Filipino Scientists and Inventors

Angel Alcala - Filipino Biologist, has more than thirty years of experience in tropical marine resource conservationa. Angel Alcala is considered a world class authority in ecology and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles, and is behind the invention of artificial coral reefs to be used for fisheries in Southeast Asia. Angel Alcala is the Director of the Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management.

Angel Alcala - Degrees:

Undergraduate degree Silliman University

Ph.D. Stanford University

Angel Alcala - Awards:

1994 - The Field Museum Founders' Council Award of Merit for contributions to environmental biology

Magsaysay Award for Public Service

Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation

Work with Philippine Amphibians & Reptiles:

Angel Alcala has done the most comprehensive studies on Philippine amphibians and reptiles, and minor studies on birds and mammals. His research done between 1954 to 1999 lead to the addition of fifty new species of amphibians and reptiles.

Arturo Alcaraz - a volcanologist specializing in geothermal energy development. In 1967, Arturo Alcaraz and team powered an electric light bulb using steam-powered electricity. Powers coming from a Volcano near the town of Tiwi. This was the first geothermal power generated in the Philippines.

Benjamin Almeda - designed several food-processing machines. In 1954, Benjamin Almeda founded the Almeda Cottage Industry (now the Almeda Food Machineries Corporation) which manufactured his basic food processing inventions including his rice grinder, meat grinder and coconut grater.

Julian Banzon -Filipino chemist, Julian Banzon researched methods of producing alternative fuels. Julian Banzon experimented with the production of ethyl esters fuels from sugarcane and coconut, and invented a means of extracting residual coconut oil by a chemical process rather than a physical process.

Ramon Barba - Filipino scientist, Ramon Barba is best known for his advancements in mango farming research and tropical tree physiology. Ramon Barba invented techniques to promote crop flowering using a potassium nitrate spray. The Philippines is a leading exporter of mangoes and mango products.

Benjamin Cabrera - Doctor Benjamin Cabrera has written more than a hundred scientific publications on medical parasitology and public health - in particle research on filariasis. He has developed innovations in drug treatments against diseases caused by mosquitoes and agricultural soil.

Paulo Campos-Filipino scientist, Doctor Paulo Campos is a specialist in nuclear medicine and the award winning writer of over seventy-five scientific papers including:

Observation of Some Parameter of Insulin Action

Cr-51 Tagged Red Cell Studies

The Genetic Factor in Endemic Goiter

Paulo Campos built the first radioisotope laboratory in the Philippines.

Magdalena Cantoria- is a noted Filipino botanist who is known for her research in the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of drug plants, in particular agar, rauwolfia, datura, mint and Piper.

Magdalena Cantoria - Awards:

1954 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award in pharmacognosy given by the American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education

1962 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award (for research on the growth and development of Daturia strasmodium L.)

1977 - Most Outstanding Phi Sigman

Josefino Comiso - a Filipino physicist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studing global warming in the Arctic. Josefino Comiso was the first person to discover a recurring polynya in the Cosmonaut Sea, south of the Indian Ocean. A polynya is a semi-permanent area of open water in sea ice.

Lourdes Cruz -a Filipino Biochemist,Doctor Lourdes Cruz has made scientific contributions to the biochemistry field of conotoxins, in particular the toxins of the venom of the marine snail Conus geographus. Lourdes Cruz documented the biochemical characterization of the homologous highly toxic monomeric peptides with internal disulfide bonds including: Conotoxin GI, Conotoxin GIA and Conotoxin GII. Lourdes Cruz has helped develop conotoxins for the purpose biochemical probes for examining the activities of the human brain.

Rolando de la Cruz - Filipino Scientist and Inventor:

Rolando de la Cruz invented DeBCC an anti-cancer skin cream made from cashew nuts and other local herbs from the Phillipines. Rolando de la Cruz's cream combats basal cell carcinoma or skin cancer without causing any side effects.

