Signals, spectra, and social systems
Current
Hyperspectral unmixing methodologies applied to Philippine senatorial voting patterns, treating election data as a mixed spectral signal and recovering the interpretable source components underneath.
Adviser: May T. Lim, PhD.
- StartedAUG 2025
- Qualifying examselectromagnetism, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, classical mechanicsAUG 2026
- Candidacy exam—
- Dissertation defense—
Publications
Time-resolved culture maps derived from the Integrated Values Survey data (1981–2022)
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 659:130317 · 2024 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2024.130317
Monte Carlo analysis of focused Gaussian beam in scattering media: Curvature correction and Mie scattering
Optics Communications 535:129314 · 2023 · doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2023.129314
Interests
Education
University of the Philippines Diliman
PhD Physics
- Hyperspectral unmixing methodologies applied to Philippine senatorial voting patterns, treating election data as a mixed spectral signal and recovering the interpretable source components underneath.
Adviser: May T. Lim, PhD.
- Physics of Terrestrial Planets and Planetary Satellites
- Mathematical Methods of Physics II — nonlinear dynamics, taught from Strogatz
- High-Performance Computing Methods in Applied Physicsin progress
University of the Philippines Diliman
MS Physics
- Thesis: Measuring intra-country cultural diversity.
Adviser: Caesar A. Saloma, PhD.
- The Physics of Complexity in Biological Systems
- Modern Optics I — taught from Born & Wolf
- Measuring cultural diversity within countries with ellipses, contour maps, and distances — SPP 42nd Physics Conference, 2024
- Correlating cultural values with COVID-19 outcomes — SPP 39th Physics Conference, 2024
University of the Philippines Diliman
BS Applied Physics (Instrumentation Physics), cum laude
- Thesis: Towards a more accurate Monte Carlo analysis of propagating focused Gaussian beam in scattering media.
Adviser: Caesar A. Saloma, PhD.
- Curvature correction and Mie scattering in Monte Carlo analysis of propagating focused Gaussian beam in scattering media — SPP 37th Physics Conference, 2019
- Preserving photon detection and average power in random scattering media and curvature correction in vectorized particle Monte Carlo simulation of focused Gaussian beam — SPP 36th Physics Conference, 2018
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Classical training — violin & piano
- Diploma in Music Performance, violin (2016).
- Grade 8 violin (Distinction) and piano (Merit); Grade 5 music theory (Merit).