Faculty
NOFEL D. LAGROSAS, Ph.D
- Department Chair
- Assistant Professor
- Remote Sensing, Chiba University
- Interests: Satellite data processing, LIDAR remote sensing, meteorological instrumentation
- Office: Climate Studies Division, Manila Observatory
Mariano Estoque, Ph.D.
- Professor
- Meteorology, New York University
- Interests: Cloud seeding, atmospheric planetary boundary layer, land and sea breeze
- Other Duties: Regional Climate Studies Project, Manila Observatory
- Office: Manila Observatory
Fr. Daniel J McNamara, SJ, Ph.D.
- Professor (on leave)
- Astro-Geophysics, University of Colorado
- Interests: Astrophysics, Geophysics, Clifford (geometric) algebras
- Other Duties: Rector, Jesuit Community, Ateneo de Davao University
- Associate Director for Research, Manila Observatory
Benjamin O. Chan, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Materials Science, University of New South Wales
- Interests: Photovoltaics
- Office: Materials Science Laboratory
- Other Duties: Coordinator, Materials Science Laboratory
- Office: Materials Physics
Jerrold J Garcia, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Mathematical Physics, Syracuse University
- Interests: Neural networks, Topology, Gravitation
- Office: Faura 105
Raphael A. Guerrero, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor
- Photonics, University of the Philippines–Diliman
- Interests: Lasers, volume holography, elastomer optics biomimicry, Bessel beams
- Office: Faura 105, Photonics Laboratory
- Other Duties: Head, Graduate Committee, Coordinator, Photonics Laboratory
Fr. Jose R. T. Villarin, S.J., Ph.D.
- Associate Professor (on leave)
- Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Other Duties:President of Ateneo de Manila University
Gemma Teresa T. Narisma, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Atmospheric Science, Macquarie University
- Interests: Global and regional climate models
- Other Duties: Head, Regional Climate Systems, Manila Observatory
Quirino Sugon Jr., Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Theoretical Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Clifford (geometric) algebras, seismo-electromagnetics, electrodynamics, polarized light
- Other Duties:Web Administrator, Chief Blogger, and Multimedia Marketing Director; Head, Iono-Geomagnetic Studies, Manila Observatory
Jerry T. Barretto (Ph.D. Candidate)
- Instructor
- Theoretical Optics, Ateneo de Manila University
- M.S. Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Optical aberrations, elastomer optics, flourescent sprectroscopy
- Office: Faura 105, Photonics Laboratory
Patricio P. Dailisan (Ph.D. Candidate)
- Instructor
- Lasers, University of the Philippines
- Interests: Photonics, Instrumentation
- Office: Faura 115, Advanced Physics Laboratory
- Other Duties: Coordinator, Advanced Physics Laboratory; Technical Director
Joel T. Maquiling (Ph.D. Candidate)
- Instructor
- Soil Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Quaternions, Milankovitch cycles, landslides
- Office: Faura 227
James B. Simpas, Ph.D. Candidate
- Associate Professor
- Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania State University
- Interests: Atmospheric Science, Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
- Other Duties: Director, Atmospheric Science Program; Head, Urban Air Quality (UAQ) and Instrumentation Technology Development (ITD), Manila Observatory
Clint Dominic G. Bennett
- Instructor
- Ph.D. in Physics student, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Chaos Theory, Nonlinear dynamics, ionosphere physics
- Office: Faura 327, Computer Network Laboratory
- Other Duties: Senior Researcher, Ionosphere modeling project, Manila Observatory
Obiminda Cambaliza
- Instructor (on leave)
- Ph.D. in Physics student
- Interests: Atmospheric spectroscopy, physics education
Ivan B. Culaba
- Instructor
- Student, Ph.D. in Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Thin films, plasma physics
- Office: Faura 103, Vacuum Coating Laboratory
- Other Duties: Coordinator, Vacuum Coating Laboratory
Jennifer Damasco-Ty
- Asst. Instructor
- Student, M.S. Physics, University of the Philippines
- Interests: Materials Science
- Office: Faura 227
Johann Ignacio
- Asst. Instructor
- M.S. Physics student, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: Instrumentation Physics
- Office: Faura 318
Johanna Mae M. Indias
- Asst. Instructor
- Student, M.S. Physics, Ateneo de Manila University
- Interests: elastomer optics
- Office: Faura 318
Eleanor Alma D. Jugueta
- Asst. Instructor
- M.S. Physics Education student, University of the Philippines
- Interests: Physics education
- Office: Faura 318
Secretary
- Maria Anna Acejas-Asis
Laboratory Technicians
- Roel Agas
- Columbo Enaje
- Numeriano Melaya
- Office: Professor Tecson Laboratories, Science Education Complex
Sir I think you need to update this webpage since this year, the department has a new set of faculty.
will do so this week.