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He is a professor of the Department of Economics, College of Management and Economics, Visayas State University (VSU), Visca, Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines. He earned his master's degree in International Development Program (IDP) at the International University of Japan in 2009. He finished his doctorate degree in economics at the University of Göttingen, Germany in 2014 with Prof Stephan Klasen as his supervisor. He was a visiting research fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University in 2019.  He was a John Dillon Fellow - Philippines (2021) of the Australian Center for International and Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and was elected board member of the Philippine Agriculture and Economic Development Association (PAEDA) in 2021. Dr. Seriño has been recently appointed as one of the members of the Technical Panel for Economics of the Commission on Higher Education.

He is currently the director of the Visayas Socio-Economic Research and Data Analytics Center (ViSERDAC) and the Dean of the College of Management and Economics, Visayas State University.

He is the editor in chief of the Review of Socio-Economic Research and Development Studies (ReSERDS) and he has published in peer-reviewed journals.

His research interests include development economics, economics of climate change, agricultural economics, environmental conservation and sustainable development.