Rolando de la Cruz - Filipino Scientist and Inventor:

Rolando de la Cruz invented DeBCC an anti-cancer skin cream made from cashew nuts and other local herbs from the Phillipines. Rolando de la Cruz's cream combats basal cell carcinoma or skin cancer without causing any side effects.

Emerita De Guzman- Filipino scientist, Emerita De Guzman, researched the propagation of pure makapuno trees. In particular, she studied the growth and development, in vitro, of the makapuno coconut embryo. Emerita De Guzman research led to the faster propagation of pure macapuno trees and increased makapuno nut production from 3-5 makapuno nuts to 14-19 nuts. Emerita De Guzman also invented tissue culture techniques for the rapid propagation of abaca and banana plants.

Emerita De Guzman - Education:

Bachelor's degree in Botany from the University of the Philippines in 1953

MS degree in Plant Physiology from Cornell University in 1956

Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Cornell University in 1961

Emerita De Guzman - Awards:

Rizal Pro Patria award 1976

SEARCA professional Chair in Plant Physiology 1974-1976

Outstanding Scientist Award of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of Science 1976

Professional Award for agriculture

Fe Del Mundo- is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device. She has dedicated her life to the cause of pediatrics in the Philippines.

Fe Del Mundo - Awards:

In 1966, Fe Del Mundo received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for "outstanding service to mankind".

In 1977, Fe Del Mundo received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for outstanding public service. She also received the 15th International Congress of Pediatrics award as most outstanding pediatrician and humanitarian in 1977.

Fe Del Mundo - Biography:

Fe Del Mundo was born in Manila on November 27, 1911. She was the sixth of eight children. At age fifteen, Fe Del Mundo entered the University of the Philippines and received an Associate in Arts and later a medical degree with highest honors. In 1940, she received a M.A. in bacteriology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Anacleto Del Rosario-Filipino chemist, Anacleto Del Rosario won the first prize at the World Fair in Paris in 1881 for his formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba of a nipa palm. His research also led to the extraction of castor oil from a native plant called palma Christi.

Ernesto Del Rosario-Filipino chemist, Ernesto Del Rosario, is best known for his achievements in biotechnology and applied physical chemistry. He has invented methods of alcohol production from cellulosic and starchy materials, a method of continuous-flow alcohol fermentation process, and a method of yeast production from waste coconut water.

Ernesto Del Rosario - Education:

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Ernesto Del Rosario - Awards:

TOYM Award for Natural Science 1977

Roberto Del Rosario - Filipino Inventor:

Roberto del Rosario is the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the Karaoke Sing Along System in 1975. Roberto del Rosario has patented more than twenty inventions making him one of the most prolific Filipino inventor. Besides his famous Karaoke Sing Along System Roberto del Rosario has also invented:

Trebel Voice Color Code (VCC)

Piano tuner's guide

Piano keyboard stressing device

Voice color tape

Roberto del Rosario - Noted Patents:

Patent No. UM-5269 dated 2 June 1983 for audio equipment and improved audio equipment commonly known as the sing-along system or karaoke

Patent No. UM-6237 dated 14 November 1986 audio equipment and improved audio equipment commonly known as the sing-along system or karaoke

Roberto del Rosario - Karaoke Sing Along System:

Karaoke is a Japanese expression for singing along to a famous record with the vocals removed. Roberto del Rosario described his sing-along system as a handy multi-purpose compact machine which incorporates an amplifier speaker, one or two tape mechanisms, optional tuner or radio and microphone mixer with features to enhance one's voice, such as the echo or reverb to stimulate an opera hall or a studio sound, with the whole system enclosed in one cabinet casing.

Daniel Dingel - Water-Powered Car or Water-Powered Hoax?:

Filipino inventor, Daniel Dingel designs cars that run on water. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that Daniel Dingel built a water-fueled automobile engine as early as 1969. Dingel has no patents and many members of the science community feel that his water-powered car is a hoax. However, Daniel Dingel has demonstrated his car without any technical papers or explanation as to how it works. And if it does work, a water-powered car would be a fantastic invention.

