West Visayas State University has proven its quest to become one of the top research universities as viable by welcoming Dr. Roland J. Buresh, from the United States.

Dr. Buresh is the University’s visiting scientist, starting March 15, 2021 to August of the same year. The 6-month Visiting Scientist Program, though this time held via online platforms, is hosted by the College of Agriculture and Forestry, with campus administrator Dr. Dominador L. Lisao.

“A paper cannot be better without research. I want to highlight quality research as part of the success of publication process,” Dr. Buresh stressed.

He shared two ideas in publication: There is the ideal, wherein the researcher plans for publication when the research is planned; and the less desirable, wherein the researcher only plans for publication after the research is finished.

Dr. Buresh has a Ph.D. in Marine Science from Louisiana State University and Master of Science in Soil Sience from North Dakota State University. He has 127 publications and 6,204 citations by 4,763 documents, with h-index=49(Scopus); 17,845 citations with h-index=74, i10-index = 185 (Google Scholar);

Dr. Buresh will serve as mentor to 18 participants, including WVSU faculty and Ph.D. students. 

Dr. Greta Gabinete, WVSU’s OIC-Vice President for Research, Extension, and Training said the participants are assigned to Google Classrooms wherein activities and assignments will be required from them.  -CILPI