Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Fe del Mundo. Fe Villanueva del Mundo, OLD ONS GCGH, (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; 27 November 1911 – 6 August 2011) [ 1] was a Filipino pediatrician. She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines. [ 2][ 3] Her pioneering work in ...
Gregorio Y. Zara. Gregorio Ynciong Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) [ 1] was a Filipino engineer, physicist, a National Scientist, and inventor. He was known as the father of videoconferencing [ 2] for having invented the first two-way videophone. [ 2][ 3][ 1] He was also one of the country's pioneer aeronautical engineer having invented ...
Emil Q. Javier. Emil Q. Javier (born September 11, 1940) is a Filipino plant geneticist and agronomist best known for having served as the 17th President of the University of the Philippines between 1993 and 1999. [ 1][ 2] He was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines for contributions in Agriculture in August 2019. [ 3]
Since 1978, there have been 44 men and women have been designated as National Scientist in the roster where 11 of them are currently living. The most recent conferment was made to honor Romulo Davide. Honorees such as the Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient pediatrician Fe del Mundo, have garnered international recognition as well.
Gavino Trono Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is a Filipino marine biologist dubbed as the "Father of Kappaphycus farming". [ 1] He was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines for contributions to the study of tropical marine phycology, focusing on seaweed biodiversity. He is currently a professor emeritus of the University of ...
Angel Chua Alcala ONS (March 1, 1929 – February 1, 2023) was a Filipino biologist who was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. Alcala is known for his fieldwork to build sanctuaries and to promote biodiversity in the aquatic ecosystems of the Philippines. He was the Chairman of the Board of Advisers at the Angelo King Center ...
Children. 4. Awards. National Scientist of the Philippines. Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles ( Filipino: Eduardo Argüelles Quisumbing; November 11, 1895, Santa Cruz, Laguna – August 23, 1986, Quezon City) was a Filipino biologist, a leading authority of plants in the Philippines .
National Scientist of the Philippines. Edgardo Dizon Gomez, ONS (November 7, 1938 – December 1, 2019) [ 1] was a Filipino biologist who was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014. [ 2][ 3] He was a professor emeritus for marine biology at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute .