School: University of Tokyo

Dr. Angel Bautista VII is the current Supervising Science Research Specialist and Section Head of the Nuclear Materials Research Section of the DOST-PNRI. His work focuses on analytical and isotope techniques for fields such as nuclear cycle research, geochronology, and environmental radioactivity, among others.

Ven Paolo Valenzuela is a Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. Paolo’s research synergizes social and natural science methods to holistically understand contemporary disaster risk reduction, climate change, and sustainable development.

Beatrice Maquilan is a multi-hyphenate chemistry undergraduate at the University of Tokyo and a science communicator. Her research interests include the development of sustainable materials for green energy and environmental preservation.

Diane Gubatanga is a chemical engineer who specializes in sustainable energy research, with emphasis on hydrogen production.

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.

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