Daniel Dingel - Claims:

Daniel Dingel claims his engine has a chamber that breaks apart water molecules to produce combustible hydrogen. Electricity from a 12-volt car battery to used to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen components, with the hydrogen then used to power the car engine.

Water-Based Fuels:

American inventors, Rudolf Gunnerman, Stanley Meyer and the researchers of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have been researching water-based fuels.

Pedro Escuro- a Filipino scientist is best known for his isolation of nine "seed board" rice varieties that provided for their commercial release.

The Pedro Escuro rice varieties are: Milpal 4, HBD-2, Azmil 26 and C-22 and C-18, C4-63, C4-137, C-168 and C-12.

Pedro Escuro - Awards

Pedro Escuro has been awarded two Presidential awards from the Philippines, the 1967 Presidential Plaque of Merit for outstanding accomplishments in rice improvement and the Rizal Pro Patria award for his outstanding contribution to rice breeding and genetics.

In 1973, Pedro Escuro received the University of the Philippines Distinguished Professorial Award in agriculture, and the D. Sc. honoris causa in 1974.

In 1974, Pedro Escuro won the Ayala award in agricultural science.

Pedro Escuro - Background

Born:August 2,1923

Ph.D. Genetics and Plant Breeding

B.S.A.(Agronomy), University of the Philippines,Los Banos 1952

Ph.D. (Genetics and Plant Breeding), University of Minnesota, 1959

Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. However, the dates are all wrong for this being possible. The following points have been taken from "The History of Fluorescent Lights"

In 1857, the French physicist Alexandre E. Becquerel who had investigated the phenomena of fluorescence and phosphorescence, theorized about the building of fluorescent tubes similar to those made today.

American, Peter Cooper Hewitt (1861-1921) patented (U.S. patent 889,692) the first mercury vapor lamp in 1901. The low pressure mercury arc lamp of Peter Cooper Hewitt is the very first prototype of today's modern fluorescent lights.

Edmund Germer (1901 - 1987) who invented a high pressure vapor lamp, also invented an improved fluorescent lamp. In 1927, Edmund Germer co-patented an experimental fluorescent lamp with Friedrich Meyer and Hans Spanner.

So What Is True About Agapito Flores?

Agapito Flores was born in Guiguinto, Bulacan, Philippines on September 28, 1897. He worked as an apprentice in a machine shop and later moved to Tondo, Manila where he trained at a vocational school to become an electrician.

It has been reported that Agapito Flores received a French patent for a fluorescent bulb and that the General Electric Company bought Flores' patent rights and manufactured and sold his fluorescent bulb (making millions from it). However, all the inventors named above and more predate Agapito Flores' possible work on any fluorescent bulb.

Pedro Flores

According to Dr. Benito Vergara of the Philippine Science Heritage Center, "As far as I could learn, a certain Flores presented the idea of fluorescent light to Manuel Quezon when he became president. At that time, General Electric Co. had already presented the fluorescent light to the public."

The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means 'come back.' In the Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey. People in the United States started playing with the British Banda lore or yo-yo in the 1860s.

It was not until the 1920s that Americans first heard the word yo-yo. Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant, began manufacturing a toy labeled with that name. Flores became the first person to mass-produce yo-yos, at his small toy factory located in California.

Duncan saw the toy, liked it, bought the rights from Flores in 1929 and then trademarked the name Yo-Yo.

Biography of Pedro Flores

Pedro Flores was born in Vintar Ilocos Norte, Philippines. In 1915, Pedro Flores immigrated to the United State and later studied of law at the University of California Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.

