Filipino Scientist

Raymundo Punongbayan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dr. Raymundo Santiago Punongbayan (13 June 1937 ± 28 April 2005) was the former director of 

the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) . He served from 1983 to 2002. Punongbayan became popular after handling two well-known calamities, the July 16, 1990, Luzon earthquake and the 1991 Pinatubo eruption. PHIVOLCS is the government agency in charge of conducting volcanic and earthquake earthquakemonitoring monitoring in order to generate data that could be used to predict volcanic eruptions and earthquake occurrences. Punongbayan graduated from the University of the Philippines (Diliman) in 1960 with a degree of Bachelor of  Science in Geology Geology.. He finished his Ph.D. in geology from University of Colorado in 1972. Punongbayan was extremely accomplished: a licensed geologist, professor, consultant, public servant and author of many scientific papers. He was also a father to four children. A prominent scientist in the global community, he was considered an authority in the fields of volcanology and seismology.  At the time of his death, he was serving as a member of the Philippine National Red Cross Board of Governors. Shortly after noon on April 28, 2005, Punongbayan and eight others died in a helicopter crash at Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija. Ecija. With Punongbayan in the Philippine Air Force (PAF) Huey helicopter (with tail number 324) were four staff members of Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) and four Air Force crew members. They were on a mission to assess the place as part of the disaster preparedness operations program of the government. They were also looking for possible resettlement for people displaced by flash floods and landslides.

 Antonio Luna From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the Filipino pharmacist and general. For the Spanish footballer, see  Antonio Manuel Luna Rodriguez .

Antonio Luna y Novicio

October 29, 1866 ± June 5, 1899 (aged 32)

Nickname

Antonio

Place of birth

Manila,, Philippines Manila

Place of death

Cabanatuan City, Nueva

Ecija,Philippines

Allegiance

First Philippine Republic

Service/branch

Philippine Revolutionary Army

Years of 

1898-1899

service

Rank 

Brigadier General

Battles/wars

Philippine-American War 

Relations

Juan Luna, brother 

Antonio

Luna y Novicio (October 29, 1866 - June 5, 1899) was a Filipino pharmacist and general who fought

in the Philippine-American War . He was also the founder of the Philippines's first military academy.

Filipino Doctor Fe Del Mundo - Inventor: Doctor

Fe Del Mundo is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved incubator and a jaundice relieving device. She has dedicated her life to the cause of pediatrics in the Philippines. Fe Del Mundo - Awards: y y y

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1966, Fe Del Mundo received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award for "outstanding service to mankind". In 1977, Fe Del Mundo received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for outstanding public service. She also received the 15th International Congress of Pediatrics award as most outstanding pediatrician and humanitarian in 1977.

Fe Del Mundo - Biography:

Fe Del Mundo was born in Manila on November 27, 1911. She was the sixth of eight children. At age fifteen, Fe Del Mundo entered the University of the Philippines and received an Associate in Arts and later a medical degree with highest honors. In 1940, she received a M.A. in bacteriology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Filipino Inventors & Filipino Scientists

Juan Salcedo, Jr.

Juan

Salcedo, Jr. ( September 29 , 1904 - October 25 , 1988) is a National Scientist known as an

outstanding figure in nutrition and public health.

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Career and Contributions

Dr. Salcedo, a native of Pasay City, contributed largely to the areas of biochemistry, nutrition and physiology. He spent much of his career studying health factors, ranging from fatty acids to vitamins. He is an advocate of science policy development, science promotion and scientific manpower development, and stressed the need for the proper utilization of science toward nation building. He has published 265 works in Philippine and foreign science journals. During the time of Pres. Quirino, Dr. Salcedo served as Secretary of Health. He was also chairman of  the National Science Development Board (NSDB) (1963-1970) and chairman of the National Research Council of the Philippines (1961-1976). Dr. Salcedo is recipient of many awards including the Ramon Magsaysay award for outstanding public health nutritionist in 1957; Republic Cultural Heritage award in science, 1966; and the Presidential Pro Patria award, 1969. He was conferred as a National Scientist in 1978 by Former President Ferdinand Marcos. Dr. Juan Salcedo was born in PAsay City on September 23, 1904. He invented the vitamin B1 combant mosquito malaria disease.

