OVPAA welcomes new officials

The University of the Philippines Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Prof. Percival V. Almoro as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Research), Prof. Luis G. Sison as director of the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO) and Prof. Rosalie A. Hall as executive director of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS). Both TTBDO and CIDS are under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Percival F. Almoro is a professor at the National Institute of Physics (NIP), University of the Philippines Diliman. He researched on holograms, phase retrieval, and optical metrology during his postdoc fellowship stints at the University of Utsunomiya, Japan in 2014, Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark in 2008-2009, and at the University of Stuttgart, Germany in 2006. Dr. Almoro is a Member of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas, National Research Council of the Philippines, Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering, and a Senior Member of Optica (Optical Society of America). He was appointed Topical Editor in the Optica journal Applied Optics and currently as Section Editor for the Elsevier journal Optik. Dr. Almoro has served as the coordinator of the NIP Photonics Research Group and the General Education Committee. He promotes active learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and internationalization. For extension and public service, he advocates innovation partnerships including conducting outreach workshops in photonics and fostering sustainable research through group mentoring.

Dr. Luis G. Sison is a professor at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute of the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Program Leader of the UPSCALE Innovation Hub. He was Vice Chancellor for Research and Development of UP Diliman from 2006 to 2011 during which he established the Technology Transfer Office. He was awarded the Gawad Pangulo for Progressive Teaching and Learning by UP in 2015, and his course on innovation and technopreneurship got the Silver Award for Teaching Delivery at the 2016 Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards. He was a visiting researcher at the University of California Berkeley as a Banatao Fellow. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. EE degree from Purdue University and a B.S. EE degree from UP Diliman. His research interests are biomedical instrumentation and education technology.

Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall is Professor of Political Science and Scientist III at the University of the Philippines Visayas. She earned her Masters and PhD from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. She was involved in research projects on disaster management, water governance, civil-military relations and maritime security with grants from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Philippines, The Asia Foundation, The Nippon Foundation, and Toyota Foundation. She has published articles in the Philippine Political Science Journal, Asian Security, Res Militaris, and Contemporary Southeast Asia. Her latest work include co-edited volumes Pathways for Irregular Forces in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2022) and Military Operation and Engagement in the Domestic Jurisdiction (Brill, 2022). She is a member of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education Technical Committee on Political Science and past President of the Philippine Political Science Association.

 

OVPAA welcomes new officials

The University of the Philippines Board of Regents has approved the appointment of Prof. Percival V. Almoro as Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs (Research), Prof. Luis G. Sison as director of the Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO) and Prof. Rosalie A. Hall as executive director of the Center for Integrative and Development Studies (CIDS). Both TTBDO and CIDS are under the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Dr. Percival F. Almoro is a professor at the National Institute of Physics (NIP), University of the Philippines Diliman. He researched on holograms, phase retrieval, and optical metrology during his postdoc fellowship stints at the University of Utsunomiya, Japan in 2014, Risoe National Laboratory, Denmark in 2008-2009, and at the University of Stuttgart, Germany in 2006. Dr. Almoro is a Member of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas, National Research Council of the Philippines, Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering, and a Senior Member of Optica (Optical Society of America). He was appointed Topical Editor in the Optica journal Applied Optics and currently as Section Editor for the Elsevier journal Optik. Dr. Almoro has served as the coordinator of the NIP Photonics Research Group and the General Education Committee. He promotes active learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and internationalization. For extension and public service, he advocates innovation partnerships including conducting outreach workshops in photonics and fostering sustainable research through group mentoring.

Dr. Luis G. Sison is a professor at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute of the University of the Philippines Diliman and the Program Leader of the UPSCALE Innovation Hub. He was Vice Chancellor for Research and Development of UP Diliman from 2006 to 2011 during which he established the Technology Transfer Office. He was awarded the Gawad Pangulo for Progressive Teaching and Learning by UP in 2015, and his course on innovation and technopreneurship got the Silver Award for Teaching Delivery at the 2016 Wharton-QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards. He was a visiting researcher at the University of California Berkeley as a Banatao Fellow. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. EE degree from Purdue University and a B.S. EE degree from UP Diliman. His research interests are biomedical instrumentation and education technology.

Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall is Professor of Political Science and Scientist III at the University of the Philippines Visayas. She earned her Masters and PhD from Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA on a Fulbright-Hayes scholarship. She was involved in research projects on disaster management, water governance, civil-military relations and maritime security with grants from Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-Philippines, The Asia Foundation, The Nippon Foundation, and Toyota Foundation. She has published articles in the Philippine Political Science Journal, Asian Security, Res Militaris, and Contemporary Southeast Asia. Her latest work include co-edited volumes Pathways for Irregular Forces in Southeast Asia (Routledge, 2022) and Military Operation and Engagement in the Domestic Jurisdiction (Brill, 2022). She is a member of the Philippine Commission on Higher Education Technical Committee on Political Science and past President of the Philippine Political Science Association.