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Geraldino, Paul John L.

Full Professor
Assistant Dean | School of Arts and Sciences

pjlgeraldino@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

B.S. Biology, Velez College
M.S. Marine Biology, University of San Carlos
D.Sc. Organismal Science and Biology, Chungnam National University

Research Interests:

Phycology, evolution

List of publications:

  1. Boco, S.R.; Capidos, C.G.G.; Morandini, A.C.; Harrison, G.W.M.; Bakker, P.A.J.; Talacay, D.; Collins, A.G.; Comendador, J.; Hacking, S.M.; Van Dorp, K.; Ramos, D.A.; Geraldino, P.J.. Integrating molecular and morphological evidence revives the blubber jellyfish, Catostylus purpurus (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae; Catostylidae) of the Indo-Pacific (Philippines). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315424000687.
  2. Argente, F.A.T.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Otadoy, J.B.. Filtration Rates and Pseudofaeces Production of the Mud Clam, Geloina expansa (Mousson 1849) (Bivalvia: Cyrenoididae) at Increasing Salinity Concentrations. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries. 2024, https://doi.org/10.21608/ejabf.2024.374304.
  3. Egar, A.M.J.A.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Santos, M.D.. Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Milkfish Fry Fishery in Selected Sites in Argao and Bantayan, Cebu, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Fisheries. 2024, https://doi.org/10.31398/tpjf/31.2.2024-0002.
  4. Dela Cerna, V.A.M.V.; Geraldino, P.J.L.. First Record of Alkalinema sp. (Cyanobacteria) Thermophilic Strains in Negros Oriental, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2024, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85198380368.
  5. Huang, T.Y.; Yoon, H.S.; Chiang, Y.R.; Fu, H.Y.; Watanabe, T.; Gerung, G.S.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Liu, S.L.. Diversity in Cyanidiophyceae: Cyanidiofrigus pintoensis gen. et sp. nov. within polyextremophilic red algae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2024.2324424.
  6. Ni-Ni-Win,; Hanyuda, T.; Mya-Kyawt-Wai,; Mardiansyah,; Putri, L.S.E.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Kawai, H.. Two new species of Dictyota (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae), D. dimorphosa sp. nov. and D. recumbens sp. nov., based on morphological and molecular investigations. Phycologia. 2024, https://doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2024.2335606.
  7. Padayao, M.H.R.; Padayao, F.R.P.; Patalinghug, J.M.; Raña, G.S.; Yee, J.; Geraldino, P.J.; Quilantang, N.. Antimicrobial and quorum sensing inhibitory activity of epiphytic bacteria isolated from the red alga Halymenia durvillei. Access Microbiology. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000563.v4.
  8. Paler, M.K.O.; Tabañag, I.D.F.; Siacor, F.D.C.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Walton, M.E.M.; Dunn, C.; Skov, M.W.; Hiddink, J.G.; Taboada, E.B.. Elucidating the surface macroplastic load, types and distribution in mangrove areas around Cebu Island, Philippines and its policy implications. Science of the Total Environment. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156408.
  9. Paje, L.A.; Choi, J.; Lee, H.D.; Kim, J.; Yu, A.R.; Bae, M.J.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Lee, S.. Phenolic acids and flavonoids from Salvia plebeia and HPLC-UV profiling of four Salvia species. Heliyon. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09046.
  10. Win, N.N.; Wai, M.K.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Liao, L.M.; Aye, C.T.P.P.; Mar, N.N.; Hanyuda, T.; Kawai, H.; Tokeshi, M.. Taxonomy and species diversity of Padina (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) from the Indo-Pacific with the description of two new species. European Journal of Phycology. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2021.1883742.
  11. Bataan, D.A.U.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Silapan, J.R.; Liao, L.M.. Marine Benthic Algal Composition After 45 Years in an Urbanized Bay in Cebu, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 2022, https://doi.org/10.56899/151.S1.10.
  12. Halasan, L.C.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Lin, H.C.. First Evidence of Cryptic Species Diversity and Population Structuring of Selaroides leptolepis in the Tropical Western Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.756163.
