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NAME PROFESSION SPECIALIZATION
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DR. CAMPOS IS RECOGNIZED FOR FOUNDING THE NATION'S FIRST AND
MOST WELL-KNOWN RADIOISOTOPE LABORATORY, THE UNIVERSITY OF
PAULO JULY 7, 1921 - PHYSICIAN AND HEALTH THE PHILIPPINES' FIRST RESEARCH LABORATORY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
CAMPOS JUNE 2, 2007 EDUCATOR SCIENCES MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE THYROID CLINIC OF
THE UP-PGH MEDICAL CENTER. SUMMARIZE AND SHORTEN THE
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION.
DR. CASTILLO WAS CHOSEN AS A PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SCIENTIST.
BEFORE THESE TOPICS BECAME WELL-KNOWN IN THE DEVELOPMENT
GELIA MARCH 3, 1928- FILIPINO RURAL DISCOURSE, SHE PIONEERED STUDIES ON FILIPINO WOMEN, RURAL
CASTILLO AUGUST 5, 2017 SOCIOLOGIST CONCERNS, RURAL-URBAN INEQUALITY, AND FARMERS' TECHNOLOGICAL
SOCIOLOGY ADAPTATION. HER 1977 BOOK, BEYOND MANILA, EXAMINED RURAL
DEVELOPMENT.
FILIPINO BIOLOGIST AND ECOLOGIST ANGEL ALCALA IS WELL-KNOWN FOR
HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY,
ANGEL MARCH 1, 1929- ECOLOGIST AND MARINE ESPECIALLY HIS RESEARCH ON THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE
ALCALA PRESENT BIOLOGIST BIOLOGIST PHILIPPINES, WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF MORE THAN 50
NEW SPECIES. HE RECEIVED THE TITLE OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST OF THE
PHILIPPINES IN 2014.
KNOWN AS THE "SEA SNAIL VENOM SPECIALIST," THE BIOCHEMIST FROM
THE PHILIPPINES HAS EXAMINED THE DEADLY PEPTIDES FOUND IN CONUS
LOURDES MAY 19, 1942- FILIPINO TRYPSIN SEA SNAILS AND IDENTIFIED MORE THAN 50 PEPTIDES THAT ARE
CRUZ PRESENT BIOCHEMIST INHIBITORS BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE. HER RESEARCH HAS BENEFITED CANCER
DIAGNOSES, NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE TREATMENTS, AND BRAIN ACTIVITY
MONITORING DEVICES. SHE RECEIVED RECOGNITION AS A NATIONAL
SCIENTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES IN 2006.
BEING A LEADING EXPERT ON TRANSPORTATION, HE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT
PROFESSOR AT THE ROAD SAFETY,
CONTRIBUTIONS TO STUDIES ON TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, ROAD SAFETY, AND
UNIVERSITY OF THE TRAFFIC INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS. THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT
RICARDO 1935 - PRESENT ENGINEERING
PHILIPPINES AWARDED HIM THE BAYANIHAN SA DAAN AWARD IN 2016 FOR DEVELOPING
SIGUA COLLEGE OF INTELLIGENT "WALKABLE AND BIKEABLE" COMMUNITIES AND FOR INITIATING THE ROAD-
TRANSPORT SHARING CONCEPT AT UP DILIMAN, WHICH SPARKED INNOVATIVE IDEAS IN
ENGINEERING
SYSTEMS URBAN PLANNING.
BIOGRAPHICAL MOST SIGNIFICANT
NAME PROFESSION SPECIALIZATION
INFORMATION CONTRIBUTION
KNOWN FOR HER STUDIES IN CYTOGENETICS AND BIOCHEMICAL
PLANT BREEDING GENETICS, DR. DOLORES RAMIREZ HAS FOCUSED ON RICE HYBRIDS,
DOLORES SEPTEMBER 20, 1931- COCONUT MAKAPUNO ENDOSPERM, AND CERCOSPORA KEX
GENETICIST AND PLANT CYTO-
RAMIREZ PRESENT RESISTANCE. HER MANY HONORS INCLUDE THE RIZAL PRO PATRIA
GENETICS. AWARD (1981) AND THE UP PROFESSORIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
(1985). SHE ALSO HELD THE SEARCA PROFESSORIAL CHAIR FOR
GENETICS.
