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Lief Erikson D. Gamalo, MSc

Assistant Professor 6

Biography

Lief Erikson Gamalo is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines Mindanao. He graduated from Leyte Normal University and obtained his Masters degree from UP Los Baños. His research interests focus on terrestrial vertebrate wildlife, primate biology, wildlife diseases, and wildlife conservation. Assistant Prof. Gamalo is a regular member of the National Research Council of the Philippines, and a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature-Species Survival Commission (IUCN-SSC) Primate Specialist Group division on human-primate interactions.

Additionally, he was awarded the Faculty Grant for Research and Public Service for 2022-2024 by the University of the Philippines, and the Gawad Chancellor Para sa Pinakamahusay na Guro (Junior Faculty, 2023) in recognition of his work.

Education
  • MS Zoology (minor Wildlife Studies) – University of the Philippines Los Baños
                           University of Malaysia Sarawak (Attached Student)
  • BS Biology – Leyte Normal University
Awards
  • Gawad Chancellor Award Pinakamahusay na Guro (Best Junior Faculty) 2023 Junior Faculty, University of the Philippines Mindanao, 2023
  • ONE UP Faculty Grant 2022-2024 for research and public service in zoology and wildlife studies, University of the Philippines System, 2022
  • Elected Regular Member of National Research Council of the Philippines, National research Council of the Philippines- Department of Science and Technology, 2022
Research Interests

Wildlife and Conservation, Primate Biology, Human-Wildlife Interaction Studies, and Wildlife diseases

Publications
  1. Gamalo, LED., Cabrera, S. M. E., De Los Reyes, N. C. L., De Cadiz, A. E., Chavez Jr, J. B., Raganas, A. F. M., & Quibod, M. N. R. M. (2023). Inventory of terrestrial vertebrate wildlife species in a private-owned forest patch in Tagum City, Mindanao, Philippines. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 24(2).
  2. Sabanal B, Achondo M J M, Alviola IV P, Gamalo L E, Responte M. Diversity of spiders (Araneae) in the anthropic land covers of Davao City, Philippines. Journal of Animal Diversity 2022; 4 (4) :28-39
  3. Gamalo LE, Cabrera, S, Delos Reyes, C, De Cadiz, A., Chavez, J., Raganas, A., 2022. Masturbation in a Free-ranging Male Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) on Mindanao Island, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 51 (6A): 2271-2274. 
  4. Gamalo, L.E., Sabanal, B., & Ang, A. (2021). Three Decades of Non-Human Primate Studies in the Philippines: Gaps and Opportunities for Philippine Primatology. Primates. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00847-w.
  5. Cuta, C. B. T., Balbuena, R. R. B., Sabanal, B. T., Modina, R. M. R., Torrefiel, J. T., & Gamalo, LED. (2022). Notes on the defensive strategies of Kalophrynus sinensis Peters, 1867 against predation by Stegonotus muelleri (Duméril et al., 1854) on Leyte Island, Philippines. Herpetology Notes, 15, 479-482.
  6. Gamalo, LE., Sabanal, B., Torrefiel, J. (2022). Predation on a Parachute Gecko Gekko sp. by Long-tailed Macaques Macaca fascicularis (Raffles, 1821) in Mt. Apo Natural Park, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 151(1).
  7. Gaite, P., Aala, W., Bacus, M., Numeron, A., Labrador, C., Gamalo, LE., Murao, LA., (2022)  The first complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838) from the Philippines. Biodiversity Data Journal. 0: e72768
  8. Bacus, M., Burgos, S., Elizagaque, H., Malbog, K.M., Responte, M., Gamalo, L.E., Achondo, M.J.M. Murao, L.A. (2021). Pilot Fecal DNA Barcoding on Selected Fruit Bats in Davao City, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science. 150 (2): 545-555.
  9. Chavez, J., Morris, H., Suan, G., Gamalo, LE., Lastica-Ternura, E. (2021). Suspected African Swine Fever (ASF) mass die-offs in Philippine Warty Pigs (Sus philippensis) in Tagum City, Mindanao, Philippines. Sueform Sounding. 20 (1), 8-11.
  10. Sabanal, B., Achondo, MJM., Gamalo, LE., Alviola, P., Responte, M. (2021). Local Community Perceptions of the Ecological and Socio-Economic Benefits of Spiders in Small-Scale Urban Green Spaces for Conservation Reinforcement. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 10 (1), 115-123.
Courses Taught

BIO 15 Fundamentals of Biology
BIO 141 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
BIO 143 Animal Physiology
BIO 144 Animal Histology
BIO 40 Intermediate Zoology
BIO 100 Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology
BIO 170 Evolutionary Biology
BIO 115 Introduction to Philippine Wildlife
SCIENCE 11 Living Systems: Concepts and Dynamics