Dr. Fernando  Siringan is a coastal and marine geologist. He has been involved in a wide array of research projects including harmful algal blooms, paleo-climate reconstructions, coastal erosion, submarine groundwater discharge and geophysical mapping of mesophotic corals. For more than two decades, he has spearheaded research on coastal erosion. Dr. Siringan is the current Director of the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines-Diliman.