Arturo Alcaraz – Volcanologist.

He pioneered the team that made the first geothermal

powerplant in the Philippines in Tiwi, Albay

Benjamin Almeda - designed a food-processing machine. In 1954, Benjamin Almeda founded

the Almeda Cottage Industry (now the Almedah Food Machineries Corporation) which
manufactured his basic food processing inventions including his rice grinder, meat grinder and
coconut grater.

Julian Banzon - Filipino Chemist researched methods of producing alternative fuels.

Benjamin Cabrera has developed innovations in drug treatments against diseases caused by
mosquitoes and agricultural soil.

Paulo Campos built the first radioisotope laboratory in the Philippines.

Magdalena Cantoria is a noted Filipino botanist who is known for her research in the
morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of drug plants, in particular agar, rauwolfia, datura,
mint and Piper.

Josefino Comiso has been warning the world about global warming. Josefino Comiso is a
Filipino physicist working at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studing global warming in
the Arctic.

Lourdes Cruz has made scientific contributions to the biochemistry field of conotoxins, in
particular the toxins of the venom of the marine snail Conus geographus.

Rolando De La Cruz invented an anti-cancer skin cream.

Emerita De Guzman researched the propagation of pure makapuno trees.

Fe Del Mundo is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved incubator and a
jaundice relieving device.

Anacleto Del Rosario won the first prize at the World Fair in Paris in 1881 for his formula for
producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba of a nipa palm.

Ernesto Del Rosario is best known for his achievements in biotechnology and applied physical
chemistry.

Roberto del Rosario is the president of the Trebel Music Corporation and the inventor of the
Karaoke Sing Along System in 1975.

Daniel Dingel claims to have invented a water-powered car. He designs cars that run on water.

Pedro Escuro is best known for his isolation of nine rice varieties.

Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp.

Pedro Flores was the first person to manufacture the yo-yo in the United States.

Francisco Fronda is know as the Father of poultry science in the Philippines.

Carmen Intengan was a pioneer that helped improve the Filipino diet.

Hilario Lara helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Felix Maramba built a coconut oil-fueled power generator.

Luz Oliveros Belardo researched the phytochemical properties of plants in the Philippines for
natural products.

William Padolina has served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology for
the Philippines where he directed researchers and the private sector and enabled the growth of
the Internet and e-commerce in the Philippines.

Eduardo Quisumbing was a noted expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines.

Francisco Quisumbing invented Quink ink, which is used in Parker Pens. Quink ink is named
after the inventor. It is a quick drying ink with a cleaning property that prevents the ink from
clogging the pen.

Dolores Ramirez promoted the development of genetics in the Philippines as a teacher, author,
and researcher. She researched the cytogenetics of Philippine food crops: rice, coconut, banana,
sugarcane, ornamentals, legumes, durian, lanzones, santol and balimbing.

Jose Rodriguez is a noted Filipino scientist and researcher who has invented methods of
controlling leprosy.

Eduardo San Juan worked on the team that invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy.
Mechanical engineer, Eduardo San Juan (aka The Space Junkman) worked on the team that
invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy.

Alfredo Santos is a noted researcher in the chemistry of natural products, in particular the
isolation and elucidation of the phaeantharine and other alkaloids from Philippine medical plants.

Francisco Santos studied the nutritional problems associated with the Filipino diet.
Gregorio Velasque made intensive studies of bluegreen algae.

Carmen Velasquez was a noted Filipino biologist. Noted Filipino biologist, Carmen Velasquez
is a specialist in fish parasitology - the study of parasites and hosts among fish.

Gregorio Zara - invented the two-way television telephone or videophone (1955) patented as a
"photo phone signal separator network"; discovered the physical law of electrical kinetic
resistance called the Zara effect (around 1930); invented an airplane engine that ran on plain
alcohol as fuel (1952); improved methods of producing solar energy including creating new
designs for a solar water heater (SolarSorber), a sun stove, and a solar battery (1960s); invented a
propeller-cutting machine (1952); designed a microscope with a collapsible stage; and helped
design the robot Marex X-10.

Prescillano Zamora is best known for his research in plant anatomy-morphology including the
taxonomy of Philippine ferns and the discovery of more fern species.