Pinoy Scientists

Paterno “Jowi” Miranda IV is a coastal engineer who is taking up his PhD jointly with Deltares and the University of Twente, Netherlands. His PhD research explores the modeling of mixed (sand-mud) sediments.

A geologist by training, Dr. Likha Minimo is a faculty member of the Science and Society Program (SSP) of the College of Science, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. She teaches Science, Technology and Society (STS) and Disaster Risk Mitigation, Adaptation, and Preparedness Strategies (DRMAPS).

May Angelu Madarang is a research trainee at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology School at the University of Science and Technology. Her research deals primarily with device fabrication and testing, specializing in tunnel junction and solar cell fabrication.

Robert Aguilar is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, United States of America and Vice President of GradMAP Philippines. He is currently studying the genetics involved in the nervous system development of C. elegans.

Kristine Jane Atienza is an analog astronaut and registered nutritionist-dietitian with the Space Generation Advisory Council. She has participated in a number of studies about how nutrition affects astronaut physiology and psychology for analog missions such as Asclepios, CHILL-ICE, and LunAres.

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.

Hillary Diane Andales is a passionate science communicator and incoming PhD student at the University of Chicago. Her current work explores the formation of neighboring ultra-faint dwarf galaxies using computer simulations.

Timothy James Cipriano is a geographer working as a researcher with AGHAM, taking on projects focused on the political ecology of coasts and rivers, disaster science, and environmental change, among others.

Dainty Clarice Rabang is a geoscientist working as the head of the Climate Resilient Development Section of the Palawan Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. She spends her days analyzing geohazard maps and developing plans and projects to improve community resilience.

Joshua Agar is a wind engineer and assistant professor at the UP Diliman currently working on the Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecasting – Early Warning System (MHIBF-EWS) Project.

Marco Polo Ibanez, an atmospheric scientist currently working as a science research specialist for DOST – PAGASA where he is making full use of his expertise in Radar and Disdrometer data analysis as a team member for the Volcano, Ocean, Typhoon, and Earthquake (VOTE) Project.

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..

Rebecca Jean “RJ” Millena is currently taking up her PhD in Comparative Biology from the Richard Gilder Graduate School at the American Museum of Natural History, United States. She is studying twisted-wing insect parasites (Strepsiptera) where she is making thorough use of the collections at the American Museum of Natural History to investigate their host-parasite relationships, evolution, and genomics.

Charles John Gunay is a licensed agricultural and biosystems engineer. His research specializes primarily in hydraulics, water resources engineering, and watershed and dam management.

Mark Ivan Ugalino is a PhD researcher in Astronomy at the University of Maryland, College Park. For his current project, Mark is exploring how magnetic fields grow in Milky Way-type galaxies and investigating its effect on stellar formation, galaxy morphology and cosmic ray transport.

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.

Jabez Joshua Flores is an environmental scientist and a senior lecturer at UP Open University and the University of the Philippines Rural High School. In 2022, Jabez took on a number of roles, creating maps as a spatial data scientist at the Pure Earth Blacksmith Institute and starting his fellowship with One Health for the NGOHP Program at St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine.

Gaia Javier is a PhD candidate in Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia. For her doctorate, Gaia is developing quantitative approaches to improve solar cell characterisation and manufacturing.

Mark Joseph Pasciolco is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. As both a biomolecular and licensed chemical engineer, Mac has focused his attention on developing anti-corrosion and anti-biofouling pipe coatings.

Felix Alejandro Camagay specializes in prosthetics and orthotics. He works as a biomedical engineering consultant for Lithe Orthotics and Prosthetics, Inc. (LitheOP) and is a project manager for the UERM NEOLIMB Center for Research on Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies on Mobility. For his thesis, he developed an estimation tool for peripheral nerve stimulation to be used in neuroprosthetic devices.