Ramil Mauleon

Ramil Mauleon is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Southern Cross University (Faculty of Science and Engineering) and a former Senior Research Fellow in bioinformatics/computational biology at SCU. Previously, he served as a Bioinformatics Scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), contributing to global projects like the 3,000 Rice Genomes Project and the Rice Galaxy initiative. His research focuses on integrative omics data analysis, FAIR-compliant data systems, and computational tools for crop genomics.

Education:

• BSc in Biology (Genetics) from University of the Philippines Los Baños (1986–1989)
• MSc in Genetics (RFLP mapping of rice blast resistance) (1992–1996)
• PhD in Genetics (transcriptome analysis of rice blast resistance) (2002–2006)

Research Interests:

• Bioinformatics methodologies for crop genomics
• FAIR data standards (Crop Ontology, interoperability frameworks)
• High-performance computing for genomic data analysis
• Plant phenotyping via computer vision/machine learning
• Genetic marker development for breeding applications

Key Projects:

• Rice Galaxy: Open bioinformatics platform for plant science
• 3,000 Rice Genomes Project: Genomic diversity analysis
• CannSeek: Cannabis SNP database and analysis portal

Labs/Teams: Active contributor to Southern Cross Plant Science and global agricultural data initiatives.