 Alexis Belonio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexis Belonio

Born

January 1, 1960  Nueva Ecija, Philippines

Occupation

inventor, innovator, professor, engineer, and scientist

Known for

Rolex Awardee for Enterprise

Alexis

T. Belonio (born January 1, 1960) is a professor, engineer, scientist, innovator, and inventor from

the Philippines. He was the first Filipino to receive the Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2008 due to his creation of  a low-cost and environment friendly rice husk stove.[1][2] Belonio was included by the Rolex watchmaking company on its list of 10 model innovators in November 2008. [3]

Profile Belonio, who is an associate professor in agricultural engineering at the Central Philippine University of Iloilo City, received $50,000 and a chronometer from the Rolex company for being included in the five Associate Laureates of the Rolex Award. Belonio was 48 years old when he received the award, and said that he would use the money he received in promoting and disseminating his technology to other people without asking anything in return, by publishing information about the invention 4] and [

establishing a Center for Rice Husk Technology in his hometown at Iloilo, Philippines. 5] The actual formal [

recognition of Belonio by Rolex as the first Filipino Associate Laureate of the Rolex Award was held at The Manila Peninsula in the City of Makati on January 21, 2009. 1] [

Belonio's invention History Belonio started work relating to rice husks in 2003, at a time when there were high fuel prices. As an expert, he had already designed thirty devices such as paddy dryers and water pumps which can be used by low-income Filipino farmers. Belonio concentrated on innovating the rice husk oven even though the concept was not a new one, because there was already the so-called Lo Trao from Vietnam. The difference was that Belonio's invention does not produce smoke and has a stable fire without a tar-like residue. Belonio used good engineering and ample ventilation for his stove, which is characterized by a small fan that is powered either by electricity or batteries, producing a more efficient burn of the rice husks. 3] [

Belonio's first ovens cost $100 (or around 5,000 1]) each, but due to further development and research, [

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he was able to lower the price to $25 (or around 1,250 ) each. The only expected expense for the user of the oven would be 20 cents per day for running the built-in fan inside the stove. 3] The invention is [

currently being produced by companies in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Cambodia, all cooperating with Belonio's works. According to Belonio his stove would be able to save a f amily of rice farmers $150 per  year in fuel expenses. He also added that a ton of rice husk contains energy equal to 415 liters of  petroleum (or 378 liters of kerosene). Belonio's stove lessens toxic fumes and smoke that aff ect the environment, and reduces greenhouse gases. The burnt remnants of the rice husks can later be used as soil fertilizers or in making small blocks of coal substitute. 4] [

Paulo Campos

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the football manager, see Paulo Luiz Campos.

Paulo C. Campos

July 27, 1921

Born

Dasmariñas, Cavite

June 2, 2007 (aged 85)

Died

Manila

Occupation

Internist

Known for

National Scientist of the Philippines

Paulo C. Campos (July 7, 1921 ² June 2, 2007) was a Filipino physician and educator 

noted for his promotion of wider community health care and his achievements in the field of nuclear medicine for which he was dubbed as The Father of Nuclear Medicine in the "  

Philippines

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"  

. The first president of the National Academy of Science and Technology, he

was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 1988.

Early life and education Campos was born in Dasmariñas, Cavite. His parents were teachers[2], and his younger  brother Jose Campos would grow up to become a prominent law professor and an Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court.[3]

Having graduated as valedictorian of his elementary and high school class, Campos enrolled at the University of the Philippines in 1940. He obtained his medical degree in 1945, and topped the medical board exams of the following year.

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Campos

took residency at the Philippine General Hospital and joined the faculty of the U.P. College of Medicine.

Conrado Dayrit From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Conrado Singian Dayrit (May 31, 1919 ± October 5, 2007) was a Filipino doctor and scientist known for his advocacy of coconut oil for which he was dubbed "Dr. Coconut" and "Father of VCO" (Virgin Coconut Oil). He w as one of the six cofounders and a president of the Philippine Heart Association, a president of the Federation of Asian Scientific Academies and Societies, a president of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology, and an emeritus professor of  pharmacology at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. He performed pioneering tests on the efficacy of coconut

Dioscoro L. Umali From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dioscoro L. Umali (November 17, 1917-July 1, 1992) was a National Scientist of the Philippines and is known

as "the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding. " He was awarded several international honors and distinctions for  his outstanding achievements and improvements of rice, corn and other economic plants. His research studies on upland agriculture, forestry, and environment conservation have helped many people, especially farmers, improve the quality of their crops.

oil on HIV and wrote about coconut oil's health benefits.

Dioscoro Umali (Redirected from Dioscoro L. Umali)

Dioscoro L. Umali (November 17, 1917-July 1, 1992) is a scientist, educator, research organizer,

development administrator, and a science statesman. He is known as the Father of Philippine Plant Breeding.

Education Dr. Umali had his primary schooling at Biñan, Laguna, his birthplace, but later finished high school at Manila West High School (currently Torres High School). He then enrolled at the University of the PhilippinesCollege of Agriculture (UPCA), and finished his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy in

1939. In 1946 the UPCA sent him to Cornell University as a University Fellow. He earned his Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding in 1949.

