PENALES Patrick James Francisco
PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2025)
Advisor: Prof. THIBODEAU Benoit
5/F, Mong Man Wai Building

Education
2022 - 2024 | MSc Climatic Variations and Impacts on Environment | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
2022 - 2024 | MSc Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences | University of Lille, France |
2013 - 2017 | BSc Biology | University of the Philippines, Philippines |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Paleoceanography, Paleoclimate, Paleoreconstruction
- Microbiology
- Ecology
- AMOC and Past Climate Analogs
Representative Publications
2024 | Penales, P. J., Skampa, E., Dimiza, M. D., Parinos, C., Gogou, A., Velaoras, D., & Triantaphyllou, M. V. (2024). Coccolithophore assemblage dynamics and Emiliania huxleyi morphological patterns during the years 2017–2019 in the Aegean Sea (Greece, NE Mediterranean). Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 42(S), 90–91. https://doi.org/10.58998/3265 |
2024 | Tamayo, M. N., Magtoto, L. M., Penales, P. J. F., Baquiran, E. R. A., & Bustamante, R. A. A. (2024). Bulbophyllum bokodense (section Polymeres, Orchidaceae), a new species from Benguet Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Phytotaxa, 662(2), 187–194. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.662.2.7 |
2024 | Triantaphyllou, M. V., Skampa, E., Dimiza, M. D., Velaoras, D., Penales, P. J., Apsemidou, S., Rossolatou, R.-T., Parinos, C., & Gogou, A. (2024). Investigating the size variability and coccolith mass of Emiliania huxleyi in the Aegean Sea (NE Mediterranean): 20 years of evidence on modern assemblages compared to the last two thousand years. Journal of Nannoplankton Research, 42(S), 120–121. https://doi.org/10.58998/3290 |
Honours and Awards
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters scholarship PANGEA – European Union |
Rotary Club International Scholarship – Rotary Club |
University of the Philippines Presidential Scholarship – University of the Philippines |
University of the Philippines Baguio Alumni Association Scholarships – University of the Philippines |