Pedro Flores never completed his law degree and began his yo-yo business while working as a bellboy. In 1928, Flores started his Yo-Yo Manufacturing Company in Santa Barbara. James and Daniel Stone of Los Angeles financed machinery for the mass production of yo-yos. On July 22, 1930, Pedro Flores trademark registered the name Flores Yo-Yo. Both his yo-yo factories and the trademark were later acquired by the Donald Duncan Yo-yo Company.

Francisco Fronda- is known as the Father of poultry science in the Philippines. Francisco Fronda has improved methods of production for the poultry and livestock industry. He is also the author of the book Poultry Science Production and was one of the first five people in the world to earn a doctorate in Poultry Science.

Francisco Fronda - Degrees:

BSA from the University of the Philippines Los Baños - 1919

MS in Animal Husbandry from Cornell University - 1920

[lik]PhD in Animal Husbandry from Cornell University - 1922

Francisco Fronda - Awards:

Father of Thai Poultry Industry honor presented by Her Royal Highness, the Crown Princess of Thailand - 1982

National Scientist – 1983

Carmen Intengan- Food and nutrition researcher, Carmen Intengan (aka Carmen Llamas Intengan and Carmen L. Intengan) was a pioneer that helped improve the Filipino diet. She has conducted research studies in food analysis, enzyme work, and glass paper chromatography techniques.

Carmen Intengan - Education:

B.S in Pharmacy

A.B in Chemistry

]M.S in Food and Nutrition

Ph.D in Nutrition from Columbia Universtiy

Carmen Intengan - Awards:

Presidential Award for outstanding contribution in basic nutrition research in the past decade 1957

FIDA Ten Outstanding Women Award 1967

Presidential Award for Merit for Science 1968

NRCP Achievement award 1983

Carmen Intengan - Director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute:

Carmen Intengan served as the director of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute in the Philiines from 1974 to 1980.{p] Intengan has also been a lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine.

Amando Kapauan - Filipino Chemist:

(July 4, 1931 – October 12, 1996) Amando Kapauan was a Filipino chemist who specialized in environmental chemistry. He is best known for his 1970s research on the effect of heavy metals analysis on the environment, in particular mercury in waters, fish and soil of the Philippines.

Later in his career, Amando Kapauan began inventing new chemical instrumentation. Kapauan redesigned instruments to work with desktop computers that were just starting to become popular, with the help of his best students who would write the software.

Amando Kapauan - Degrees:

Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of the Philippines,1952

Doctorate degree from the University of Southern California, 1959

Amando Kapauan - Awards & Other Achievements:

Published in the Journal of Chemical Education, May 1973

Published in Analytical Chemistry, several occasions

A founder of the Philippine Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Co-wrote "General Chemistry"

Author of "Creative Chemistry"

Hilario Lara- is a medical researcher and public health specialist who has studied the spread of cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, measles and diphtheria resulting in the prevention of those diseases in the Phillipines. Hilario Lara also established the Institute of Public Health at the University of the Philippines and helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Hilario Lara - Degrees:

MD received at the University of the Philippines in 1919

MPH received at Johns Hopkins University in 1923

Dr. PH received at Johns Hopkins University in 1923

Felix Maramba - Known For:

Felix Maramba built a coconut oil-fueled power generator. He also is the developer of one of the world's most profitable biogas systems.

Felix Maramba - Other Achievements:

Felix Maramba is the president of the Philippine Association of Flour Millers, Inc. Felix Maramba wrote: Biogas and Waste Recycling, The Philippine Experience.

Benefits of Biogas Systems:

Less pollution of the air and waters

Improves local economics

Increases productive of land by recycling systems of farming

Luz Oliveros Belardo- Filipino chemist, Luz Oliveros Belardo researched the phytochemical properties of plants in the Philippines for natural products, essential oils, and the medicinal qualities. She produced thirty-three extractions of essential oils used for flavoring, scents, and herbal medicines.