León María Guerrero From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about León María Guerrero y Leogardo, the scientist and revolutionary leader. For his grandson and namesake, the diplomat and novelist Leon Maria Ignacio Agapito Guerrero y Francisco, seeLeón María Guerrero III . León María Guerrero y Leogardo (January 21, 1853-April 13, 1935) was

a Filipino scientist, educator , writer , revolutionary leader and politician who was the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines and one of the most eminent botanists in the country in his time. León was one of the 14 children of León Jorge Guerrero and Clara Leogardo. He was born on January 21, 1853 in Ermita, Manila. His brother, Lorenzo Guerrero, became a painter  and Juan Luna's teacher; Lorenzo painted the altar of the San Sebastian church in Quiapo. León Jorge was the uncle of poet-politician, Fernando María Guerrero, who won a seat at the Philippine Assembly in 1907. Leon Maria is the grandfather of diplomat León María Guerrero, his namesake, and preeminent writer  Carmen Guerrero Cruz Nakpil. Being a scion of one of the most prominent families of Manila during the last years of  Spanish colonial period, he was among the first students of the  Ateneo de Manila University when it was founded in 1859 and known as the  Ateneo Municipal de Manila. After  completing his primary and secondary education, he enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas, where he graduated in 1875 with a bachelor's degree in [pharmacy], specializing in botany and zoology. The following year, he was licensed to practice pharmacy. Guerrero was appointed head of the military pharmacy in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur and at the marine hospital in Kawit, Cavite. Later he would manage the popular  Binondo Pharmacy in Manila. His scientific curiosity led him to study the therapeutic uses of Philippine plants, from which he extracted pharmacological ingredients.

Pharmacological botanist In 1889, he was appointed member of the council of health of the Manila City Council and was enrolled as a member of the Sociedad Española de Historia Natural . He was also invited to be an auditor and associate of the La Revista Internacional de Farmacografia. His accomplishments also earned him an appointment as chemical expert of the  Audiencia Real , the supreme court during the Spanish colonial period.

He also pursued special studies in ornithology and lepidopterology, securing him a position as zoologist in the forestry bureau of the Spanish colonial government. [  Abelardo Aguilar  Abelardo Aguilar is

the Filipino doctor who co-created the drug Erythromycin (Ilosone®) from Iloilo soil.

In 1949, Filipino scientist Dr. Abelardo Aguilar sent hi s employer, Eli Lilly Co., samples of an antibiotic isolated from a soil that Aguilar collected in his home province of Iloilo, in central Philippines. Three years later, Eli Lilly sent a congratulatory letter to Aguilar promising to name the antibiotic ³Ilosone´ in honor of  Iloilo province where the soil was originally collected. It was the first successful macrolide antibiotic introduced in the US in 1952. Its broad antimicrobial spectrum gave alternatives to patients showing allergic reactions to penicillin at that time. The drug erythromycin, sold under the brand name Ilosone, has earned Eli Lilly billions of dollars, but neither Aguilar nor the Philippine government received any royalty. In 1993, spending 40 years to be recognized and rewarded, but to no avail.

Aguilar

died after 

Ernie Baron Ernesto Baron (August 15, 1940 ± January 23, 2006) was a Filipino broadcaster. He was a pioneer of 

Radyo Patrol, and was also known as the weatherman f or the news program TV Patrol . He was dubbed as ³The Philippines' Walking Encyclopedia.´

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Career and Inventions

In 1965, Baron started his broadcasting career in Radyo Patrol with the educational program Mga Gintong Kaalaman. This established his reputation as a man knowledgeable in science and trivia, as well

as a credible radio personality. Mga Gintong Kaalaman would be the precursor for the more popular 

program Knowledge Power , a show that explored bizarre and extraordinary facts about humans and t heir  environment. Baron anchored both radio and television formats of the show. Considered as one of the pioneers of Radyo Patrol, which counts as contemporaries, among others,Rey Langit, Noli de Castro, Joe Taruc, Mario Garcia, Bobby Guanzon and Bong Lapira. Baron was also the weatherman for long-running television newscast TV Patrol . He started the trend of  inserting a little trivia after every show, a practice that is still carried on today by present weatherman Kim  Atienza. When ABS-CBN returned on air after the Marcos regime, he hosted the radio program Knowledge Power as well as its spin-off show on TV of the same title.  Apart from broadcasting, Baron was also famous for exploring Filipino herbal medicine practices. He even started manufacturing and selling ³Pito-Pito,´ an herbal drink containing seven local plants which he claimed were good for the metabolism. Some medical professionals attacked him f or promoting ³quack medicine,´ but there were no documented major side effects upon ingestion of the said tea. Other Baron inventions include Lactovitale, which he claimed was a cleansing diet, ³Ernyforms´ (Energy of Forms) or ³Baron Triangle,´ which was about focusing cosmic energy from outer space, and the popular ³Baron Antenna,´ a sophisticated yet affordable television attachment that improves signal reception. Baron also pushed the idea of replacing petroleum with water as fuel for industries and transportation. [edit]

