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Gavino Trono
Filipino biologist (born )
Gavino Trono Jr. (born November 11, ) is a Filipino marine biologist dubbed as the "Father of Kappaphycus farming".[1] He was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines for contributions to the study of tropical marine phycology, focusing on seaweed biodiversity.
He is currently a professor emeritus of the University of the PhilippinesMarine Science Institute.
Education and career
Trono obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in botany from the University of the Philippines Diliman, his master's degree in agricultural botany from the Araneta University and his doctorate in (marine) botany from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Trono’s dissertation is considered as among the most important body of work on the diversity and ecology of algae in Micronesia. In the resulting publications, he described 11 new seaweed taxa from the area,[2] 8 of which (i.e., Avrainvillea hollenbergii Trono, Boodleo