Philippines PIRE Project Staff

Principal Investigators

  • Kent Carpenter, Old Dominion University
  • Dan Barshis, Old Dominion University
  • Chris Bird, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
  • Malin Pinksy, Rutgers University
  • Beth Polidoro, Arizona State University

Senior Personnel U.S.

  • Jeff Williams, Smithsonian Institution
  • Robin Waples, Northwest Fisheries Sciences, NOAA

Senior Personnel Philippines

  • Angel Alcala, Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (SU-AKCREM)
  • Rene Abesamis, Silliman University Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management (SU-AKCREM)
  • Mudjekeewis Santos, National Fisheries and Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)
  • Richard Muallil, Mindanao State University, Tawi-Tawi
  • Cleto Nañola, University of the Philippines Mindanao

Post Doctoral Research Associate

  • Eric Garcia, Old Dominion University
  • Brendan Reid, Rutgers University

Genomics Core Lab Manager

  • Sharon Magnuson, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi

Graduate Students

  • John Whalen (PhD), Old Dominion University
  • Jemelyn Baldisimo (PhD), Old Dominion University
  • Rene Clark (PhD), Rutgers University
  • Kyra Fitz (PhD), Rutgers University
  • Roy Roberts (MS), Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
  • George Bonsall (MS), Old Dominion University
  • Nichole Leach (MS), Old Dominion University
  • Chandell Jablonski (MS), Old Dominion University

Project Administrators

  • Abner Bucol, Silliman University
  • Ivan Lopez, Old Dominion University

Collaborative researchers

  • Amanda Ackiss, US Geological Survey
  • Kristine Parsons, Director Bimini Biological Field Station
  • Gina Ralph, Old Dominion University
  • Christi Linardich, Old Dominion University
  • Ellen Biesack, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Congratulations to the following graduates:

  • Maddy Kenton, MS, Old Dominion University
  • Martin French, MS, Texas A&M University -Corpus Christi
  • Ivan Lopez, MS, Old Dominion University