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Current Research Studies

Department of Mathematics and Statistics (CHED Center of Excellence)

  • Modelling options on capital stocks
  • Graph theory (biggest group)
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Statistical analysis and visualization of terrorist activities
  • Statistics
  • Modelling predator-prey relationships with prey refugia
  • Statistical, educational
  • Modelling patches of dengue transmission

Department of Chemistry (CHED Center of Excellence)

  • Metabolic profiling in germinating coconut by GCMS and HPLC
  • Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants used by indigenous peoples of Mindanao
  • Discovery and development of natural products from Mindanao marine resources
  • Ab initio on the energetics and structures for the cluster ions
  • Electrochemical investigation of a Ruthenium nitrosyl complex
  • Potential anti cancer drug leads from two Philippine marine sponges

Department of Marine Sciences (CHED Center of Development)

  • Marine Biodiversity Assessment
  • Marine megafauna biology
  • Panguil bay fisheries biology and eco-restoration
  • DNA Barcoding of coral reef species for recruitment studies
  • Jellyfish blooms and envenomation
  • Ridge to reef biodiversity conservation and management
  • Marine natural products (collaborative)
  • Use of stable isotopes and fatty acids analysis in marine ecology

Department of Biological Sciences (CHED Center of Excellence)

  • Geomorphometric analysis of plants and animals
  • Seahorse and pipefishes
  • Climate change and its impact on natural resources for health
  • Arthropod plant pests and pest control
  • Micropropagation of ethnomedicinal plants
  • Ridge to reef biodiversity conservation and management
  • Harnessing microbes for genomics, proteomics for health and industrial biotechnology Pathogenic and non-pathogenic soil nematodes and fungi
  • Use of soil nematodes as environmental indicator
  • Terrestrial herpetofauna, invertebrates, orchids and mosses
  • Medicinal plants used by indigenous peoples
  • Marine natural products (collaborative)
  • Biopesticides from pathogenic nematodes and fungi
  • Effects of heavy metal accumulation on production of nematode
  • Antibacterial activity of marine organisms

Physics (CHED Center of Excellence)

  • Material Science:
    • Superconductors
    • Magnetic materials (micromagnetic simulations; CoFeB-MgO magnetic tunnel junction)
    • Graphene (layered materials)
    • Capacitors (ultrathin and hybrid materials)
    • Bioceramics: nano hydroxy apatite hybrid materials for agriculture applications
    • Anti-corrosion coating using polyurethane foam
    • Biomedical and Thermal coatings
    • Photocatalytic applications mainly for agriculture and water treatment and remediation
    • Sensors for power grid safety
    • Food packaging and radiation therapy masks
  • High Energy and Medical Physics:
    • Radiation dose analysis
    • Radiation therapy masks
    • Linear accelator bunker studies
    • Proton and C-12 simulations
    • Atomic and subatomic collision: Z' boson observation
  • Soft Matter and Biophysics:
    • Soft matter; Biophysics using the slime mold Physarum polycephalum
  • Theoretical Physics:
    • Computational Physics
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