Pinoy Scientists in the Philippines

Angelo Aquino is the co-founder and CEO of Energy Exchange Philippines, a start-up that enables vulnerable families and communities to access cheaper and cleaner electricity sources. Currently, his team at Energy Exchange Philippines is working on solar power access for an unelectrified sitio in Quezon City.

Rey Papa is a freshwater ecologist from the University of Santo Tomas. He is well-known in his college for his zooplankton research.

Jay Fidelino is a wildlife biologist and MS Biology student at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Tara Abrina graduated with a Master’s degree in Development Economics at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Her Master’s thesis revolves around the valuation of damaged coral reefs in the Philippines.

Searle Duay is a chemistry instructor at Adamson University. He teaches a variety of subjects including inorganic chemistry and biotechnology. His research interests include antimicrobial peptides, molecular dynamics simulations, peptide membrane interactions, biochemistry and biophysical chemistry.

Wenchie Lumbera is an Assistant Professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Since 2018, Wenchie has taught general, systemic and clinical pathology for undergraduate DVM students. Currently, she is involved in the disease surveillance and diagnosis of African swine fever.

Miguel Feria heads the research efforts at Indigo Research, an applied artificial intelligence (AI) research company in the Philippines. His current research interests lie in network science, complex systems and natural language processing.

Jean Utzurrum is a Marine Biology Master’s student from Silliman University. Currently, she is a research assistant for mesophotic fishes research.

Gracile Celine Roxas is a Science Research Specialist at the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. One of her ongoing projects involves establishing the chemical profile of the artworks of National Artist Fernando Amorsolo.

Aiko del Rosario is Master’s student in Marine Science at the University of the Philippines. Her current work is on producing ocean current maps of the Luzon Strait based high-frequency radar data.

Chona Vince Cruz-Abeledo is an Associate Professor at De La Salle University’s Biology Department. She is a principal investigator at the DLSU’s Practical Genomics Laboratory, where she leads a team working on the validation of local practices using genetic markers and GIS technologies to maximize resource use in mangrove crab culture.

BA Racoma is a PhD student in Meteorology as well as Atmosphere, Oceans and Climate at the University of the Philippines and University of Reading. His research tackles tropical cyclones and rainfall over the Philippine mountain ranges.

Pierangeli Vital is an environmental microbiologist whose research aims to answer food safety issues and focuses on identifying contamination in agricultural products and sources.

Aimee Dupo is the UP Los Baños Museum of Natural History’s curator for moths and spiders, as well as a Professor and Graduate School Secretary at UPLB. She has described more than 49 species of spiders and 22 species of rice black bugs.