Laura T. David, Ph.D. – Professor and Marine Science Institute Director

Contact:
ltdavid@msi.upd.edu.ph

Education:
Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, University of South Carolina, U.S.A.

Research Interests:
Coastal Oceanography, remote sensing of coastal and marine environment, ocean energy, coastal ecosystems and climate change, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction management, science communication on biodiversity, interconnectivity and climate resilience.

Selected Publications:

• Cordero-Bailey, K., Amedo-Repollo, C.L., & David, L.T. (2024). Biological productivity. In Arceo, H.O., Velos, M.J.P., Nuñez, M.A.C. and Aliño, P.M. (eds.). The West Philippine Sea: State of the Coasts (pp. 35-39). University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
• David, L.T., Azanza, R., dela Cruz, T., Borja-del Rosario, R., Amihan, H., Martinez, M.S., & Peñaflor, E. (19 May 2024). Climate change impacts on coastal communities. In: Berse, K.B., Pulhin, J.M., and La Viña, A.G.M. (eds). Climate emergency in the Philippines: Impacts and imperatives for urgent policy action (pp.19-45). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7804-5_2
• Flores, P.C.M., Torres, R.A., Manuel, A., Medina, J., David, L.T., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., & Blanco, A.C. (29 January 2024). Riverine inputs into Manila Bay, Philippines potentially drive changes in chlorophyll-a and total suspended matter concentrations measured from MODIS. In Eighth Geoinformation Science Symposium 2023: Geoinformation Science for Sustainable Planet (Vol. 12977, pp. 336-342). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3009532
• Ambita, A.A.E., Co, C.S., David, L.T., Ferrera, C.M., & Naval, P.C. (February 2023). Multispectral-based imaging and machine learning for noninvasive blood loss estimation. In Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Computer Vision (pp. 2239-2254). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26284-5_11
• Cordero-Bailey, K.S., David, L.T., dela Cruz, T.L.P., Almo, A.T., Martinez, S., Amihan, H.E., Licuanan, W.Y., Mordeno, P.Z., Ticzon, P.S., Nanola, C.L., Cabansag, J.B., Nacorda, H.M., Rollon, R., Villanoy, C.L., Magdaong, E., Pante, M.J.R., Perez, G., Blanco, A., Lim, T.M., Rodriquez, K., Mendoza, M., DENR Regional Executive Director XIII, Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) SIPLAS, DENR Regional Executive Director VI, Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) SMR, Local Government of Sagay, Negros Occidental, DENR Regional Executive Director III & Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) MOBMR. (17 January 2023). Philippines case study two: Looking into the management strategies of three Philippine National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) sites. In Challenges in Tropical Coastal Zone Management: Experiences and Lessons Learned (pp. 187-205). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17879-5_12
• Pante, M.J.R., Yu, R.G.V., Albasin, B.S.L., Almo, A.T., … & David, L.T. (2023). Coastal survey for citizen scientists (102 pp.). University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
• Cordero-Bailey, K.S., Almo, A.T., David, L.T., & Yñiguez, A.T. (November 2022). Estimation of the vertical phytoplankton distribution in the Philippine Sea: Influence of turbulence following passage of typhoons. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 56, 102659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102659
• Liverman, D., von Hedemann, N., Nying’uro, P., Rummukainen, M., Stendahl, K., Gay-Antaki, M., Craig, M., Aguilar, L., Bynoe, P., Call, F., Connors, S., David, L., Ferrone, A., Hayward, B., Jayawardena, S., Touray, L.M., Parikh, J., Ppathak, M., Perez, R., Pirani, A., Prakash, A., Textor, C., Tibig, L., Tignor, M., Tugac, C., Vera, C., Wagle, R. (03 February 2022). Survey of gender bias in the IPCC. Nature, 602(7895), 30-32. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00208-1
• Yu, R.G.V., David, L.T., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., Cariño-Valdez, B.A.B. (eds.). (2022). University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute: Looking back on 2019-2021. University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
• Cordero-Bailey, K., Bollozos, I.S.F., Plaermo, J.D.H., Silvano, K.M., Escobar, M.T.L., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., David, L.T., & Yñiguez, A.T. (5 June 2021). Characterizing the vertical phytoplankton distribution in the Philippine Sea off the northeastern coast of Luzon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 254, 107322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107322