Awards

Ernie Baron was well-awarded in the broadcasting industry. Among his awards include the ³Natatanging Pilipino Award´ as Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the Phil-Media Educational Achiever's Inc. (2005), and the Star Award¶s Best Educational TV Program Host for Knowledge Power (2001). He was also hailed as one of  ABS-CBN¶s 10 Most Interesting Personalities in 2001 and Broadcast Journalist of the Year of the Film Achiever's Association in 2005. [edit]

Death

On the morning of January 23, 2006 at Muntinlupa, Baron suffered a myocardial infarction which led to his passing at. At the time he was still serving as anchor for the radio version of ³Knowledge Power.´ He was 65, also He has one daughter, Shirley Baron..

Filomena F. Campos Dr. Filomena F. Campos (born March 30, 1930) is a Filipino botanist recognized for her contributions to

cotton research in the Philippines.

Education 

B.S. (Botany), University of the Philippines, 1951

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M.S. (Plant Genetics), University of Minnesota, 1954

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Ph.D. (Plant Breeding/Cytogenetics), University of Maryland, 1958

Career and Contributions Dr. Campos is famous for her research studies on cotton, which led to the development of technology to speed up cotton production to a relatively short period of three years. She also performed studies on the sunflower, a very promising source of oil and livestock feed. In recognition of her achievements, Dr. Campos was awarded PhilAAS Gregorio Y. Zara Scientists Award (1973), Ayala Award (1974) and as one of the outstanding Filipino Scientist's Presidential Award for  Public Service (1976) and Woman of the World Award (1983).

Pedro Escuro Dr. Pedro B. Escuro (born August 2, 1923) is a foremost Filipino rice breeder.

early Life and Education Pedro Escuro was born in Nabua, Camarines Sur to farmer parents Lucio and Aurea. He completed his elementary and high school education in Camarines, after which he enrolled in the University of the PhilippinesCollege of Agriculture in Los Baños as a self-supporting student. In 1952 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy, magna cum laude. Through a US grant, he then pursued in 1954 an M.S. in Plant Breeding at Cornell University in New York. He made a comprehensive review of  studies worldwide on the genetics and breeding of rice. And later in 1959 he proceeded to finish a doctorate degree in plant breeding and genetics at the Univ ersity of Minnesota under a Rockefeller  Foundation Fellowship.

Career and Contribution  After his doctorate Escuro then proceeded to culture the "best" rice variety he had in mind. He succeeded in this, and under his leadership improved Philippine rice varieties were produced, among them are C463, C4-137, C4-113, C-168, C22, UPL-Ri-5, PSB Rc 16, PSB RC 36), as well as three improved wheat varieties (Trigo 1, Trigo 2, Trigo 3). The "C" varieties were widely adopted in the Philippines, Malaysia,

Vietnam, Southern India, and other Southeast Asian countries. Not only the varieties are resistant to pests and other harmful conditions, they also proved to be sound investments, as they returned profit 250-fold. For his achievements in agriculture Dr. Escuro received 18 honors and awards. These include two Presidential awards, Presidential Plaque of Merit for outstanding accomplishments in rice improvement (1967) and the Rizal Pro Patria award for outstanding contribution to rice breeding and genetics. He is also recipient of the University of the Philippines Distinguished Professional award in agriculture (1973) and D.Sc. (honoris causa 1974), and the 1974 Ayala award in agricultural science. And finally, he was conferred as a National Scientist in 1994 by Former President Fidel Ramos. Currently he is now retired and pledged as a f ull time farmer in Laguna.

Jose Velasco Jose

R. Velasco (February 4, 1916-January 24, 2007) is a Filipino plant physiologist known for his

researches on soil and plant nutrition.

Career and Contributions Dr. Jose Velasco is a renowned plant physiologist noted for his v arious researches on plant physiology, soil ecology, and even photoperiodism of the rice plant as early as 1950s. He is most regarded for his interest in coconut research, particularly on the cadang-cadang or the coconut blight disease, which is known to plague coconut trees. His works contributed significantly to crop science and became the basis of some crop production management practices. For his scientific achievements, Dr. Velasco received: the Guggenheim Foundation f ellowship (1963); the UP Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus Award (1971); the Planters Products Achievement award for crop science teaching (1974) and the PCCP Distinguished Award in pest management (1974).