Location (during time of takeover)
School/Institution
| Undergrad | Ateneo de Manila University Applied Physics, Materials Science and Engineering |
|---|---|
| Masters | Doshisha University Electronics and Electrical Engineering |
| DEng | Doshisha University Electronics and Electrical Engineering |
| Teaching | Ateneo de Manila University Physics, Materials Science |
Featured on August 25, 2024
To close out August, we’re shining the spotlight on Pinoy Scientist Dr. Keith Nealson “Keano” Penado, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Ateneo de Manila University.
Keano graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2018 with a double degree in Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering. Completing his undergraduate program with two theses, his work with plasma first studied its effect on rice seed germination, then its use in the pyrolysis of polystyrene. Immediately after, he moved to Japan under the Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He received both his Master and Doctor of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. While there, he worked at the university’s Plasma Physics Laboratory and served as a teaching assistant.
After finishing his PhD, Keano returned to the Philippines as a Balik Scientist Fellow, presenting seminars and workshops in various institutions. He now works at the Department of Physics of the Ateneo as an Assistant Professor, teaching physics and materials science classes to undergraduate students.
Some fun facts about Keano:
- He is from Talisay City, Negros Occidental and he went to high school in La Salle Bacolod. He then went to college in Ateneo so he can definitely say that he has some sort of internal struggle.
- He comes from a family of educators. His mom is a teacher while his dad and his dad’s siblings are school administrators. In that way, it seems it’s the natural course of his life that he ended up in the academe as well.
- After spending 5 years in Japan, he can definitely speak the language, at least for holding proper everyday conversations with the people around him. He has yet to take the JLPT exam but will definitely do so very soon.