• Dagum, L.J., Licuanan, W., Arceo, H., & David, L., (2021). 3D coral forms: Structural complexity descriptor and potential predictor of fish abundance. In OCEANS 2021 (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9706023
• David, L.T., Licuanan, W.Y., dela Cruz, T.L.P., Cariño-Valdez, B.A.B., Arceo, H.O. (2020). Matyag: State of Coastal Habitats in the Six Philippine Marine Biogeographic Regions. University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 101.
• Flores, P.C.M., David, L.T., & Siringan, F.P. (2020). Mangrove forest cover change (1947-2018) at the river mouth section of the Jaro floodway, Iloilo City, Philippines. In 2020 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, InGARSS 2020 – Proceedings, 246-249. https://doi.org/10.1109/InGARSS48198.2020.9358969
• Palermo, J.D.H., Labrador, K.L., Follante, J.D., Agmata, A.B., Pante, M.J.R., Rollon, R.N., & David, L.T. (09 March 2020). Susceptibility of Sardinella lemuru to emerging marine microplastic pollution. Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 6(3), 373-384. https://doi.org/10.22034/gjesm.2020.03.07
• Yñiguez AT, Maister J, Villanoy CL, Deauna JD, Peñaflor E, Almo A, David LT, Benico GA, Hibay E, Mora I, Arcamo S, Relox J, Azanza RV. “Insights into the dynamics of harmful algal blooms in a tropical estuary through an integrated hydrodynamic-Pyrodinium-shellfish model” Harmful Algae 80:1-14.2018.
• Naval PCJ, David LT. “FishDrop: Estimation of reef fish population density and biomass using stereo cameras” In Techno-Ocean 2016: Return to the Oceans (pp. 527–531).2017.
• Delfino RJ, Carlos C, David LT, Lasco RD, Juanico DE. “Perceptions of Typhoon Haiyan-affected communities about the resilience and storm protection function of mangrove ecosystems in Leyte and Eastern Samar, Philippines” Climate Disaster and Development Journal 1:16-23.2016.
• Carlo Carlos, Rafaela Jane Delfino, Dranreb Earl Juanico, Laura T. David, Rodel Lasco et al. “Vegetation resistance and regeneration potential of Rhizophora, Sonneratia, and Avicennia in the Typhoon Haiyan-affected mangroves in the Philippines: Implication on Rehabilitation practices” Climate Disaster and Development Journal Vol.1, pp. 1-8. 2016.
• Rafaela Jane P. Delfino, Carlo M. Carlos, Laura T. David, Rodel D. Lasco, Drandreb Earl O. Juanico et al. “Perceptions of Typhoon Haiyan-affected communities about the resilience and storm protection function of mangrove ecosystems in Leyte and Eastern Samar, Philippines” Climate Disaster and Development Journal Vol. 1. pp 16-23. 2016.
• Licuanan, Wilfredo Y., Maricar S. Samson, Samuel S. Mamauag, Laura T. David, Roselle Borja-del Rosario, Miledel Christine C. Quibilan, Fernando P. Siringan et al. “IC-SEA Change: A participatory tool for rapid assessment of vulnerability of tropical coastal communities to climate change impacts.” Ambio (2015): 1-19.
• Heenan, Adel, Robert Pomeroy, Johann Bell, Philip L. Munday, William Cheung, Cheryl Logan, Russell Brainard et al. “A climate-informed, ecosystem approach to fisheries management.” Marine Policy 57 (2015): 182-192.
• Ticzon, Victor S., Greg Foster, Laura T. David, Peter J. Mumby, Badi R. Samaniego, and Val Randolf Madrid. “Delineating optimal settlement areas of juvenile reef fish in Ngederrak Reef, Koror state, Republic of Palau.” Environmental monitoring and assessment 187, no. 1 (2015): 1-14.
• David, L.T., Pastor-Rengel, D., Talaue-McManus, L. , Magdaong, E., Salalila-Aruelo, R., Bangi, H., San Diego-McGlone, M.L. , Villanoy, C. , Cordero-Bailey. K., The saga of community learning: Mariculture and the Bolinao experience. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 17(2) (2014) :196–204, 2014. DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2014.910488
• Fabic, J. N., I. E. Turla, J. A. Capacillo, L. T. David, and P. C. Naval. “Fish population estimation and species classification from underwater video sequences using blob counting and shape analysis.” In Underwater Technology Symposium (UT), 2013 IEEE International, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2013.
• Cayetano, A.J., Yñiguez, A.T., Villanoy, C.L., David, L.T., Deauna, J.D.L., Peñaflor, E.L., Palermo, J.D., Benico, G.A., Azanza, R.V., Improving the validity and robustness of a Harmful Algal Bloom model through genetic algorithm-based optimization. Journal of Environmental Science and Management (Special Issue) 1-2013: 21-28
• Ticzon, V.S., Mumby, PJ., Samaniego, B.R., Bejarano-Chavarro, S., David, L.T., Microhabitat use of juvenile coral reef fish in Palau. Environmental Biology of Fishes 95(3) (2012): 355-370. DOI 10.1007/s10641-012-0010-9
• Villanoy, C., David, L., Cabrera, O., Atrigenio, M., Siringan, F., Villaluz, M., Aliño, P., Coastal ecosystems protect shore from high-energy waves under climate change scenarios. Climatic Change. 112(2) (2012):493-505. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0399-3