Ruben F. Amparado, Jr. is a Full Professor and a seasoned academician who has long served the Mindanao State University System, as a professor of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development Studies in the Graduate Program of Environmental Science at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Iligan City, Philippines. He has 42 years of teaching, research, and extension experience to back him up. Ruben earned his Ph.D. in Applied Biological Sciences and his MS in Environmental Sanitation both from the University of Ghent in Belgium.