News and Announcements
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Philippine Box Jellyfish: New and First Records Discovered in the Coral Triangle
Figure: Distribution of carybdeid box jellyfish. (a) Hypothesized global range of selected species; (b–c) confirmed records from Batangas and Mindoro, Philippines. A new study co-authored by IESM faculty member Dr. Lemnuel V. Aragones and alumna Russel Christine B. Corcino has expanded our understanding of the country’s marine biodiversity, documenting new and first records of box…
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Dr. Mayzonee Ligaray Receives Honorable Mention in 2025 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women
Dr. Mayzonee Ligaray, faculty member of the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (IESM), University of the Philippines Diliman, has been named runner-up (Honorable Mention) in the 2025 ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women, organized by the ASEAN Secretariat’s Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (COSTI) in partnership with the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, Google, UL Research…
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Thesis Proposal of Christian Mark Ison
The Thesis Proposal of Mr. Christian Mark S. Ison will be on Monday, 17 November 2025, at 9:00 AM via Zoom. His paper is titled “Analysis of Tropical Cyclone Activity in the South China Sea and its Impacts in the Philippines”. The presentation will be streamed live via IESM- UPD Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/upiesm/. Thesis Proposal Committee: