Journalist since 1999 beginning with Union of Catholic Asian News and currently with Philippine daily business newspaper BusinessMirror as Editor-at-large with special focus on agriculture and commodities.

Project Scientist, Risk Assessment and Invasion Ecology. MSc and PhD in Ecology. Areas of expertise: Management of research projects in ecology of plant-soil-insect interactions and biological control (Japanese knotweed in the UK). Ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizas, grassland ecology and ecological surveys. Statistical analysis using univariate and multivariate techniques. Field work in European countries. Supervision of PhD and undergraduate students.

31 years old
Agricultural Engineer specialisation Plant sciences,
since August 2013 working at the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food