwater Snail, Radix quadrasi
JOHN ERICHO R. QUESADA
M.Sc. Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Vertical distribution and ingestion of microplastics in Asian green mussels
(Perna viridis) from stake aquaculture systems in Bacoor Bay
NESALYN CAMACAM
M.Sc. Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Effects of bay topology on microplastic contamination in the Asian green mussel (Perna viridis) in Manila Bay
MADELENE A. ARCILLA
B.Sc. Biology,
Major in Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Toxicity of Polyethylene Microbeads in the
Embryos of the Freshwater Snail,
Radix quadrasi
TRISHA R. ABOGA
B.Sc. Biology,
Major in Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Detection of Fluctuating Asymmetry
in the Shell of the Freshwater Bivalve, Sinanodonta pacifica
EDJHELYN M. ALIBUDBUD
B.Sc. Biology,
Major in Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Shell Morphological Variation and Haplotype Diversity of the Freshwater Snail, Tarebia granifera in the Seven Lakes of
San Pablo
EMMANUEL J. LIM
B.Sc. Biology,
Major in Zoology Student
Research Topic:
Shell Linear and Geometric Morphometrics of the Freshwater Snail,
Bullastra cumingiana in the Seven Lakes
of San Pablo