Dr. Mark Arboleda is a biologist with interests in aquatic ecology, microbiology, molecular biology and biotechnology, marine protected areas and sustainable community development. He coordinates and teaches Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics, Contemporary Issues in Environment and Development, Issues in Aquatic Ecology, Advanced Aquatic Ecology, Industrial Ecology, Special Topics in Environmental Science (Water Quality Assessment), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): Perspectives from the Natural and Social Sciences and Graduate Seminar.
Email: [email protected]
BSc in Biology, major in Microbiology, University of the Philippines Los Banos, 1988
MS in Microbiology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1996
PhD Biology, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2009
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Environmental Microbiology Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Aquatic Ecology,
Life Cycle Assessment, EIA, Industrial Ecology, Landscape ecology,
Arboleda, MDM and WT. Reichardt (2010) Vibrio sp.causing Porites ulcerative white spot disease. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 90: 93-104.
Arboleda, MDM and WT Reichardt (2009). Epizoic Communities of Prokaryotes on Healthy and Diseased Scleractinian Corals in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines. Microbial Ecology DOI 10.1007/s00248-008-9400-0
Arboleda, M., and O. Azzam. (2000). Inter- and intra-site genetic diversity of natural field populations of rice tungro bacilliform virus in the Philippines. Archives of Virology 145: 275-289.
Arboleda, M., Sta Cruz, F. and O. Azzam (1999). Preliminary analysis of genetic variation of rice tungro bacilliform virus in two provinces of the Philippines. In: (T.C.B. Chancellor, O. Azzam and K.L. Heong, eds) Proceedings of the Workshop on Rice Tungro Disease Management, 9-11 November, 1998, Los Banos, Philippines.
Azzam.O.,Arboleda, M., Umadhay, K., de los Reyes, J., Sta Cruz, F., MacKenzie, A., and McNally, K. (2000). Genetic composition and complexity of virus populations at tungro-endemic and outbreak rice sites. Archives of Virology 145: 2642-2657.
Cabauatan, P., Arboleda, M., and Azzam, O. 1998. Differentiation of rice tungro bacilliform virus strains by restriction analysis and DNA hybridization. Journal of Virological Methods 76: 121-126.
