School: De La Salle University

Dr. Ernest Macalalad of the Philippine Space Agency is a Chief Science Research Specialist at the agency’s Interdisciplinary Space Missions Development Division and a professor at the Mapúa University Department of Physics.

Jazz Ong is a wildlife educational speaker, herpetologist, and conservationist with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity and LIGHT TV. Her primary work however is as the founder and director of Wildlife Matters.

Lesly Zaren Endrinal is a Failure Analysis industry expert clocking in 25 years of experience in the field. Her thesis was on the failure analysis of microelectronic devices.

Ria Ysabelle Flora is a physicist, economist, and data scientist currently working as the power solutions lead for Aboitiz Data Innovation where she is utilizing her expertise in data science and artificial intelligence to develop strategies for driving business development..

Danielle Pua, MD is a licensed medical doctor by trade. She is currently a research fellow for neuro-immunology at the Multiple Sclerosis Center of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA where she tests various therapies for the management of multiple sclerosis.

Erinne Ong is a Neuroscience Masters student at the International Max Planck Research School for Neurosciences at the University of Gottingen, Germany. She is currently investigating the role of myelin damage in Alzheimer’s disease.

Jose Carlos Ocampo is a licensed professional teacher, psychometrician, and a predoctoral researcher in education from Universidad de Deusto in Spain. His Masters thesis was an action research on developing and implementing a feedback model in classrooms.

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.

Lian Castillo is a Build and Release Engineer at Cambridge University Press. She is the gatekeeper of code deployments in staging and production environments.

Renz Calub is an economics research consultant at the Asian Development Bank. Aside from making economics a more relatable and fun subject, he is also a self-confessed econometrics and programming geek.

Joeselle Serrana is a PhD student at the Center of Marine Environmental Studies in Ehime University, Japan. His thesis revolves around next-generation freshwater monitoring and the applications of DNA metabarcoding for ecological assessment.

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.

Ever Tamayo is a Biochemistry and Environmental Science practitioner. She works at an international NGO focused on reducing air pollution through science-based policy development.

Lisa Lamberte is a research fellow at the University of Birmingham. She is an expert in molecular microbiology with a track record of studying gene regulation in bacteria and the human gut microbiome as a reservoir for antibiotic resistance genes.

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.

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.

Patricia Bravo is currently a Master’s student taking the Erasmus Mundus Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery Programme. She is working on cerium oxide nanoparticles that can dissolve clots in ischemic stroke patients.