CHRISTOPHER PINEDA MONTEROLA, PhD - The UP College of ...

ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE
List of Students Graduated as Research Supervisor /Co- Adviser
1) Dranreb Earl Juanico (PhD Physics, 2007, Most Outstanding PhD in College of Science, UP Diliman). Self-Organizing
Mechanisms of Complex Adaptive Systems under Critical Conditions.
2) Erika Legara (MS Physics, 2008). Dynamics of Networks and its social aspects.
3) Anthony Longjas (MS Physics, 2008).Dynamics of Granular Flow.
4) Rene Batac (MS Physics, 2008). Cellular automata models of natural complex systems.
5) Marianne Ranzievelle Roxas (MS Physics, 2007). Network Analysis: Characterizing Classroom Dynamics and Syntactic
Structure.
6) Ma. Teresa Pulido (MS Physics, 2006, Oblation). Rumor Propagation within Static and Dynamic Networks.
7) Marissa Pastor (MS Physics, 2008). Stability of granular materials in the presence of interstitial matrix.
8) Lorcel Ericka Venturina (BS Physics, 2008) Prediction of OPM songs hitness using neural networks.
9) Grace Bato (BS Physics, 2008) Scaling laws and consumption dynamics in complex adaptive systems.
10) Josephine Cabatbat (BS Physics, 2008) Readability and comprehensibility of written text using language co-occurence network.
11) George Esleta (BS Applied Physics, 2007, Magna Cum Laude, Oblation, Deans Medallion Applied Physics ). Dynamics of
Threaded Systems.
12) Erika Legara (BS Physics, 2006, Cum Laude). Dynamical Model and Strategies for Network Marketing.
13) Anthony Longjas (BS Applied Physics, 2006, Cum Laude). Jamming of Mixed and Homogenous Hard Spheres in a
Two-Dimensional Hopper.
14) Dranreb Earl Juanico (Best Thesis in BS Physics, 2002; Magna Cum Laude, Deans Medallion Applied Physics). Allelomimesis as
a Generic Mechanism in Self-Organizing Systems.
15) Timothy Travers (Best Thesis in BS Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2002; Magna Cum Laude, Oblation). Prediction of
Secondary Protein Structure Using Neural Networks.
List of Ongoing Thesis Advisee
1) Ma. Teresa Pulido (PhD 3).
2) Marianne Ranzievelle Roxas (PhD 2).
3) Erika Legara (PhD 1).
4) Anthony Longjas (PhD 1).
5) Rene Batac (PhD 1).
6) Marissa Pastor (PhD 1).
7) George Esleta (MS 2).
8) Jesus Felix Valenzuela (MS 2).
9) Jeric Tugaff (BS 5).
10) Alva Presbitero (BS 4)
11) Irene Crisologo (BS 4)
National Workshops/Training
Main resource person
CHED Continuing education for tertiary teachers (summer 2008, Palawan)
DepEd Integrated Science Program: Teaching effectiveness course in Physics (summer 2006, 2007, 2008 UP Diliman)
Special Topics: The Physics of Smelling / Ang Cute na Mundo ng Complexity Science, 23 rd and 24 th National Physics Congress (2007
& 2006).
Catholic Education Association of the Philippines (CEAP) Teacher`s Training Program ( Guiguinto Bulacan, Philippines 2001)
National Children's Science Interactive Workshop, (23-27 October 2000, Blu Bianco Suites, Airforce City Clark Special Economic
Zone).
Teacher’s Training Program, UP Pahinungod, (Summer 1999, Kidapawan, South Cotabato).
Teacher's Training Lectures in Mechanics, 17 th National Physics Congress (Oct. 1999, Ateneo De Manila, Quezon City)
Teacher's Training Lectures in Optics, 18 th National Physics Congress (Oct. 2000, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan).
Affiliations
Program Coordinator, Instrumentation Physics Laboratory, National Institute of Physics (2002, 2008 - present)
Vice Chairman, Bidding Committee (UP Diliman System, 2006)
Member, International Institute of Forecasters (2002-03)
Adviser, UP Danaw ng mga Kinabukasan ng Laguna [UP DAKILA] (1999 – 2003)
Co-Adviser, UP Physics Association [UPPA] (2001 – 2006)/Member, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, U.P. Chapter (1997)
Member, Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas [SPP] (1996 – present, senior councilor 2006-present)
Membership in Editorial Board
Article Referee
2004, 2005 & 2006 Physica A of Elsevier Science, Physical Review E of the American Physical Society
1996 – present National Physics Congress of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas (SPP)/Associate Editor Pisika
1998 - 2002, 2001 Philippine Journal of Science, Science Diliman
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
Current Research focus: Landslide and Granular dynamics, Social Networks, Physics education, Biological Networks, Public Opinion
research, Neural Networks
Research Expertise: Modeling Complex Systems, Computational Physics, Social Networks, Neural Networks, Biological Physics,
Forecasting