  13. Leu, J.Y.; Yee, J.; Tu, C.S.; Sayson, S.; Jou, Y.S.; Geraldino, P.J.. Microstructure and molecular vibration of mannosylerythritol lipids from Pseudozyma yeast strains. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104969.
  14. Dumilag, R.V.; Dumago, F.S.; Cabudoy, R.K.R.; Peralta, M.C.E.; Li, C.C.; Gamus, G.C.V.; Romero, R.G.T.; Yap, S.L.; Roleda, M.Y.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Verbruggen, H.; Leliaert, F.; Draisma, S.G.A.; Liao, L.M.; Kraft, G.T.. The Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) of eastern Sorsogon, Philippines, including Halimeda magnicuneata sp. nov. (Bryopsidales). Botanica Marina. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2020-0017.
  15. Liao, L.M.; Geraldino, P.J.L.. Has Halophila beccarii Ascherson (alismatales, hydrocharitaceae) been locally extirpated in the Philippines?. Tropical Natural History. 2020, https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85087343824.
  16. Kim, J.; Paje, L.A.; Choi, J.W.; Lee, H.D.; Shim, J.S.; Shim, J.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Lee, S.. Determination of silymarin and silybin diastereomers in korean milk thistle using hplc/uv analysis. Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy. 2020, https://doi.org/10.22889/KJP.2020.51.4.297.
  17. Lee, S.H.; Goo, Y.K.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Kwon, O.D.; Kwak, D.. Molecular detection and characterization of borrelia garinii (Spirochaetales: Borreliaceae) in ixodes nipponensis (ixodida: Ixodidae) parasitizing a dog in Korea. Pathogens. 2019, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens8040289.
  18. Lee, J.S.; Lee, A.Y.; Quilantang, N.G.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Cho, E.J.; Lee, S.. Anti-oxidant activity of avicularin and isovitexin from Lespedeza cuneata. Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry. 2019, https://doi.org/10.3839/jabc.2019.020.
  19. Seo, M.G.; Ouh, I.O.; Lee, H.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Rhee, M.H.; Kwon, O.D.; Kwak, D.. Differential identification of Anaplasma in cattle and potential of cattle to serve as reservoirs of Anaplasma capra, an emerging tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Veterinary Microbiology. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2018.10.008.
  20. Lee, S.H.; Kim, H.Y.; Lee, H.; Kim, J.W.; Lee, Y.R.; Chae, M.J.; Oh, S.I.; Kim, J.H.; Rhee, M.H.; Kwon, O.D.; Goo, Y.K.; Kim, T.H.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Kwak, D.. Eimeria species in cattle with diarrhoea in the Republic of Korea regarding age, season and nature of diarrhoea. Veterinary Record. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104600.
  21. Hsieh, C.J.; Zhan, S.H.; Liao, C.P.; Tang, S.L.; Wang, L.C.; Watanabe, T.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Liu, S.L.. The effects of contemporary selection and dispersal limitation on the community assembly of acidophilic microalgae. Journal of Phycology. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12771.
  22. Rodriguez, J.P.; Quilantang, N.G.; Lee, J.S.; Park, J.Y.; Shim, J.S.; Kang, K.S.; Cho, E.J.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Lee, S.. Simultaneous determination of methoxyflavones in selected Korean thistles. Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry. 2018, https://doi.org/10.3839/jabc.2018.033.
  23. Seo, M.G.; Ouh, I.O.; Lee, S.H.; Son, U.H.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Rhee, M.H.; Kwon, O.D.; Kim, T.H.; Kwak, D.. Serological detection of antibodies against Anaplasma spp. in cattle reared in the Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. Korean Journal of Parasitology. 2018, https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2018.56.3.287.
  24. Rodriguez, J.P.; Lee, Y.K.; Woo, D.G.; Shim, J.S.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Jacinto, S.D.; Lee, S.. Flavonoids from Cirsium japonicum var. maackii pappus as inhibitors of aldose reductase and their simultaneous determination. Chemical Papers. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-017-0259-8.
  25. Lee, D.G.; Quilantang, N.G.; Lee, J.S.; Geraldino, P.J.L.; Kim, H.Y.; Lee, S.. Quantitative analysis of dammarane-type ginsenosides in different ginseng products. Natural Product Sciences. 2018, https://doi.org/10.20307/NPS.2018.24.4.229.

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