Academic Background

BS Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman 
MS Environmental Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman
PhD Environmental Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman

Research Interest

  • Wetlands conservation and management
  • Circular economy in wetlands management
  • Nature-based solutions in water/wastewater management
  • Water quality monitoring
  • Participatory gender resource mapping for IPs
  • Environmental health and waste management
  • Energy conservation and efficiency
  • Water, wastewater, and watershed management
  • Capacity development for youth and communities
  • DRRM and CCA

Recent Publications

Book Chapters

1. Salvacion, A.R., Devanadera, M.C.E., Paro, F.R.C., Lecciones, A.J.M., Eligue, J.C.L. (2022) Flood Vulnerability Assessment in Marinduque, Philippines Using Fuzzy Logic and Principal Component Analysis . In: The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim. Yizhao Yang, Anne Taufen (Eds). Routledge. pp. 66-79 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003033530-7  


2. Aaron Julius M. Lecciones, Kevin Roy B. Serrona, Ma. Catriona E. Devanadera, Amy M. Lecciones, Jeongsoo Yu (2021). Creative approaches in engaging the community towards ecological waste management and wetland conservation. Sustainability and Circular Economy, Volume 2. Elsevier.

Journals
1. Blanco, N.F.D., Salvacion, A.R., Devanadera, M.C.E., Abucay, E.R., Sandalo, R.M. (2022) Characterizing malaria spatial distribution in the province of Palawan, Philippines. Spat. Inf. Res. 30, 279–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41324-022-00429-6

2. Samaniego, J.O., Gibaga, C.L. Tanciongco, A., Devanadera, M.C.,Paro, F.R.C. Adil, J.H. Montano, M.O., Quierrez, R.N.M. and A.C. Gutierrez (2022). Health Risk Assessment of Trace Metals in the Vicinity of an Abandoned Mercury Mine in Puerto Princesa City, Philippines | Philippine Journal of Science 151 (2): 671-682.

3. Boongaling, C.G.K., Devanadera, M.C.E., Eligue, J.C.L., Paro, F.R.C (2022). Gendered participatory resource mapping: case studies of upland and coastal indigenous communities in Mindanao, Philippines. GeoJournal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-022-10602-x

4. Precious Nneka Egbuikwem, Devendra Saroj, Gregory C Obiechefu, Faisal I Hai, Ma. Catriona E Devanadera (2021). Potential of suspended growth biological processes for mixed wastewater reclamation and reuse in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities” Journal: Environmental Technology & Innovation.

5. Macuroy, J.T, Devanadera, M.E., Roxas, E.D., Salvacion, & A.R. Sandalo, R.M. (2017). Reliability of the Sarno River Assessment Protocol (SRVAP) as a River Quality Evaluation Tool: Results from Initial Assessment in the Aborlan River, Philippines; Journal of Human Ecology.


6. Ma. Catriona E. Devanadera, Fevi Rose C. Paro, Maria Lourdes P. Dalida (2017). Low pressure membrane technology for treatment of water supply in developing countries. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research 36 no.3, 320-335

7. Edgar M. Reyes, Ma. Catriona E. Devanadera, Ceffrey John Eligue, Fevi Rose Paro, Janece Jean Polizon, Sandra Samantela, Ralphael Gonzales (2017). Analysis of Tourism Potentials in the Municipality of Dumaran, Palawan, Philippines. BIMP-EAGA Journal for Sustainable Tourism Development Vol 6, no.1

8. Xiaolei Zhang, Ma. Catriona E. Devanadera, Felicity A. Roddick, Linhua Fan, Maria Lourdes P. Dalida (2016). Impact of algal organic matter released from Microcystis aeruginosa and Chlorella sp. on the fouling of a ceramic microfiltration membrane. Water Research 103, 391-400.

Research Profiles

Linkedin, Researchgate, SCOPUS, ORCiD

Email address

medevanadera[at]up[dot]edu[dot]ph