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TOP FILI

PINO SCI
ENTI
STS AND THEI
R CONTRI
BUTI
ONS OF SCI
ENCE AND
TECHNOLOGYINTHEPHILI
PPI
NES

LUCI
LLEABAD
Seni
orScience Research Speci
ali
stoft
he Chemi
str
yResear
ch Sect
ion,Phi
l
ippi
ne
Nucl
earResear
chInstit
ute(PNRI)

Cont
ri
buti
on:Shedev
elopedapl
antv
itami
n–anef fect
ivepl
antgr
owthpromot
erusi
ng
i
rr
adi
atedseaweedsthathasalsobeenrecogni
zedbyt heJapan-
basedForum f
or
Nucl
earCooper
ati
oni
nAsi a.

Expert
ise: Pol y
mer Chemi stry, Nanomat erial
s, Nuclear Chemi stry, Bi
omat erial
s,
Carbohydrate Pol ymers,Pol y mer Processi ng,Bi opolymers,Plastics,Cr ossli
nking,
PolymerTechnol ogy ,NaturalFi bers,GelPer meat ionChromatogr
aphy( GPC),Pol y
mer ic
Biomateri
als,Grafti
ng,Bi oplast i
cs,Gelation,Opt i
mi zati
oninFormul ati
onDev el
opment ,
ThermalPr operties,Biodegr adable Pol ymer s,Ther mograv
imetr
y( TGA) ,Di f
ferenti
al
Scanning Calori
met r y(DSC) ,Poly merSy nthesis,ThermalAnal ysis,Pol y
mer izati
on,
PolymericMat eri
als,Adv ancedMat eri
als,ThinFi lmsandNanot echnol ogy,Mechani cal
Properti
es,MaterialCharact erizati
on.

Recogni
ti
on:Oneoft
heAsi
anSci
ent
ist100

Dr.Lucill
eV.Abadi sar adiat
ionchemi st,speciali
zi
ngi nradiati
onchemi str
yand
processingofpol y
mer s.Shehasbeenal eadcount ryandnat ionalprojectcoordi
natorof
IAEAr egionalprojectsonsubj ectsr elat
edt or adiat
ioncr ossli
nking,degradati
on,and
graft
ing ofpol ymer sf orheal t
h,agr i
cult
uraland i ndust
ri
alappl i
cati
ons.She al so
undertakesresearchesonr adiati
onpr ocessi
ng, aspr ogram ofprojectleader,
withinthe
country.SheisaCar eerScienti
st,currentlyheadst heChemi str
yResear chSect i
onand
Offi
cer-i
n-chargeoft heAtomicResear chDivisionofthePNRI .
PROF.PHILLIPA.AVI
OLA
Curat
orattheMuseum ofNat
uralHi
stor
y,Uni
ver
sit
yoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nes(
UP)
LosBaños

Contri
buti
on:Al
viol
ahelpedmethodstomonitorbiodi
ver
sit
yinprot
ect
ed
areas.He’
sbeenst udy
ingmammal s,t
hediversi
tyofcave-
dwel
li
ngbats,
andbatvir
uses,
whichearnedhi
mt hemoni
ker“BatMan”

Educati
on:Hegr aduat
edwithBachel
or’
sDegr
eei
nBi
ologyandMast
er’
s
DegreeinWil
dli
feStudi
esatUPLosBaños.

Recogni
ti
ons:Recognizedasoneoft heUPSyst
em’sTopResearchersin
2018,aft
erbeing chosen asoneoft he100 Asi
anScienti
stbyAsi an
Sci
enti
stMagazine and wi nni
ng t
he 2017 NAST Out
standing Young
Sci
enti
stAward.

Worki
ngExper
ience:Hi
redasr esear
chassociatebyt
heMNH,Professor2
t
eachi
ngwil
dli
feandecologycoursesatI
nsti
tuteofBi
ologi
cal
Sci
ences.

Phi l
l
ipA.Av iolaisamemberoft hePhili
ppi
neMammalPr oj
ectteam,
a mul ti
-i
nstit
ut i
onal ,internati
onalcol labor
ati
ve effortled by Dr.Har r
y
HeaneyofTheFi eldMuseum, Chicago.Hei sontherosterofexpertsofthe
DENRBi odiv
er si
tyManagementBur eauandhasser vedasamemberoft he
Phil
ippineRedLi stCommi tt
eeforWi ldFaunaandDENRTechni calWor ki
ng
Groupf orMammal s.Amonghi slatestcontri
buti
onst otheDENRi stheco-
authorship of t he DENR Manual on Bi odiver
sity Assessment and
Moni t
oringSy stem f orInlandWet l
andEcosy stems.
NATHANI ELHERMOSAI I
Associ
ateProf
essoratt
heNat
ionalI
nst
it
uteofPhy
sics,
UPDi
l
iman

Cont
ri
buti
on:Physi
cistHer
mosa’
sbr
eakt
hroughr
esear
ch“
twi
sted”l
i
ght
and“
slowed”i
tdown.

Exper
ti
se:Appl
i
edPhy si
cswit
hMater
ialSci
enceasconcent
rat
ion,
Phy
sics
wit
hPhotoni
cs,Phy
sicswit
hOpti
cs

Educati
on:He obt ained hi
s BS Appl
ied Phy
sics (
Materi
als Phy
sics
Concentr
ati
on,1999),MSPhy si
cs(
2001)andPhDPhysics(
2007)degrees
From NI
P,UPDi l
i
man.

Recogniti
on:Heisrecogni
zedforhi
simportantcont
ri
buti
onsinthefi
eldof
thecurrentpr
ogram coor
dinat
orofthePhotoni
csResearchLaborat
ory
.He
i
saBal ik-
PhDrecipi
entoftheUni
ver
sit
yofthePhili
ppi
nes.OneoftheAsian
Scient
ist100

Dr
.NathanielHermosaIIisAssociateProfessorofPhy sicsinUP.He
wasapostdocatt heQuantum Opti
csGr oupofPr of.Dr.J.P.Woerdmanin
HuygensLaborator yi
nLeidenUni ver
sity,theNet herl
andsf r
om 2009t o
2011andar esearchfell
owatt heQuantum Engineer i
ngoft heLightgr
oup
ofProf.J.
P.Tor resatt heInsit
utdeCi enci
esFot oniquesinBar cel
ona,
Spai
nf r
om 2012t o2014.
MARIOANTONI OJI ZII
Seni
or Science Research Speci
ali
st,Resear
ch I
nst
it
utef
or Tr
opi
cal
Medici
ne(RITM)

Cont
ri
but
ion:Ji
zsi
gni
fi
cant
lycont
ri
but
edt
othest
udyofschi
stosomi
asi
s
andt
hedev
elopmentofav
acci
neagai
nstt
hisdi
sease.Schi
stosomi
asi
sis
achr
oni
cdi
seasecausedbypar
asi
ti
c.

Recogni
ti
on:I
n June2017,Dr
.Ji
zwasr
ecogni
zed asan Out
standi
ng
YoungSci
ent
istf
ormedi
calsci
encesbyt
heNat
ionalAcademyofSci
ence
andTechnol
ogy(
NAST)f
orhi
ssubst
ant
ialcont
ri
but
ioni
nSchi
stosomi
asi
s
r
esear
chandv
acci
nedev
elopment
.Hei
soneoft
heei
ghtFi
l
ipi
noswho
wasnamedasoneoft
heAS100.
LANNDONOCAMPO
Associ
atePr
ofessor
,CebuTechnol
ogi
calUni
ver
sit
y

Cont
ribut
ion:Ocampo dev el
oped guidel
i
nes forstrat
egic sust
ainabl
e pr
acti
ces i
n
manufact
uringcompanies.Hesignif
icant
lycontr
ibut
edt ohow industr
iescoul
dhelp
addr
essclimatechange.

Awar ds:Hewon numer ousawar dsf r


om DOST- Sciencean Educat i
on insti
tutefor
compl et
ing the PhD,t he DOST f orNat i
onalAwar df orExcel l
ence in Science,t
he
Mathemat icalSocietyoft hePhi l
ippi
nesCebuf orBestResear chPaperi nAppl i
ed
Mathemat icsduringt he2015MSPCebuConv ention,theInternationalAssociati
onon
Organizati
onal Innov at
ion f or the Out standing Paper Awar d dur i
ng t he 2014
Int
ernati
onalConf erenceonOr ganizat
ionalInnov ation,theFairchil
dSemi conductorfor
the2012BestPaperAwar dandsev eralinternationalPublicati
onAwar dsf rom t
he
Universi
tyofthePhi l
ippi
nes.

Recogni
ti
on:He is 2017 Outst
andi
ng Young Scient
isti
nthe f
iel
d ofI
ndust
ri
al
Engi
neer
ingandoneofthe2018TheAsianSci
ent
ist100.

Educati
on:Bachelor
’s Degree i
nIndust
ri
alEngineer
ing (
Cum Laude)and Mast
er’
s
DegreeinIndust
ri
alEngineeri
ngatUniversi
tyofSanCar l
os.Herecei
vedhi
sPhD in
I
ndustri
alEngi
neer
ingfrom DeLaSall
eUniver
sit
y.

Lanndon A.Ocampo i san Associ at


ePr ofessorin Depar
tmentofI ndustrial
EngineeringatCebuTechnol ogicalUniver
sit
y.Hehasaut horedover90internati
onal
peer-r
eviewedpubl icat
ionswhi chi ncl
ude81j ournalarti
cles,abookchapter,and8
publi
shedconf er
encepr oceedi
ngs.hehaspr esentedpaper satover30conf erences
andi sar egularr
eviewerofmor ethan30i nt
ernationalpeer-r
evi
ewed,i
ndexedjournals
i
ni ndustrialandproductionengi neeri
ng,deci
si onscience,managementscienceand
manuf acturi
ngscience.
JEFFREYPEREZ
Super
vising Sci
ence Resear
ch Speci
ali
st,Phi
l
ippi
ne I
nst
it
ute ofVol
canol
ogy and
Sei
smol ogy(PHI
VOLCS)

Cont
ri
but
ion:“
Faul
tf
inder
”Per
ezcont
ri
but
edl
argel
ytot
hebet
terunder
standi
ngoff
aul
t
l
i
nesandear
thquakesi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes.

