Pinoy Scientists in Australia

Aron Harold Pamoso is a registered psychometrician and PhD candidate in Psychology at the Australian National University (ANU). He is researching intersectional lived experience leadership while tackling HIV and mental health among Filipino gay and bisexual men.

Jason Paolo Telles is a PhD candidate and Assistant Lecturer at the School of Media, Films and Journalism in Monash University, Australia. His Master’s thesis on the Cultures of the People of the Cordillera in Radio Broadcasting was awarded the Most Outstanding Thesis in Media Studies in 2018.

Seigmund Jacob Dollolasa is a Research & Development Engineer at Era Polymers Pty. Ltd. in Australia. As their Research & Development Engineer, he handles the development and improvement of polymer products both new and existing.

Gaia Javier is a PhD candidate in Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia. For her doctorate, Gaia is developing quantitative approaches to improve solar cell characterisation and manufacturing.

Jaever Santos is a scientific officer for an Australian national agency. His work deals primarily with taxonomy and biodiversity data, making use of his extensive background in marine and computer science.

Samantha Maxine Santos is a Space and Data Technology Consultant at Deloitte Adelaide’s Space Advisory practice. Sam specialises in finding ways to integrate space into transformation strategies that address compelling business problems and everyday solutions.

Isabel Martinez is a nutrition scientist who is currently studying her PhD in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food at Monash University, Australia. Her doctoral thesis revolves around exploring gut training as a preventive and management strategy for exercise-associated gastrointestinal symptoms.

Christina is a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist using AI to map the brain’s information highways. Her research interests are in the structure and function of the brain in chronic neurological disorders.

Kristine Buenafe is a quantitative marine ecologist and research associate at the University of Queensland. Her work explores climate-smart and fisheries-focused spatial planning, applied marine conservation planning, as well as modelling the larval distribution of key economically viable fish species.

Emmylou Nicolas recently graduated with a Master of Biotechnology from the University of Adelaide in Australia where she used the Nobel Prize-winning gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 to investigate disease-causing gene variants.

Denxybel Montinola is taking up his Master of Medical Physics at the University of Sydney, Australia where he is investigating what happens when small-scale radiotherapy doses are deposited in our lungs.

Isa is undertaking Veterinary Biology and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney. As expected of a veterinarian-in-training, there was never a time in Isa’s life when she did not have a pet.

John Noel Viaña is a bioethicist and postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. He is in the process of evaluating the current global state of precision health research to develop responsible innovation frameworks.

Albert Lamberte is aeconomics PhD student at the Australian National University. Before embarking on his PhD, Albert was a lecturer at DLSU, handling subjects like Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and Contemporary Economic Development.