Organic Chemistry and Natural Products Division (OCNPD)

Faculty Room: PS A-306
Email: [email protected]
Links: Google Scholar 

Educational Background

Postodoctoral Fellow, Carbohydrate Chemistry
University of Alberta

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry
University of Toledo

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
University of the Philippines Los Baños

Research Interests

• Organic synthesis
• Medicinal chemistry
• Drug discovery
• Natural products
• Glycoproteomics and glycomics of cancer cells

Selected Publications

Alvarez, M. R.; Zhou, Q.; Tena, J.; Barboza, M.; Wong, M.; Xie, Y.; Lebrilla, C. B.; Cabanatan, M.; Barzaga, M. T.; Tan-Liu, N.; Heralde, F. M., III; Serrano, L.; Nacario, R. C.; Completo, G. C. Glycomic, Glycoproteomic, and Proteomic Profiling of Philippine Lung Cancer and Peritumoral Tissues: Case Series Study of Patients Stages I–III. Cancers 2023, 15 (5), 1559. 

Alvarez, M. R. S.; Zhou, Q.; Tena, J.; Cabanatan, M.; Rabajante, J.; Padolina, I.; Barzaga, M. T.; Tan-Liu, N.; Ladrera, G. I.; Danguilan, J. L.; Heralde, F. M., III; Lebrilla, C. B.; Completo, G. C.; Nacario, R. C. N-Glycan and Glycopeptide Serum Biomarkers in Philippine Lung Cancer Patients Identified Using LC–MS/MS. ACS Omega 2022, 7 (44), 40230–40240. 

Zhou, Q.; Alvarez, M. R. S.; Solakyildirim, K.; Tena, J.; Serrano, L.; Lam, M.; Nguyen, C.; Tobias, F.; Hummon, A.; Nacario, R. C.; Lebrilla, C. B. Multi-Glycomic Analysis of Spheroid Glycocalyx Differentiates 2- and 3-Dimensional Cell Models. Glycobiology 2023, 33 (1), 2–16.

Awards

Scientist I, University of the Philippines (UP) Scientific Productivity System (2023–2025)

One UP Professorial Chair Award in Chemistry, University of the Philippines (2022–2024)

UP Los Baños Centennial Professorial Chair Award, University of the Philippines Los Baños (2021–2022)

International Publication Award (13 awards), University of the Philippines (2021–2024)

One UP Professorial Chair Award, University of the Philippines (2019–2021)

Extension Work

Participant, Meyerhoff Scholars Program Training, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (07/10/23–08/04/23) – International

Co-Organizer, Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Global Women's Breakfast 2023, Feb 14, 2023, CEC Conference Room, UPLB – International

Moderator, 42nd Annual PAASE Meeting and Symposium (APAMS), Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), held online in Manila, Philippines (October 12, 2022)

Moderator, 41st Annual PAASE Meeting and Symposium (APAMS), Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE), held online in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (October 8–11, 2021)

Co-Lead, "Institute of Chemistry (IC) Alumni and Friends Donation Drive," co-led a team of IC alumni in securing funds/donations for stranded UPLB IC students during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)

Resource Person, "Intensive Beekeeping Course," UPLB Bee Program, University of the Philippines Los Baños (2015–present)

Technical Evaluator, served as a technical evaluator of a Philippine Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCHRD) Program proposal, UP Manila (2019)