Luz Oliveros Belardo - Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy from University of the Philippines 1929

Master's Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of the Philippines 1933

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the University of Connecticut 1957

Luz Oliveros Belardo - Major Awards:

Lunsford-Richardson Award in Pharmacy, USA, 1956

Philippine Pharmaceutical Association Outstanding Pharmacist Award, 1963

Federation International de Abogadas Award, 1979

Waseda University Plaque of Recognition, Japan, 1981

Professional Regulation Commission Award in Pharmacy, 1983

National Research Council of the Philippines Award in Phytochemistry, 1984

Distinguished Leadership Award in Chemistry, USA, 1985

El Consejo Cultural Mundial Award, Mexico, 1988

National Scientist in 1987

Maria Orosa-Pioneering food technologist and inventor, Maria Orosa (aka Maria Y Orosa) invented Calamansi Nip, a powdered form of Calamansi fruit which could be made into juice, invented Soyalac, a powdered preparation of soya beans, and is the proud inventor of the Orosa Palayok Oven.

She co-invented Oroval and Clarosa with her co-workers at the Bureau of Plant Industry.

Maria Orosa - Other Food Preparations:

Maria Orosa also invented recipes for banana ketchup, wines from native fruits (casuy and guava), pineapple vinegar, banana starch, soyamilk, banana flour, cassava flour, guava jelly, santol, and rice cookies.

Maria Orosa taught Filipinos how to preserve the native adobo, dinuguan, kilawen and escabeche fruits.

Maria Orosa - Education:

Bachelor of Science in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Seattle, 1917

Bachelor of Science in food chemistry from the University of Seattle, 1918

Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Seattle, 1920

Master of Arts in pharmacy from the University of Seattle, 1921

Maria Orosa - Other Achievements:

In 1922, and Maria Orosa began teaching home economics at Centro Escolar University in the Philippines. In 1923, she started working for the Bureau of Science as a chemist, who was sent throughout the Philippines to promote better nutrition. In 1923, she helped organize the food preservation division under the Bureau of Science, and in 1927, became the acting division head. In 1929, she was appointed the head of the home economics division of the Bureau of Science. On January 1, 1933, she became the head of the bureau’s food preservation division.

William Padolina:

William Padolina has served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology for the Philippines where he directed researchers and the private sector and enabled the growth of the Internet and e-commerce in the Philippines. William Padolina has also served as the Deputy Director General of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.

William Padolina - Degrees:

BS (magna cum laude) in Agricultural Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) - 1968

PhD (botany/phytochemistry) University of Texas - 1973

William Padolina - Awards:

1985: TOYM Award for Science and Technology

1988: UP System Outstanding Administrator Award

1989: PANTAS Award in Research Managemen

1999: Philippine Legion of Honor, Rank of Officer

William Padolina - Quotes:

We need Filipinos to be highly literate in science and technology. Without this literacy, our people will become easy prey for our competitors that do not hesitate to take advantage of our ignorance.

Eduardo Quisumbing - Filipino botanist, Eduardo Quisumbing was a noted expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines. He was author of more than 129 scientific articles. many on orchids. Eduardo Quisumbing served as the Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, where he rebuilt the Herbarium. The plant "saccolabium quisumbingii" is named in honor of Eduardo Quisumbing.

Eduardo Quisumbing - Degrees:

BSA at University of the Philippines Los Baños - 1918

MS at the University of the Philippines Los Baños - 1921

Ph. D. at University of Chicago (Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Morphology) - 1923

Eduardo Quisumbing - Awards:

1954 - Distinguished Service Star for outstanding contribution to the field of systematic botany

1966 - Diploma of Merit on Orchidology

1966 - Fellow Gold Medal from the Malaysian Orchid Society

1975 - PhilAAS Most Outstanding Award

Francisco Quisumbing - Filipino chemist, Francisco Quisumbing invented Quink ink, which is used in Parker Pens. Quink ink is named after Francisco Quisumbing and is also an amalgam of "quick and ink". It is a quick drying ink with a cleaning property that prevents the ink from clogging the pen.