KNOWN FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELDS OF
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY, DR. BALDOMERO
BALDOMERO CHEMIST AND BIOCHEMISTRY OLIVERA, JR. IS BEST KNOWN FOR HAVING IDENTIFIED SEVERAL
OLIVERA 1941 - PRESENT RESEARCHER AND MOLECULAR CONUS PEPTIDES THAT ARE PRESENTLY BEING TESTED IN CLINICAL
TRIALS AS INCREDIBLY TARGETED TREATMENTS FOR PAIN, EPILEPSY,
BIOLOGY AND OTHER NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS.
DEAN OF THE SCHOOL
MARIA OF FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD AND HER RESEARCH ON USING BANANA FLOUR AS AN
LIGAYA EXTENDER FOR WHEAT FLOUR IN DOUGHNUT AND
1956 - PRESENT TECHNOLOGY AT THE PRODUCT PAN DE SAL RECIPES WAS HER MOST IMPORTANT
BRAGANZA PHILIPPINE WOMEN'S
DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTION.
UNIVERSITY
HIS INVENTION OF THE FIRST SINGLE-CHIP, 16-BIT MICROPROCESSOR-
FILIPINO COMPUTER BASED CALCULATOR AND THE FIRST SINGLE-CHIP GRAPHICS
DIOSDADO MAY 23, 1946- ENTREPRENEUR ENGINEERING ACCELERATOR, WHICH STILL POWERS THE MAJORITY OF
PRESENT MOTHERBOARDS TODAY, CAUSED A STIR IN SILICON VALLEY.
BANATAO AND ENGINEER AND HARDWARE
TECHNOLOGY
THE PHILIPPINES' APPROACH ON THIS HEALTH ISSUE HAS BEEN
PERLA PEDIATRICIAN HEALTH
GREATLY INFLUENCED BY SANTOS-OCAMPO'S STUDIES ON
JULY 25, 1931 - DIARRHEAL ILLNESS. HER EFFORTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE
SANTOS- AND SCIENTIST SCIENCES
JUNE 29, 2012 CREATION OF STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT AND
OCAMPO AVOIDANCE OF DIARRHEA, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
ONE OF THE MAIN CAUSES OF DEATH FOR YOUNG FILIPINOS.
BIOGRAPHICAL MOST SIGNIFICANT
NAME PROFESSION SPECIALIZATION
INFORMATION CONTRIBUTION
SHE CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON THE DIET OF ANCIENT
HUMAN REMAINS FILIPINOS AND AUTHORED THE BOOK "ANCIENT FILIPINO DIET:
AME MUSEUM RECONSTRUCTING DIET FROM HUMAN REMAINS EXCAVATED
1940 - PRESENT AND DIETARY
GARONG RESEARCHER IN THE PHILIPPINES." HER WORK REPRESENTS THE FIRST
RECONSTRUC-TION SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PRE-HISPANIC FILIPINO EATING HABITS
PRIOR TO FOREIGN INFLUENCE
KNOWN FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TAXONOMY OF
DIGENEA, SHE WAS ALSO THE FIRST TO CHARACTERIZE
CARMEN AUGUST 7, 1913 – PARASITES OF THE
CAPILLARIA PHILIPPINENSIS, THE PARASITIC WORM THAT
PARASITOLOGIST TROPICAL FISH OF
VELASQUEZ OCTOBER 16, 1994 CAUSES INTESTINAL CAPILLARIASIS IN HUMANS. DIGENETIC
THE PHILIPPINES TREMATODES ARE A GENUS OF WHICH VELASQUEZ
DISCOVERED 32 NEW SPECIES.
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND HE WAS A PIONEER IN THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR
TECTONICS, ENVIRONMENTAL REMOTE SENSING. THE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF
RAYMUNDO JUNE 13, 1937 – THE PHILIPPINES, THE RESEARCH OF THE UNIQUE
VOLCANOLOGIST AND GEOLOGY, PHOTOGEOLOGY AND
PUNONG- APRIL 28, 2005 REMOTE SENSING, CHARACTERISTICS AND ISSUES OF THE MONTALBAN
SEISMOLOGIST
BAYAN VOLCANOLOGY, AND GEOLOGIC AREA, THE INVENTORY OF MANGROVES AND
MINERAL RESOURCES, AND OTHER TASKS WERE
HAZARDS MAPPING AND RISK
FINISHED UNDER HIS DIRECTION.
