Faculty

(as of 2nd Semester, AY 2023-2024)

Regular Faculty

Ma. Joy V. Abrenica, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Professor & Dean
Industrial Organization, International Economics, Mathematical Economics, Microeconomics
Email: mvabrenica@up.edu.ph; ma.joyabrenica@yahoo.com

Joseph J. Capuno, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines) (on secondment to NEDA)
Professor
Public Economics, Development Economics, Institutional Economics, Health Economics
Email: jjcapuno@up.edu.ph, jjcapuno@gmail.com

Justin Ranier Chan, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Assistant Professor
Microeconomics, Energy Economics, Industrial Economics, Competition Policy, Development Economics
Email: jschan@up.edu.ph

Sarah Lynne S. Daway-Ducanes, Ph.D. (University of California Riverside)
Associate Professor
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Special Topics in Development Economics
Email: ssdawayducanes@up.edu.ph

Gabriel Angelo B. Domingo, Ph.D. (University of California-Davis)
Assistant Professor
Macroeconomics, Competition Policy, Industrial Economics, Economic Analysis, Development Economics
Email: gbdomingo@up.edu.ph

Laarni C. Escresa, Ph.D. (University of Bologna and Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Associate Professor
Law & Economics, Microeconomics, Public Economics, Regulation, History of Economic Thought
Email: lcescresa@up.edu.ph

Jonna P. Estudillo, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii)
Professor
Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Gender and Development
Email: jdestudillo@up.edu.ph

Karl Robert L. Jandoc, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii at Manoa)
Associate Professor
Environmental Economics, Microeconomics. Statistics/Econometrics
Email: kljandoc@up.edu.ph

Aleli D. Kraft, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines) (on sabbatical)
Professor
Development Economics, Health Economics, Human Resource Economics, Industrial Economics, Microeconomics
Email: adkraft@up.edu.ph

Cielo D. Magno, Ph.D. (Northeastern University)
Associate Professor
Development Economics,  Environmental Economics, Human Resource Economics, Institutional Economics, Microeconomics, Public Economics
Email: mdmagno2@up.edu.ph

Adrian R. Mendoza, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Assistant Professor
International Economics, Industrial Economics, Innovation and Technological Change, Applied Econometrics
Email: armendoza3@up.edu.ph

Toby Melissa C. Monsod, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines) (on sabbatical)
Professor
Development Economics, Economics of Climate Change, Public Economics, Institutional Economics, Regional and Housing Economics, Impact Evaluation
Email: tobymonsod2002@yahoo.com, tcmonsod@up.edu.ph

Marjorie C. Pajaron, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii)
Associate Professor
Health Economics, Applied Microeconometrics, Population Economics, Public Economics
Email: mcpajaron@up.edu.ph

Jan Carlo B. Punongbayan, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Assistant Professor
Development Economics, Education Economics, Market Design, Philippine Economic History
Email: jbpunongbayan@up.edu.ph

Renato E. Reside Jr., Ph.D. (Fordham University) (on secondment to DOF)
Associate Professor
Financial Economics, History of Thought, Industrial Economics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Public Economics
Email: rereside@up.edu.ph

Anthony Sabarillo, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Assistant Professor
International Trade, Public Economics, Applied Econometrics
Email: agsabarillo@up.edu.ph

Orville Jose C. Solon, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Professor
Health Economics, Microeconomics, Public Economics
Email: ocsolon@up.edu.ph; jose_orville_solon@upd.edu.ph

Professors Emeriti

Florian A. Alburo, Ph.D. (University of Colorado)
Agricultural Economics, International Economics, Monetary Economics
Email: faalburo@up.edu.ph

Maria Socorro G. Bautista, Ph.D. (Columbia University)
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Economics
Email: msgb@up.edu.ph

Solita Collas-Monsod, M.A. (University of Pennsylvania)
Development Economics, Poverty and Income
Email: solita_monsod@yahoo.com, scmonsod@up.edu.ph

Dante B. Canlas, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Economics, Industrial Economics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Monetary Economics
Email: dbcanlas@ymail.com; dbcanlas@up.edu.ph

Rolando A. Danao, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)
Mathematical Economics, Statistics/Econometrics, Energy Economics, Development Economics, Financial Economics, Human Resource
Email: rolando.danao@upd.edu.ph, radanao@up.edu.ph

Emmanuel S. de Dios, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines)
Development Economics, History of Economic Thought, Institutional Economics, International Economics, Microeconomics, Economic History
Email: esdedios@up.edu.ph; esdedios@upd.edu.ph

Benjamin E. Diokno, Ph.D. (Syracuse University)
Public Economics, Political Economy
Email: benjamin.diokno@upd.edu.ph

Raul V. Fabella, Ph.D. (Yale University)
Development Economics, Institutional Economics, International Economics, Microeconomics, Public Economics
Email: raul.fabella@upd.edu.ph

Ernesto M. Pernia, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)
Development Economics, Demographic Economics, Human Resource Economics
Email: ernestompernia@gmail.com or ernesto.pernia@upd.edu.ph

Gerardo P. Sicat, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Development Economics
Email: gerardo.sicat@upd.edu.ph, gpsicat@gmail.com

Edita A. Tan, Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley)
Human Resource Economics, Monetary Economics
Email: edita.tan@upd.edu.ph

Professorial Lecturer

Marian Delos Angeles
Email: msdangeles@gmail.com

Emmanuel S. Esguerra
Email: efesguerra@up.edu.ph

Felipe Medalla
Email: fmmedalla@gmail.com

Professorial Fellows

Annette O. Balaoing-Pelkmans
Email: eobalaoingpelkmans@up.edu.ph

Katariina Hakkala
Email: katariina.nilssonhakkala@gmail.com

Senior Lecturers

Patricia T. Coseteng
Accounting
Email: ptcoseteng@up.edu.ph

Benjamin Endriga
Email: baendriga@upd.edu.ph

Alice Lee
Email: aliceatienzalee@gmail.com

Susan Navarro
Email: ssnavarro@econ.upd.edu.ph

Cynthia Nuval
Email: cdnuval@gmail.com

Alloysius Paril
Email: alloy.paril@gmail.com

Victoria V. Quimbo
Email: vquimbo2002@yahoo.com

Gerard Suanes
Email: poposuanes@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Tan
Email: estan2@up.edu.ph

Lecturers

Christian Eligius Jimenez
Email: cajimenez@up.edu.ph, CJimenez@aim.edu

Ma. Lourdes Lacson
Email: mclacson1@up.edu.ph

Redbert Maines
Email: rtmaines@up.edu.ph

Mariel Parado-Yamashita
Email: mpyamashita@up.edu.ph

Visiting Professors

Daniel Kaufmann
Email: dkaufmann@up.edu.ph, daniel@kaufmanndata.net

Elizabeth King
Email: bethking1818@gmail.com

Arthur Mead Over
Email: mover@cgdev.org

Jian Xin Wang
Email: Jianxin.Wang@uts.edu.au, jwang2@up.edu.ph

Faculty from UP School of Statistics

Adrian Matthew G. Glova
Email: agglova@up.edu.ph

In Memoriam

Jose Encarnacion, Jr.
Nov 17, 1928 – July 5, 1998

Onofre D. Corpuz
Dec 1, 1926 – March 23, 2013

Fidelina B. Carlos
April 24, 1958 – May 16, 2015

Cayetano W. Paderanga
October 9, 1948 – January 29, 2016

Amado A. Castro
May 29, 1924 – June 10, 2017

Ruperto P. Alonzo
February 8, 1948 – November 7, 2017

Gwendolyn R. Tecson
August 1, 1946 – December 6, 2020