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This document contains biographies of four notable Filipino scientists: - Paulo Campos was a physician and educator who promoted community healthcare and established the first nuclear medicine facilities in the Philippines. He was named a National Scientist. - Angel Alcala was a marine biologist who identified 50 new species and helped establish the first artificial reef in the Philippines. He received several awards including being named a National Scientist. - Gavino Trono Jr. was a botanist who researched seaweed biodiversity and farming techniques. He authored definitive guides on Philippine seaweed and was named a National Scientist. - Benito Lumen discovered lunasin, a peptide that prevents cancer, and founded a company to develop lunasin

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This document contains biographies of four notable Filipino scientists: - Paulo Campos was a physician and educator who promoted community healthcare and established the first nuclear medicine facilities in the Philippines. He was named a National Scientist. - Angel Alcala was a marine biologist who identified 50 new species and helped establish the first artificial reef in the Philippines. He received several awards including being named a National Scientist. - Gavino Trono Jr. was a botanist who researched seaweed biodiversity and farming techniques. He authored definitive guides on Philippine seaweed and was named a National Scientist. - Benito Lumen discovered lunasin, a peptide that prevents cancer, and founded a company to develop lunasin

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RENA JOCELLE C.

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ABOUT

PAULO CAMPOS

Paulo C. Campos 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.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Paulo C. Campos

Birth Date: July 27, 1921

Died: June 2, 2007

Birthplace: Dasmariñas, Cavite, Philippines

EDUCATION

College: University of the Philippines (1945)

Course: Medicine

Post Graduate: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and at the
Medical Division of the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (1958).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 Worked at the Philippine General Hospital


 Faculty Member and later Department Head, University of the Philippines College of
Medicine
 Established the first Medical Research Laboratory in the Philippines at UP
 Initiated the construction of the first radioisotope laboratory in the Philippines
 Institutionalized the Comprehensive Community Health Program (CCHP) and facilities in
Bay, Laguna
 Worked at the family-owned Emilio Aguinaldo College, a partner institution of the
Medical Center Manila which he founded
 Elected as the first President of the National Academy of Science and Technology in 1978

CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

 Nuclear Medicine
 Research on goiter specifically the proposition that a genetic factor contributed to
endemic goiter and that the main cause of goiter is iodine intake deficiency. He suggested
as treatment the injection of iodized oil. All won first prizes in Research Award.

AWARDS

 National Scientist of the Philippines in 1988


ABOUT

ANGEL ALCALA

A scientist from the Philippines, Angel


Alcala found a passion and love for marine
life especially those in the tropical waters
of his country. With more than thirty
years of experience as a marine biologist,
he contributed to his country’s marine
development and ecology concerns. Angel
Alcala is also involved in other biological
science fields such as herpetology, marine
biogeography, and marine conservation
biology.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Angel Alcala


Birth Date: March 1, 1929
Mother’s Name: Crescenciana Chua
Father’s Name: Porfirio Alcala
Address: Cauayan, Negros Occidental in the Philippines

EDUCATION

Elementary: Kabankalan Academy

College: Silliman University (1948)

Course: Biological Studies

Master: Stanford University


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 Teacher in Silliman University’s Biology Department


 Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
 Wrote over 160 scientific papers and books
 Ensured conservation programs were put into place in his home country
 Headed the Institute of Marine Biology at the University of the Philippines
 Was the deputy executive director of the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine
Research and Development
 Was the Secretary of Environment and National Resources in the Philippines
 Served as the Chairman of the Commission on Higher Education in the Philippines
 Was the President of Silliman University
 Trustee of Silliman University

CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

 Helped identify 50 new species of animals


 set up the first artificial reef in the Philippines in Dumaguete in 1977 when he worked for
the Philippine government as Secretary of Environment and National Resources.

AWARDS

 Field Museum Founders’ Council Award of Merit for contributions to environmental


biology (1994)
 Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
 National Scientist of the Philippines (2014)
ABOUT

GAVINO TRONO JR.

Gavino Trono Jr. is a Filipino scientist who made notable


research on tropical marine phycology with a particular
focus on seaweed biodiversity. He is dubbed as the "Father
of Kappaphycus farming".

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name : Gavino Trono Jr.

