About the Laboratory

The Nannoworks Laboratory is primarily focused on the utilization of microfossils (coccolithophores, foraminifera, dinoflagellates and diatoms) or the biologic components of sediments to understand past (and present) geologic and oceanographic environments and processes.

Heads

Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay, PhD - Paleontology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography
Allan Gil S. Fernando, PhD - Paleontology, Biostratigraphy, Paleoceanography

Contact Information

Website: https://nannoworks.upd.edu.ph
Email:  ​​nannoworks.upd@up.edu.ph
​ ​​semedx@nigs.upd.edu.ph
Telephone: +63 (02) 8981-8500 loc. 3753
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nannoworkslab/

Research Activities for 2024

Papers Published in International Peer-Reviewed Journals (4)

• Mediodia, D., Castro, A., Tablizo, M., Policarpio, D., Calvelo, J., Baguio, J.P., Borja, A. II, Lin, C.-H., and Fernando, A.G. (2024). Paleoichthyology in the Philippines: A review of Cenozoic fish fossils with insights on its current status and future opportunities. Geobios https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2024.02.006
• Tablizo, M.U., Volmer, R., Fernando, A.G.S., Rofes, J.C. (2023). Luzon predators: Clues from a fossil with bite marks. Annales de Paleontologie, vol. 109(4), 102649. (published online 2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102649
• Tian, S.Y., Yasuhara, M., Condamine, F.L., Huang, H.-H.M., Fernando, A.G.S., Aguilar, Y.M., Pandita, H., Irizuki, T., Iwatani, H., Shin, C.P., Renema, W., Tomoki, T. 2024. Cenozoic history of the tropical marine biodiversity hotspot. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07617-4
• Padrique, M.G.C., Narag, M.J.G., Fernando, A.G.,S., Soriano, M.N. 2025. Enhancing geothermal petrography with convolutional neural networks. Geothermics, vol. 127. (published online 2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.103221

Authored Books or Book-chapters (1)

• Peleo-Alampay, A.M., Fernando, A.G.S., Nogot, J.R.C.P., Carag, J.W.M., Marquez, D.J.D. (2024). Atlas of Coccolithophores in Philippine Marginal Seas: Discovering the hidden world of the tiny armored “plants”. University of the Philippines Press

International Conference Presentations (8)

• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Mandibular allometry in Asian Stegodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) (MU Tablizo)
• International Nannoplankton Association 2024
• Spatio-temporal variability of alkenone and calcareous nannofossil abundance records across the southeastern Philippines: Insights on alkenone production and paleoceanographic reconstructions (JJR Padre)
• Preliminary results of calcareous nannofossil analyses of Neogene and Quaternary units in northwestern Pangasinan, Philippines (JAS Calvelo)
• International Nannoplankton Association 2024
• Traces of Predatory Drilling Behavior on Middle to Late Pliocene Mollusc Fossils from Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur, Northern Philippines (DC Policarpio)
• Pleistocene-Holocene Molluscan Fossil Assemblage and Paleoenvironment Analysis of the Damortis Uplifted Marine Terrace Sequence in Santo Tomas, La Union, Philippines (JPM Mondala)
• New Prospect on the Paleontological Research in Taiwan (NPPR-TAINAN 2024)
• Bridging Fossil Frontiers: Insights from New Fossil Localities in the Philippines and Their Significance to Paleontological Research in Taiwan and the West Pacific Region (AGS Fernando)
• Systematic description of freshwater fish fossils of the Pleistocene Laguna Formation (DP Mediodia, AL Castro)
• Preliminary results on the fish assemblage of the Lower Pliocene Tartaro Formation (DP Mediodia, AGS Fernando)

Local Conference Presentations (11)

GEOCON 2024

• Stratigraphy of the proboscidean fossil-bearing units in Luzon Island, Philippines (MU Tablizo)
• Enhancing Petrographic Analysis of Geothermal Reservoir Rocks Using Convolutional Neural Networks (MGC Padrique)

NIGSCON 2024

• Survey of Surface Sediments for Coccolithophore Transfer Function Study for the South China Sea (AM Peleo-Alampay)
• Calcareous Nannofossil Distribution in the Surface Sediments of the Gulf of Thailand (AGS Fernando)
• Reexamining the Stegodon Collections of Museums in Luzon: A Comprehensive Morphological Analysis (MU Tablizo)
• Distribution and Assemblage of Recent Ostracoda in Pagbilao Bay, Quezon Province (TL Vergara)
• Field Characteristics of the Masungi Limestone Member, Baras, Rizal (JMS Lacson)
• Preliminary Results of Micropaleontological Analyses of Cenozoic Sedimentary Units in Northwestern Pangasinan (JAS Calvelo)
• First Record of the Cretaceous Gastropod Nerineoidea Zittel, 1963 in the Philippines (JPM Mondala)

