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Mario Juan Agcaoili Aurelio is a geologist from the Philippines. He was born on May 15, 1965 in Laoag City. He fluently speaks and writes in English, French, Filipino, Ilocano and knows basic Spanish. He is married with two children.

Employment
Currently, Dr. Aurelio is a Professor at the University of the Philippines – Diliman (UPD), Quezon City, Philippines. He is Director of the National Institute of Geological Sciences in the College of Science of UPD (UP-NIGS) since 2016. He is the Laboratory Head of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Laboratory at UP-NIGS since 2011. He is a member of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority based in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] Before moving to the academe, he worked as a geologist at the Philippine Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the [http://www.denr.gov.ph/ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). [2]

Expertise
Dr. Aurelio specializes in Structural Geology and Tectonics. He applies this specialization in conducting research over a broad range of topics, including geodynamics, seismotectonics, geohazards assessment, mineral and energy resources exploration and development and radioactive waste disposal and management, among others. He has work experience in Asia (Philippines, Indonesia), Africa (Madagascar, Sierra Leone) and Europe (French Alps).

Education and Teaching
Dr. Aurelio earned his B.Sc in Geology in 1985 from then Department of Geology and Geography (now the National Institute of Geological Sciences) of the University of the Philippines – Diliman (UPD), and placed 1st in the Geology Licensure Exam (Leopoldo Faustino Award) administered that same year. He obtained his M.Sc in Geodynamics of Oceans and Continents (1988-1989) and Ph.D in Structural Geology and Tectonics (1989-1992) from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. His doctorate dissertation was awarded the citation Très Honorable avec Félicitations du Jury, leading to a French Post-Doctorate Fellowship Grant by the Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques with specialization on Space Geodesy and Seismotectonics (1994-1995) at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France and the then Institut füer Angewandte Geodäsie now Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Frankfurt, Germany (1994-95) as a European Union Research Fellow. He also undertook Post Doctorate studies in Deep Offshore Tectonic Studies at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France (2000). He has been granted fellowships by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2005 (Hungary), 2008 (Czech Republic) and 2009 (South Korea). [1][2]

His teaching experience spans more than 25 years, as a Professorial Lecturer at UP-NIGS (1992-2006), as part-time Professor at the then Mapua Institute of Technology (now Mapua University) (1999-2006), as Visiting Scientist/Professor (EU Fellow) in Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (May-June2000), and as Visiting Professor of the [fos.ubd.edu.bn/·Faculty of Science] of the University of Brunei Darussalam (2010)[1]. His students created a Facebook fanpage for him.

Technical Working Groups
Apart from the academe, he plays important roles in educational and technical working groups, including as Chairman of the Technical Committee for Geology at the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).He is adviser of the Philippine Delegation to the International Seabed Authority. He contributes to the Commission on the Geological Map of the World under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (CGMW-UNESCO) as a member of the Sub-Commission for Asia. He is a reviewer of several scientific journals including: Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, Tectonophysics, among others. He is a reviewer of the Philippine Environmental Impact Assessment System under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources [1][2].

Professional Organizations
Dr. Aurelio has held office in and/or has been a member of professional societies/organizations such as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), Société Géologique de France (SGF). He has been President (2001-2002) and member of the Board of Directors of the Geological Society of the Philippines (GSP) and an awardee/member of the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP). He is a member of Outstanding Young Scientists, Inc. (OYSI)[1][2]. He is a founding member of the Philippines-France Professionals Association.

Honors and Awards
Some of the awards bestowed upon Dr. Aurelio include the Outstanding Professional for Geology (2006) by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), the Outstanding Young Scientist (2005) by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), the Achievement Award (1999) by the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP), the Leopoldo Faustino Award for garnering 1st Place in the Geology Licensure Examination of 1985, jointly granted by the Philippine Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Geology and the Geological Society of the Philippines [1][2].

Publications
Dr. Aurelio is the co-editor and co-author of the book: Geology of the Philippines, 2nd Edition published by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in 2010. He is the Team Leader and Lead Writer of a guidebook published by the Department of Education (DepEd) for Senior High School teachers for the core subject: Disaster Risk Reduction and Readiness. Some of his publications may be seen at Google Scholar and Research Gate. [1][2]

Music
He is the drummer of the Unconformity Band, a group composed of Filipino geologists and geology students of UP-NIGS. He also plays jazz on guitar.