ASSESSMENT
ENCARNACION ALZONA FOUGHT TO INCREASE WOMEN'S ACCESS TO
ENCARNACION MARCH 23, 1895 – HISTORIAN, POLITICAL AND EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
ALZANO MARCH 13, 2001 EDUCATOR AND HISTORY THROUGHOUT HER CAREER. WITH HER BACKGROUND IN ACTIVISM
AND HER EXPERTISE AS A HISTORIAN AND SCHOLAR, ALZONA
SUFFRAGIST WORKED TO ENSURE THAT FILIPINAS COULD VOTE.
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, HE LED THE ASSESSMENT OF VARIOUS COASTAL AREAS IN
NOVEMBER 11, 1931 - MARINE WESTERN MINDANAO AS POTENTIAL SITES FOR SEAWEED
GAVINO TAXONOMY, BIOLOGY FARMING AND DISCOVERED TWENTY-FIVE NEW MARINE
TRONIO PRESENT BIOLOGIST AND CULTURE OF BENTHIC ALGAE. ADDITIONALLY, HE ESTABLISHED THE
MARINE ALGAE. LARGEST PHYCOLOGICAL HERBARIUM IN THE COUNTRY,
KNOWN AS THE G.T. HERBARIUM.
BIOGRAPHICAL MOST SIGNIFICANT
NAME PROFESSION SPECIALIZATION
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DR. AFUANG IS A FOUNDING MEMBER AND CURRENT VICE PRESIDENT OF
HERPETOLOGY, THE MINDORO BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INC. AND A KEY
LETICIA 1950 - PRESENT CONSERVATIO, MEMBER OF THE BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
BIOLOGIST KNOWN AS THE "SNAKE LADY," SHE FOCUSES ON HERPETOLOGICAL
AFUANG ECOLOGY, RESEARCH ON REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES
AND HAS ESTABLISHED MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE
BIODIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
ALFREDO GALANG IS A FILIPINO SCIENTIST RENOWNED
FOR HIS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANT
ALFREDO FEBRUARY 9, 1928- PROMINENT PLANT BREEDING BREEDING AND GENETICS. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR
GALANG MAY 25, 2005 BIOLOGIST AND GENETICS DEVELOPING HIGH-YIELDING, DISEASE-RESISTANT RICE
VARIETIES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED RICE
PRODUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND BEYOND.
MAGOSAIS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS THE
ALICIA 1945 - PRESENT SOCIOCULTURAL SOCIALCULUTRAL INDIVIDUAL WHO SPEARHEADED THE
MAGOSA ANTHROPOLOGIST ANTHROPOLOGY ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF PANAY BUKIDNON
CULTURE, PROVIDING A PLATFORM AND
EMPOWERING THIS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.
NARISMA'S RESEARCH FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
GEMMA REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING, AND LAND-ATMOSPHERE
APRIL 12, 1972 – CLIMATOLOGIST ATMOSPHERIC INTERACTIONS. HER WORK AIMED TO ENHANCE THE
TERESA PHILIPPINES' RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE BY ADVANCING
MARCH 5, 2021 SCIENCE
NARISMA WEATHER FORECASTING.
BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES, BENITO LUMEN DISCOVERED THE ANTI-
JULY 28, 1940- CHEMIST AND CANCER AND CANCER PROPERTIES OF LUNASIN, A PEPTIDE IN SOY AND CEREAL
BENITO O.
GRAINS, WHILE INVESTIGATING WAYS TO IMPROVE SOY PROTEIN
DE LUMEN PRESENT SCIENCE EDUCATOR DIET
NUTRITION. IN 1987, HE IDENTIFIED LUNASIN AND WORKED WITH
ALFREDO GALVEZ TO ISOLATE, PURIFY, AND SEQUENCE IT.