MANILA, Philippines — Filipina aquaculture scientist and Ateneo de Manila University affiliate professor Janice A. Ragaza has been appointed to management positions in two internationally acknowledged scientific journals, highlighting the rising position of Filipino researchers in shaping global scientific discourse on aquaculture and animal diet.
Ragaza, an affiliate professor within the Ateneo Department of Biology, has been named affiliate editor of Animal Feed Science and Technology. She was additionally appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Applied Aquaculture, the place she is amongst solely a handful of students from the Philippines and Southeast Asia serving on the board.
In an announcement, Ateneo’s Office of the Assistant Vice President for Research, Creative Work and Innovation stated the appointments place Ragaza in key editorial roles at two of the sphere’s most revered scientific publications.
Animal Feed Science and Technology is thought to be one of the world’s leading journals on animal diet, feed improvement and livestock manufacturing, whereas the Journal of Applied Aquaculture publishes analysis that advances aquaculture science and apply internationally.
The college stated the appointments construct on Ragaza’s rising involvement in worldwide tutorial publishing.
Since final 12 months, she has served on the editorial board of Discover Animals. She can also be a member of the advisory board of Aquaculture Research, making her one of the primary Filipinas to sit down on the editorial boards of a number of globally acknowledged tutorial journals.
Ragaza heads the Ateneo Aquatic and Fisheries Resources Laboratory, the place her analysis focuses on aquaculture diet, fish biology and biotechnology.
Her newest work has additionally drawn consideration to environmental threats going through Philippine freshwater ecosystems.
In a latest research, Ragaza and fellow Ateneo researcher Hannah Nicole Gasmen discovered that invasive flowerhorn cichlids, initially launched by the aquarium commerce, have develop into established in Lake Sampaloc in Laguna, the place they threaten native biodiversity and native aquaculture.
The researchers stated the species has develop into built-in into native aquaculture, displacing native fish, thriving even in polluted waters and probably serving as a reservoir for parasites and different contaminants.
The research additionally proposed changing harvested invasive flowerhorns into aquafeed, topic to security screening, as half of a round financial system strategy to managing their inhabitants.
The researchers stated the findings might assist inform evidence-based methods to regulate invasive freshwater species and defend Philippine aquatic ecosystems.
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The proposal can also be according to Ragaza’s analysis, which has lengthy centered on growing extra sustainable options for aquaculture.
Much of her work examines sustainable alternate options to traditional fish feeds, together with indigenous and domestically obtainable uncooked supplies, plant-based proteins and agricultural byproducts to enhance fish progress and well being.
Ateneo stated her research have been extensively revealed and cited, contributing to efforts towards extra sustainable fisheries administration within the Philippines and different international locations.
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The college additionally stated Ragaza has persistently advocated environmentally accountable aquaculture practices, significantly for economically vital species corresponding to Nile tilapia.
Ateneo stated Ragaza’s newest appointments underscore not solely her achievements but additionally the rising presence of Filipino and Southeast Asian scientists in shaping worldwide analysis and scientific dialogue on aquaculture and animal diet./dm