Position/Designation
Professor
Director, Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI)
Educational Background
PhD in Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences (1998)
University of Illinois, Chicago
MS Geology (1991)
University of Illinois, Chicago
BS Geology, cum laude (1981)
University of the Philippines
Research Interests
Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry
Selected Publications
Delina, R. E., Perez, J. P. H., Roddatis, V. V., Stammeier, J. A., Prieur, D., Scheinost, A. C., Tan, M. M., Garcia, J. J. L., Arcilla, C. A., & Benning, L. G., 2025. Immobilization of chromium by iron oxides in nickel–cobalt laterite mine tailings. Environmental Science and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c05383
Aja, J. A., Llorin, L. D., Lim, Q., Teodosio, J. J., Sioson, E. J., Dy, R. L., Arcilla, C. A., Dalisay, D. S., & Enrico, J., 2025. Genome mining reveals the biosynthetic potential of a novel Lysinibacillus zambalensis sp. nov., isolated from a hyperalkaline spring. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-025-04316-0
Domingo, J. P. T., Jenkin, G. R., Quick, L., Williams, R. D., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Tortajada, C., Byrne, P., Coulthard, T. J., Padrones, J. T., Crane, R., Gibaga, C. R. L., Vasilopoulos, G., Tungpalan, K., Samaniego, J. O., Biles, E., Tanciongco, A. M., Chambers, J. E., Quimado, M. O., Bautista, A. T., . . . Arcilla, C. A., 2024. Sustainable mining in tropical, biodiverse landscapes: Environmental challenges and opportunities in the archipelagic Philippines. Journal of Cleaner Production, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143114
Aquino, K. A., Arcilla, C. A., Schardt, C., & Tupaz, C. A. J. 2022. Mineralogical and geochemical characterization of the Sta. Cruz nickel laterite deposit, Zambales, Philippines. Minerals, https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030305
Tupaz, C. A. J., Gregorio, C. G. C., & Arcilla, C. A., 2022. Determination of scandium (Sc), yttrium (Y), and rare-earth elements (Rees) in mafic and ultramafic rock powder by a modified and validated digestion protocol and inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry(ICP-MS). Analytical Letters, https://doi.org/10.1080/00032719.2022.2110256
Kikuchi, R., Sato, T., Fujii, N., Shimbashi, M., & Arcilla, C. A., 2022. Natural glass alteration under a hyperalkaline condition for about 4000 years. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20482-3
Pérez, N. M., Melián, G. V., Hernández, P. A., Padrón, E., Padilla, G. D., Baldago, Ma. C.,Barrancos, J., Rodríguez, F., Asensio-Ramos, M., Alonso, M., Arcilla, C. A., & Lagmay, A. M., 2022. Diffuse CO2 degassing precursors of the January 2020 eruption of Taal volcano, Philippines. Scientific Reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22066-7
Qin, H.-B., Yang, S. Tanaka, M., Sanematsu, K., Arcilla, C. A., Takahashi, Y., 2021. Scandium immobilization by goethite: Surface adsorption versus structural incorporation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.11.020
Hernández, P.A., Melián, G.V. Asensio-Ramos, M., Padrón, E., Sumino, H. Perez, N. M., Padilla, G. D., Barrancos, J., Rodriguez, F., Amonte, C., Arcilla, C.A., Lagmay, A.M., 2021. Geochemical and isotopic evidence of volcanic plumbing system processes from fumarolic gases of Taal volcano, Philippines, prior to the January 2020 eruption. Chemical Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2021.120216
Tupaz, C. A. J., Watanabe, Y., Sanematzu, K., Echigo, T., Arcilla, C. A., and Ferrer, C., 2020. Ni-Co mineralization in the Intex laterite deposit, Mindoro, Philippines. Minerals, Volume 10, Issue 7, 579 DOI:10.3390/min10070579
Gibaga, C. R. L., Arcilla, C. A., Hoang, N., 2020. Volcanic rocks from the Central and Southern Palawan Ophiolites, Philippines: Tectonic and mantle heterogeneity constraints. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaesx.2020.100038
Refran, J.C., Ohba, T., Arcilla, C.A., Hoshide, T., Balangue-Tarriela, M.I.R.D, 2020. Deep crustal crystallization of tholeiitic melt: Insights from Manguao Basalt, Palawan, Philippines. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.2465/jmps.191211
