Pinoy Scientists

Joan Talubo is an Assistant Professor at the UPLB Department of Community and Environmental Resource Planning. Her doctoral thesis assessed island socio-ecological resilience for disaster risk and recovery planning in the Philippines.

Mikaela Fudolig is a physicist and computational social scientist currently based at the University of Vermont. Her research aligns with computational social science, a highly interdisciplinary field that uses quantitative approaches on (usually big) data to understand human behavior.

Yumi Briones is a chemist, researcher, and CEO extraordinaire. She a researcher at the University of the Philippines and also the co-founder and CEO of Savon Cleaning Solutions.

Aissa Domingo is an artist, photographer, and illustrator for the Zoology Division at the National Museum of the Philippines. Notably, Aissa led the reconstructive painting of the replica and actual taxidermy specimen of Lolong—the largest crocodile in captivity.

Edwin Miguel Anadon is a forensic anthropologist. He has worked as a research associate on a variety of projects including human osteology and the investigation of human remains collected as Japanese war dead from World War 2.

Ingrid Espinosa is an intern at the Imperial College Policy Forum in London, England, where she writes and edits policy briefs as well as other content for policy engagement.

Ciara Juan is a PhD student in Exercise Biochemistry at Ulster University in the UK. Ciara’s thesis is exploring the relationship between epigenetics and aging.

Ralph Chan is a PhD student in sociology at the University of Vienna. He is currently working on his doctoral thesis on school-to-work and youth-to-adulthood transition from a sociological perspective.

Angelica Suarez is a PhD student taking up pharmaceutical chemistry at the National University of Singapore. Aica is undertaking the genome mining and functional studies of modifying enzymes found in certain natural product pathways.

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.

Jezeree Gajelomo is a Master’s student in Work, Organizational, and Personnel Psychology at the University of Valencia. Jezeree’s Masters thesis currently revolves around dismantling the glass ceiling—namely identifying the effects of work and family demands on the access of women to top management positions.

Jethro Gallardo is a product engineer for GPU Chip Ops at NVIDIA Taiwan. Jethro’s responsibilities include analyzing product yield limiters, defining product test requirements, driving new product introduction, and continuously finding opportunities to improve the product process.

Deign Soriano is a research assistant and instructor pursuing his Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Reading. His dissertation tackles ecosystem services, ecological quality, and remote sensing.

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.

Robert Badrina is a weather specialist at the Marine Meteorology Services Section at PAGASA. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philippine Meteorological Society, and also has a Certificate of Basic Pastoral Ministry from the Loyola School of Theology.

Marizza Delgado is a data scientist on Etsy’s Product Analytics team and Miss New York Earth USA 2021. She uses statistical methods to generate insights that inform product, engineering, and business decisions.

DJ Donn Matienzo is a chemical engineer, R&D scientist, and entrepreneur. He is a DOST-PCIEERD Balik Scientist at UP Diliman and Technological Institute of the Philippines, where he is a research fellow for the project called CIPHER

Dianne Aguilon, an entomologist and Assistant Professor at the University of the Philippines Los Baños. Her research interests include insect life history, insect diversity, ant ecology and taxonomy, pollination ecology, forest insect pests, among others.

Chino Bandonil is a PhD student in Molecular and Cell Biology at Taiwan’s Academia Sinica. He has worked on various projects, including investigating mitochondrial and glycolytic dynamics during cancer and stress conditions to studying neuron morphology and development.

Kriza Calumba is an Assistant Professor in Food Science and Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Mindanao. Her current research interests focus on probiotics, beer, underutilized resources, and the development of a traceability system for tuna in the Davao region.