Graduate Student Research Conference 2024

• Island-Hopping Across Wallace Line: Insights from a New Stegodon Fossil Skull from Solana, Cagayan, Northern Philippines (MU Tablizo)
• Preliminary Results of the Analysis of Foraminiferal Assemblages from Pliocene sedimentary units in Anda, Pangasinan (JPR Baguio)

NIGS-Funded Projects (2)

1. Project Leader: Fernando, Allan Gil S., Ph.D.
   Project Title: Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous and Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Sections in Hokkaido (Japan)
   Period: 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
   Funding Source: UP NIGS
   Amount: P 120,000.00
   
   
2. Project Leader: Peleo-Alampay, Alyssa M., Ph.D.

Project Title: Leaf Fossils from the Diliman Tuff and Laguna Formation
Period: 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
Funding Source: UP NIGS
Amount: P 120,000.00

Faculty, Research Staff, and Student Members (as of Dec 2024)

Senior Faculty

1. Dr. Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay
2. Dr. Allan GIl S. Fernando
3. Dr. Leopoldo P. de Silva, Jr.

Instructors and Teaching Associates

1.  Meyrick U. Tablizo
2. Joaquim Miguel S. Lacson
3. John Paul M. Mondala
4. David C. Policarpio
5. Justin Jorge R. Padre

University Research Associate

1. John Philip R. Baguio
2. Antero H. Borja II
3. Joeven Austine S. Calvelo
4. Toby L. Vergara
5. Jull Radbert Borardo

Ph.D. Members

1. Geleen Rica R. Javellana

M.S. Members

1. Maria Gracia R. Padrique
2. Meyrick U. Tablizo
3. Anne Karla M. Navarro
4. Catherine C. Lit
5. Maria Caezare Mae R. Carino
6. Kerve M. Supnet
7. David C. Policarpio
8. Justine Jorge R. Padre
9. Gretchen P. Callejo
10. Dorothy Joyce D. Marquez
11. Jaan Ruy Conrad P. Nogot
12. Abigael L. Castro
13. Gerard L. Palaya
14. John Philip R. Baguio
15. Joeven Austine S. Calvelo
16. Joaquin Miguel S. Lacson
17. Madonna Feliz B. Madrigal
18. Jester F. Cleope
19. Christine Blessa R. Jabien
20. Jaira Anne Marie Y. Tavera
21. John Paul M. Mondala
22. Toby L. Vergara
23. Jyll Radbert P. Botardo
24. Kirsty Mary D. Camba
25. Miguel Joven E. Villanueva
26. Adriel Dominic C. Fernandez
27. Leo ANgelo V. Villadelrey
28. Antero H. Borja II
29. Joen Warner M. Carag

B.S. Members

1. Lorrie Anne Torralba
2. Via Estolero
3. Erika Jhoy Agnas
4. Kyle Gabriel
5. Bianca May Espiritu
6. Layne Gellei Buenavente
7. Raphael Francis E. Dequilla
8. Justyn Jay D. Magtanong
9. Audric Brian R. Gardona
10. Francesca Petero
11. Alyssa Anne Dalisay
12. Fenela Baclao
13. Eliz Abegail Adefuin
14. Franz Rhadjie Guintao
15. Janelle Alexis Magtaas
16. Juan Angelo Dulawan
17. Jastine Saguindang

Awards and Recognitions Received

• Dr. Alyssa M. Peleo-Alampay 
• • - Philippine Federation of Professional Associations Award in Academe/Research and Development Category
• Meyrick U. Tablizo 
• • Best Poster Award in Health, Biodiversity, and Environment Category (Graduate Student Research Conference 2024)
  • 2024 UP Geology Merit Award (Graduate Student Category)
• Maria Gracia C. Padrique 
• • 4th Place Best Oral Presentation (GEOCON 2024)
• John Paul M. Mondala
• • 2nd Place Best Oral Student Presentation Award (NIGS Research Symposium 2024)
• Joeven Austine S. Calvelo
• • 2024 UP Geology Merit Award (Graduate Student Category)