Education & Background

UndergraduateBS Chemistry, UP Diliman, 1994
GraduatePhD Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2006
MS Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2004
Other Postgraduate
Studies
Diploma in Research and Development of Products to Meet Public Health Needs, Nagasaki University, 2017
Diploma in International Health, UPOU, 2015
WIPO Advanced Courses passed (7)
Postdoctoral &
Visiting Scholar Fellowships
Visiting Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2023
Guest Scientist, University of Queensland, 2015
Visiting Scholar, University of California San Francisco, 2015
Guest Scientist, University of California Santa Cruz, 2013
Guest Scientist, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, 2012
Guest Scientist, The Scripps Research Institute, 2007
Visiting Scholar, Harvard Medical School, 2003-2004
Previous Employment &
Appointments
Assistant University Registrar, UP Diliman, 2020-2023
Director, Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman, 2017-2020   
College Secretary, College of Science, UP Diliman, 2011-2017  
Project Development Associate, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, UP System, 2011-2012
Director, Office of Scholarships and Student Services, UP Diliman, 2009-2011     

Teaching

Chem 40: Elementary Biochemistry
Chem 145: Principles of Biochemistry I: Structure and Function of Biological Macromolecules
Chem 146: Principles of Biochemistry II: Pathways, Mechanisms, and Regulation Course Detail
Chem 197: Special Topics in Applied Chemistry
Chem 240: Advanced Biochemistry
Chem 294: Seminar in Biochemistry
Chem 1: Chemistry: Science that Matters (GE Course)  
STS 1: Science, Technology and Society

Research

Research Focus

Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development

  • Isolation and structure elucidation of bioactive compounds (anti-mitotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-mutagenic, anti-ulcer, anti-pyrexia, hypolipidemic, anti-malarial) from Philippine medicinal plants
  • Identification of enzymatic inhibitors from plant extracts with potential therapeutic applications (acetylcholinesterase, angiotensin-converting enzyme, lipase, lipoxygenase, xanthine oxidase, HMG-CoA reductase)
  • Identification of drug targets
  • Optimization of physico-chemical drug properties

Selected Publications

(1) M.C.P. Fabian, R.M.N. Astorga, A.A.G. Atis, LA.E. Pilapil LAE, C.C. Hernandez. Anti-diabetic and Anti-inflammatory Bioactive Hits from Coriaria intermedia Matsum. stem and Dracontomelon dao (Blanco) Merr. & Rolfe bark through Bioassay-Guided Fractionation and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Frontiers in Pharmacology 2024, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1349725

(2) B.A. Crisostomo, A.A. Atis, D.N. Mirano-Bascos, C.C. Hernandez.  Identification of cysteine knot peptides in four Philippine plant species using mass spectrometry and transcriptome analysis, Philippine Science Letters 2019, 12(1): 39-61.

(3) C. Chichioco-Hernandez, I. Villasenor, F. Schroeder, H. Paulus, J. Clardy.  Stilbenoids from Hopea acuminata Merr. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants 2016,  22, 94-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/10496475.2015.1042618

Awards & Extension Work

UP Science Productivity System (SPS) Award
2021-2023, 2012-2014: Scientist I
2018-2020, 2015-2017: Scientist II
UP Professorial Chairs and Faculty Grants
2022-2024, 2019-2021, 2016-2018: One UP Professorial Chair in Research and Public Service
2021, 2018-2020, 2014-2016: UP Diliman Centennial Professorial Chair
2022, 2017: UP Diliman Centennial Faculty Grant
Award as Author in a Book
2021: NAST Outstanding Book and/or Monograph Award: Tuklas Lunas Protocols for Drug Discovery and Development
Award as a Mentor
2010: Gruppo Medica Award for Outstanding Research in Herbal Medicine
Extension Work
Board of Director and Treasurer, Natural Products Society of the Philippines
Board of Director and Assistant Treasurer, Kapisanan Kimika ng Pilipinas
Secretary, National Research Council of the Philippines, Division X
Founding Member, Phytochemical Society of Asia
Committee Member, UPD Institutional And Animal Care Use