Delina, R. E., Arcilla, C., Otake, T., Garcia, J.J., Tan, M., Ito, A., 2020. Chromium occurrence in a nickel laterite profile and its implications to surrounding surface waters. Chemical Geology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119863
de Vera, F.I., Bardolaza, H., Arcilla, C., Sarmago. R., 2019. Effect of In2O3 on the grain connectivity and superconducting behavior of Bi2Sr2−xInxCaCu2O8+d. SN Applied Sciences, Volume 1, Article 96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-018-0109-5
Meyer-Dombard, D.R., Osburn, M.R., Cardace, D. and Arcilla, C.A., 2019. The effect of a tropical climate on available nutrient resources to springs in ophiolite-hosted, deep biosphere ecosystems in the Philippines. Frontiers in Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00761
Frias, S. M. P., Imai, A., Takahashi, R., Balangue-Tarriela, M. I. R., Arcilla, C. Blamey, N., 2019. Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Kay Tanda Epithermal Gold Deposit, Lobo, Batangas, Philippines. Resource Geology, Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 351-384, https://doi.org/10.1111/rge.12205
Vallalar, B., Meyer-Dombard, D. R., Cardace, D., Arcilla, C. A., 2019. Multimetal resistant, alkalitolerant bacteria isolated from serpentinizing fluid-associated sediments and acid mine drainage in the Zambales Ophiolite, the Philippines. Geomicrobiology Journal, Volume 36, Issue 9, Pages 792-809.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2019.1628132
Aquino, K. A., Arcilla, C. A., Schardt, C. S. ,2019. Mineralogical zonation of the Sta. Cruz nickel laterite deposit, Zambales, Philippines obtained from detailed x-ray diffraction coupled with rietveld refinement. Journal of the Geological Society of the Philippines, Volume 73, No. 1, Pages 1-14.
Meyer‑Dombard, D.R., Casar, C.P., Simon, A.G., Cardace, D., Schrenk, M.O., & Arcilla, C.A., 2018. Biofilm formation and potential for iron cycling in serpentinization‑influenced groundwater of the Zambales and Coast Range ophiolites. Extremophiles, Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 407–431.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-018-1005-z
Vacquand, C., Deville, E., Beaumont, V., Guyot, F., Sissmann, O., Pillot, D., Arcilla, C., & Prinzhofer, A., 2018. Reduced gas seepages in ophiolitic complexes: Evidences for multiple origins of the H2-CH4-N2 gas mixtures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 223, 15 February 2018, Pages 437-461.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.12.018
Cardace, D., Meyer-Dombard, D.A.R., Woycheese, K.M., Arcilla, C.A., 2025. Feasible metabolisms in high pH springs of the Philippines. Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 6, page 10, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00010.
Woycheese, K.M., Meyer-Dombard, D.A.R., Cardace, D., Argayosa, A.M., Arcilla, C.A,. 2015. Out of the dark: transitional subsurface-to-surface microbial diversity in a terrestrial serpentinizing seep (Manleluag, Pangasinan, the Philippines). Frontiers in Microbiology,
Volume 6, pages 1-12, DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00044.
Cabria, G.L.B., Argayosa, V.B., Lazaro, J.E.H., Argayosa, A.M., Arcilla, C.A., 2014. Draft Genome Sequence of HaloalkaliphilicExiguobacterium sp. Strain AB2 from Manleluag Ophiolitic Spring, Philippines, Genome Announcement, Vol. 2 (4): e00840-14, DOI:10.1128/genomeA.00840-14.
Promentilla, M. A. B., Tapia, J. F. D., Arcilla, C. A., Dugos, N. P., Gaspillo, P. D., Roces, S. A. and Tan, R. R., 2013. Interdependent ranking of sources and sinks in CCS systems using analytic network process, Environmental Modelling & Software, 50:21-24.
Arcilla, C. A., Pascua, C. S., and Alexander, W. R., 2011. Hyperalkaline groundwaters and tectonism in the Philippines: significance to natural Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Energy Procedia, 4:5093-5101.
Arcilla, C.A., Ruelo, H., and Umbal, H. 1989. The Angat ophiolite, Luzon, Philippines: Lithology, structure, and problems in age interpretation. Tectonophysics. 168: 127-136.
Other Information
Head, Earth Materials Science Laboratory