Philippine-based Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) has formally installed Glenn B. Gregorio as its 11th director.
Hosted by the Philippine government on the campus of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB), SEARCA is one of the oldest specialist institutions of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO).
SEARCA was founded in 1966 to serve the agricultural and rural development needs of Southeast Asian countries through graduate education and training, research, and knowledge dissemination.
Gregorio assumed office in May 2019. He brings to SEARCA his wide experience from three decades of work with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and later as the global lead of breeding programs of the East-West Seed Company, Inc.
At present, he is also an Academician at the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Philippines and Professor at the Institute of Crop Science, UPLB College of Agriculture and Food Science. He was born and educated at Central Mindanao University in Musuan, Bukidnon.