Birth Date : November 9, 1931

Birthplace : Philippines

EDUCATION

College: University of the Philippines Diliman

Course: Botany

Master: Agricultural Botany from Araneta University

Doctorate: Botany from the University of Hawaii at Manoa

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 Established the G.T. Velasquez Herbarium in the University of the Philippines Diliman’s
Marine Science Institute – largest phycological herbarium in the country
 Technical consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization Aquaculture Seaweed
Research and Development
 Led the assessment of several coastal areas in Western Mindanao as potential sites for
seaweed farms
 Professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute.
 Authored two volumes books on Field Guide and Atlas of the Seaweed Resources of the
Philippines which considered as the most authoritative books in the country on the
seaweed flora.

CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

 Conducted studies on the culture of seaweeds such as Eucheuma denticulatum,


Kappaphycus alvarezii, Gracilaria spp., Caulerpa lentillifera, and Halymenia durvillei for
coastal communities
 He wrote an academic paper reporting the occurrence of ice-ice disease that had affected
seaweed farms. This disease devastated the commercial production of seaweed in the
Philippines.
 Discovered twenty-five (25) new marine benthic algae.

AWARDS

 National Scientist of the Philippines for Marine Biology in 2014


 Academician by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) in 2008
 Plaque of Recognition from the Asia Pacific Society of Applied Phycology in 2006
 University of the Philippines Alumni Award in 1979
 “Likas Yaman Award” from the Ministry of Natural Resources (now Department of
Environment and Natural Resources) in 1978

ABOUT
BENITO LUMEN

Benito Lumen is known as Father of Lunasin. His mother Soledad instructed him to be his own
boss, but no one instructed him to discovered lunasin, a peptide found in the seeds of common
crops that has an uncommon function: prevent cancer. His lunasin technology will manage to
save billions of lives from cancer would be exciting news. He demonstrate the cancer-preventive
efficacy of diet-administered lunasin in soy protein against breast, prostate, colon and cervical
cancer."

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Benito O. De Lumen

Birthplace: Taytay, Rizal

EDUCATION

College: UP Los Banos (1962)

Course: BS in Sugar Technology (Sugar Chemistry)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

 Instructor at the UPCA Department of Agricultural Chemistry


 Senior Research chemist at the Campbell Institute for Food Research, Camden, NJ
 Faculty at the Department of Nutrition Science in Toxicology, University of California at
Berkeley
 Co- founded and currently a President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Filgen
BioSciences
CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

 Accomplish natural products biochemistry, which focused on lunasin, a cancer preventive


peptide founds in the seeds of common crops.

AWARDS

 Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2011)


 Science & Technology Award, Philippine Development Forum (2010)
 Outstanding Professional in Biological Sciences, University of the Philippines Alumni
Association (2005)
 Sir Fredric McMaster Fellow, Australia (2004)
 National Science Foundation - Center for Global Partnership Fellow, University of Tokyo
(1996)
 EJ Wickson Memorial Fellow in Agricultural Chemistry, UC Davis (1969).

ABOUT

DIOSDADO BANATAO
Banatao is known for his rag to riches story. He is a
Filipino entrepreneur and engineer working in the high-
tech industry, credited with having developed the first
10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS with silicon coupler data-link
control and transceiver chip, the first system logic chip
set for IBM's PC-XT and the PC-AT, and the local bus
concept and the first Windows Graphics accelerator
chip for personal computers. A three-time start-up
veteran, he co-founded Mostron, Chips and
Technologies, and S3 Graphics.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name: Diasdado P. Banatao

Birth date: May 23, 1946

Birth place: Malabbac, Iguig, Cagayan, Philippines

EDUCATION

Elementary: Malabbac Elementary School

Secondary: Ateneo de Tuguegarao

College: Mapua Institute of Technology

Course: BS in Electric Engineering

Master: Master of Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford
University

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 He pioneered the PC chip set and graphics acceleration architecture that continue to be
two of the foundational technologies in all personal computers.
 He has also been a venture partner at the Mayfield Fund.
 He works as design engineer in Boeing for the company’s new commercial airliner and
cargo transport aircraft, Boeing 747, in the United States.
 He works on National Semiconductor, Intersil, and Commodore International where he
designed the first single chip, 16-bit microprocessor-based calculator.
 Developed silicon coupler data-link control and transceiver chip while working in Seeq
Technology.
 Co-founded Chips and Technology

CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE

He was credited for the first system logic chip set for IBM’s PC-XT and the PC-AT; the local bus
concept and the first Window Graphics accelerator chip for personal computers.

AWARDS

Asian Leadership Award (1993)

Pamana ng Filipino Award (1997)

Master of Entrepreneur of the Year Award (1997)

Kalampusan Award (2011)

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