Dolores Ramirez-Biochemical geneticist, Dolores Ramirez promoted the development of genetics in the Philippines as a teacher, author, and researcher. She researched the cytogenetics of Philippine food crops: rice, coconut, banana, sugarcane, ornamentals, legumes, durian, lanzones, santol and balimbing.

Dolores Ramirez - Education:

Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from the University of the Philippines 1956

Master’s degree in cytogenics from the University of Minnesota 1957

Doctorate degree in biochemical genetics from Purdue University 1963

Dolores Ramirez - Awards:

Professorial Chair of SEARCA 1974-76

Gregorio Y. Zara award in basic research 1976

Rizal Pro-Patria award for outstanding achievement in biochemical genetics 1981

UP Professorial Achievement award in agriculture 1985

Dolores Ramirez was named a National Scientist, the highest honor given to a scientist in the Philippines by President Fidel V. Ramos in March 1998.

Dolores Ramirez - Published Research:

The genetic systems of controlling the makapuno endosperm of coconut

The genetics of chemical resistance factors against Cercospora kex leaf spot

The cytogenetics of hybrids of rice with related wild species

Jose Rodriguez- is a noted Filipino scientist and researcher who has invented methods of controlling Hansen’s Disease commonly known as leprosy.

His leprosy control program was instituted in the Philippines and other Asian countries. Jose Rodriguez's medical papers on leprosy research are often referenced and have been published around the world.

Jose Rodriguez was honored with the 1974 Damien Dutton Award.

Jose Rodriguez Memorial Medical Hospital

The Tala Leprosarium is one of eight institutes in the Philippines that once served patients with Hansen’s disease or leprosy. Tala Leprosarium was renamed the Jose Rodriguez Memorial Medical

Hospital and Sanitarium in 1970 and is no longer strictly a Leprosarium since only a few leper patients remain.

Eduardo San Juan - Mechanical engineer, Eduardo San Juan (aka The Space Junkman) worked on the team that invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy. Eduardo San Juan is considered the primary designer of the Lunar Rover. San Juan was also the designer for the Articulated Wheel System. Prior, to the Apollo Program, Eduardo San Juan worked on the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

Moon Buggy:

In 1971, the Moon Buggy was first used by during the Apollo 12 landing to explore the Moon.

Eduardo San Juan - Education & Awards:

Eduardo San Juan graduated from Mapua Institute of Technology. He then studied Nuclear Engineering at the University of Washington. In 1978, San Juan received one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards in science and technology.

Eduardo San Juan - On a Personal Note:

Elisabeth San Juan, the proud daughter of Eduardo San Juan, had the following to say about her father.

When my Father submitted the conceptual design for the Lunar Rover he submitted it via Brown Engineering, a company owned by Lady Bird Johnson.

During the final test demonstration to select one design from various submissions, his was the only one that worked. Thus, his design won the NASA Contract.

His overall concept and design of the Articulated Wheel System was considered brilliant. Each wheel appendage was mounted not underneath the vehicle, but were placed outside the body of the vehicle and each was motorized. Wheels could work independently of the others. It was designed to negotiate crater ingress and egress. The other vehicles did not make it into or out of the test crater.

Our Father, Eduardo San Juan, was a very positively charged creative who enjoyed a healthy sense of humor.

Alfredo Santos - is a noted researcher in the chemistry of natural products, in particular the isolation and elucidation of the phaeantharine and other alkaloids from Philippine medical plants.

Alfredo Santos - Degrees:

BS in Pharmacy, University of the Philippines

Doctorate in Pharmacy, University of Santo Tomas

Doctorate in Philosophy, Westfalische Wilhelms Universitat Munster - 1929

Alfredo Santos - Awards:

1953 - Outstanding Pharmacist Researcher of the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association

1954 - Magsaysay's Distinguished Service Star

1973 - PhilAAS Outstanding Scientist Award

Francisco Santos-Filipino agricultural chemist, Doctor Francisco Santos studied the nutritive values and chemical composition of local foods from the Philippines. His data was used to help detect and solve problems with Filipino diets.