Recogni
ti
on:Hai
led as one ofthe Out
standing Young Sci
ent
ist
s bythe Nat
ional
AcademyofSci
enceandTechnology(NAST)i nthefiel
dofgeology.Oneoft
heAsian
Sci
enti
st100

Awar
ds:Her
ecei
vedv
ari
ousawar
dssuchast
he2015DOSTI
nter
nat
ionalPubl
i
cat
ion
awar
d,2016,2015 and 2011 PHI
VOLCS Resear
ch Publ
i
cat
ion Awar
d and 2007
PHI
VOLCSModel
Empl
oyee(
Techni
cal
)Awar
d.

Jef
freyPer
ezl
edt
heact
ivef
aul
tsandpal
eosei
smi
cst
udi
esal
ongt
hePhi
l
ippi
ne
f
aul
t,andwasal
sopar
toft
het
eam t
hatmappedandconduct
edpal
eosei
smi
cst
udi
es
al
ongt
heVal
l
eyFaul
tsSy
stem t
hatt
rav
ersesGr
eat
erMet
roMani
l
aAr
eaandot
her
act
ivef
aul
tsi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes.
ROGELMARISESE
Pr
ogram Leader
,Nat
ionalSpaceDev
elopmentPr
ogr
am

Cont
ri
but
ion:Sese i
s an ast
rophy
sici
stand an adv
ocat
e ofspace r
esear
ch and
dev
elopment
.Hei
sspear
headi
ngwhatcoul
dbet
hePhi
l
ippi
nes’
spacer
esear
chagency
.

Educat
ion:heear
nedhi
sbachel
or’
sdegr
eeatUni
ver
sit
yoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nesLosBaños,
pur
suedmast
er’
sdegr
eeatMani
l
aandobt
ainedhi
sdoct
orat
eatt
heUni
ver
sit
yof
Tsukubai
nJapan,
speci
ali
zi
ngi
nComput
ati
onal
Ast
rophy
sics.

Wor
kingExper
ience:Pr
ofessoratUni
ver
sit
yoft
hePhi
l
ippi
nesLosBaños,
FocalPer
son
f
ort
hePhi
l
ippi
neSpaceSci
enceEducat
ionPr
ogr
am andChai
roft
heSout
heastAsi
an
YoungAst
ronomer
sCol
l
abor
ati
on

Recogni
ti
on:Oneoft
heAsi
anSci
ent
ist100

RogelMar
iSese r
etur
ned t
othe Phi
l
ippi
nes wi
tht
he dr
eam ofdev
elopi
ng
ast
ronomyandspacesci
encei
nthecount
ryt
hrougheducat
ion,
resear
ch,
col
l
abor
ati
ons
andpubl
i
cout
reach.
ALETTACONCEPCI ONYÑI
GUEZ
Assi
stantPr
ofessoratt
heMar
ineSci
enceI
nst
it
ute,
UPDi
l
iman

Cont
ri
but
ion:Her st
udi
es cont
ri
but
ed si
gni
fi
cant
lyt
oimpr
ovi
ng t
he
Phi
l
ippi
nesar
dinei
ndust
ryandmanagi
ngr
edt
ide.

Educat
ion:BS Bi
ologyi
nUP LosBañosmaj
ori
nEcol
ogy
,PhD Mar
ine
Bi
ologyandFi
sher
iesf
rom Rosenst
ielSchoolofMar
ineandAt
mospher
ic
Sci
ence,
Uni
ver
sit
yofMi
ami
,Fl
ori
da,
USA.

Resear
chI
nter
est
:Mar
ineEcol
ogy
,Bi
ologi
calOceanogr
aphy
,Ecol
ogi
cal
Model
l
ing,
Dynami
csofMar
ineSy
stems

Recogni
ti
on:Oneoft
heAsi
anSci
ent
ist100

Al
ett
a Concepci
on Yñi
guez has a l
ong-
ter
m goalofhel
ping i
n
dev
elopi
ng t
he i
nfr
ast
ruct
ure and capaci
tyt
oti
etoget
heraut
omat
ed
t
echni
quesi
nbi
ologi
caloceanogr
aphyandr
eal
-t
imemodel
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sion-
suppor
tsy
stemsusef
uli
nensur
ingf
isher
iesi
nthecount
ry.
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tps:
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ph/
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ator
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tps:
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ctu.
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lanndon-
a-ocampo/
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phi
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index.
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-
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