Science Field: Applied Physics

Dr. Keith Nealson “Keano” Penado is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University. His work with plasma first studied its effect on rice seed germination, then its use in the pyrolysis of polystyrene.

Rene Principe Jr. is an instructor at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, where they are also taking up their PhD in Physics. Their Master’s thesis gathered insights into post-disaster behavior using geospatial data analytics in Python to analyze nighttime lights.

Joseph Bandoy is a PhD student and research assistant at South Korea’s Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. Joseph’s research interests include qualitative phase imaging and physics education.

Jerome de Leon is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tokyo. He founded the Filipino Astronomy Community (FilAstroComm) and is also currently a mentor at SIDHI which provides mentorship to high school students.

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.