Francisco Santos - Degrees:

A.B., University of the Philippines, 1914

M.S., University of the Philippines, 1919

Ph. D. Agricultural Chemistry, Yale University, 1922

Francisco Santos - Awards:

Doctor Francisco Santos was recipient of a number of awards including:

Distinguished Service Medal for outstanding contribution in the field of nutrition among Filipinos, 1955

Andres Soriano award in chemistry, 1956

University of the Philippines Alumni award, 1979

Gregorio Velasque- is a distinguished scientist in Philippine phycology. Gregorio Velasquez spent over thirty years researching myxophyceae which is blue green algae.

Gregorio Velasque - Degrees:

B.S. University of the Philippines - 1925

M.S. University of the Philippines - 1931

M.A. University of Michigan - 1937

Ph. D. University of Michigan - 1939

Gregorio Velasque - Awards:

1956: Distinguished Science Medal and Diploma of Honor from the Republic of the Philippines

1956: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

1972: Republic of the Philippines Cultural Heritage Award

Carmen Velasquez - Noted Filipino biologist, Carmen Velasquez is a specialist in fish parasitology - the study of parasites and hosts among fish. Carmen Velasquez discovered thirty-two species and one new genus of digenetic trematodes (parasites) in local fish from the Philippines.

Carmen Velasquez - List of Distinctions:

Carmen Velasquez is listed in the following:

American Men and Women of Science

International Scholars' Directory

International Who's Who of Intellectuals

World who’s’ Who of Women

Carmen Velasquez - University Degrees:

BS (Zoology), University of the Philippines, 1934

MS (Zoology), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1937

Ph. D. (Parasitology) University of the Philippines, 1954

Gregorio Zara (D.Sc. Physics)- invented, made improvements to, or discovered the following:

Invented the two-way television telephone or videophone (1955) patented as a "photo phone signal separator network"

Discovered the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called the Zara effect (around 1930)

Invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel (1952)

Improved methods of producing solar energy including creating new designs for a solar water heater (SolarSorber), a sun stove, and a solar battery (1960s)

Invented a propeller-cutting machine (1952)

Designed a microscope with a collapsible stage

Helped design the robot Marex X-10

Gregorio Zara's list of accomplishments also includes the following awards:

Presidential Diploma of Merit

Distinguished Service Medal (1959) for his pioneering works and achievements in solar energy research, aeronautics and television.

Presidential Gold Medal and Diploma of Honor for Science and Research (1966)

Cultural Heritage Award for Science Education and Aero Engineering (1966)

Gregorio Zara born in Lipa City, Batangas, is one of the best known scientists from the Philippines. In 1926, Gregorio Zara graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. In 1927, he received his Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan. In 1930, he graduated with a Doctorate of Physics from Sorbonne University. On September 30, 1954 Gregorio Zara's alcohol-fueled airplane engine was successfully tested and flown at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Prescillano Zamora- is best known for his research in plant anatomy-morphology and pteridophyte biology, including the taxonomy of Philippine ferns and the discovery of more fern species.

He has been a supporter of the conservation of the environment in the Phillipines and a supporter of natural resources policy research.

Prescillano Zamora - Education:

B.S. Agriculture from University of the Philippines, 1960

M.S. Agronomy from University of the Philippines, 1964

Ph.D. Holiculture from Rutgers, 1966

Prescillano Zamora - Awards:

Rockefeller Foundation fellow at Cornell University (1961-65)

NSF Research grantee (1962-65)

UP Professorial Chair holder (1977-80)

Two-Phase Wall Deposition Concept:

Prescillano Zamora's research on the xylem elements of vascular plants led to the formulation of the two-phase wall deposition concept.

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