Natural Hazards and Disaster Management

Biography

Rowena R Sazon has completed her graduation (Bachelor of Science) in Biology (Microbiology) from the University of the Philippines Los Baá¹…os in 1990. She finished her Master of Environment and Natural Resources Management from the UP Open University in 2004. In 2009, she graduated with Great Distinction from the Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at Ghent University (Universiteit Gent), Belgium for her second Master’s degree, MS Environmental Sanitation (Water). Her research focused on ex-situ bioremediation of oil-polluted clay soils. Her research interests include phytoremediation and water and sediment quality evaluation. She finished PhD in Environmental Science at the School of Environmental Science and Management in UPLB under the DOST-ASTHRDP Scholarship Grant where she worked on the assessment of the environmental impacts of mining operations in the riverine ecosystem. She is currently serving as Associate Professor III at the Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Ramon Magsaysay Technological University (RMTU) in Zambales, Philippines

Abstract

Abstract : Water quality in relation to phytoplankton abundance and density of mining-impacted river in Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines