GREAT

FILIPINO
SCIENTIST
Angel C.Alcala

Alcala was named a National

Scientist of the Philippines in
2014 for his research into
Philippine amphibians and
reptiles, as well as the
conservation of marine-
protected areas.
Ramon Cabanos Barba

Barba was named a National

Scientist of the Philippines in
2014 for inventing a way to
induce flowering in mango
trees regardless of season,
boosting the local mango
industry.
 Tetchi Cruz – Capellan
Cruz-Capellan, the CEO of
Philippine renewable energy
provider SunAsia Energy Inc. and
founder of the Philippine Solar
Power Alliance, hopes to grow the
solar power industry in the
Philippines. She first became
acquainted with solar power as
the country director of a rural
electrification project funded by
the USAID.
Edgardo D. Gomez

Gomez led the world’s first

national-scale assessment of
damage to coral reefs, work
which led to him being
conferred the title of National
Scientist of the Philippines in
2014.
 Alfredo Mahar Lagmay

Lagmay, a professor at the National Institute

of Geological Sciences, University of the
Philippines Diliman, received the 2015 Plinius
Medal from the European Geosciences Union
for his research into natural hazards and
disasters in the Philippines, in particular
volcanic hazards, earthquakes, typhoons,
landslides and floods. He is also executive
director of the Department of Science and
Technology Nationwide Operational
Assessment of Hazards (NOAH), a flagship
program for disaster risk reduction and
management in the Philippines.
 Aisa Mijeno

Mijeno is a professor of
engineering at De La Salle
University—Lipa in the Philippines.
Together with her brother Ralph,
she co-founded Sustainable
Alternative Lighting (SALt), a
social enterprise that is
developing an LED lamp that runs
on just table salt and water.
 Reina Reyes

Reyes has been called “The

Filipina who proved Einstein right”
after her work confirming Albert
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity on a
cosmic scale in 2010 during her
Ph.D. studies in the United States.
Reyes currently works as an
independent data scientist
consulting for private companies.
Gavino Cajulao Trono Jr.

Trono was conferred the honor

of National Scientist of the
Philippines in 2014 for his
research into tropical marine
phycology with a focus on
seaweed biodiversity.