Dr. Allyn Duvin P. Hinoguin, Associate Professor IV at the College of Marine and Allied Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Phillipines, has started her visit to the department as part of the ASEAN-India Research and Training Fellowship (AI-RTF) program. She is a marine ecologist with more than 15 years of experience. Her research expertise includes fish ecology, mangrove ecology, molecular techniques such as eDNA analysis, and integrated coastal resource management. She obtained her Ph.D. in Fish Ecology from Kochi University, Japan, focusing on the role of subtropical mangroves as fish habitats in the Ryukyu Islands.

Dr. Hinoguin leads and collaborates on several interdisciplinary and government-funded research initiatives. She is the Project Leader of the MAreFiSH Project, which investigates the ecological functionality of mangrove afforestation. She also contributes to the GleanPhil Program, a national research initiative exploring the socio-ecological and economic value of gleaning fisheries. In addition, she is involved in the eDNA-based biodiversity monitoring project—part of a regional research collaboration under the eAsia Joint Research Program, with funding support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and DOST-PCAARRD. As part of AI-RTF, she plans to better understand community-level responses of mangrove-associated fish to climate change and contaminant exposure.

Dr. Hinoguin is visiting IITH from August 2025 to January 2026. The Department of Climate Change heartily welcomes her!