BENJAMIN CABRERA

- March 18,1920
- A University of the Philippines Medical Degree graduate on 1945
- Master’s degree in public health graduate at Tulane University on New Orleans
- Majored in Public health and Parasitology
- A researcher and published studies regarding medical parasitology
- Innovation regarding mosquito-borne diseases
- Also made progress into developing treatments for parasite-infested agricultural soil.
- Worked with Lee M. Howard to conduct the study about Simian Malaria
- Dr. Cabrera conducted a study about Filariasis
- Through this study he earned the Philippine Legion of Honor Award on 1996

RAMON BARBA

- August 31,1939
- A University of the Philippines graduate on 1958
- Master of Science in Horticulture from the University of Georgia on 1962
- Earned his doctorate in 1967 with a Ph.D. in horticulture at East-West Center in Hawaii
- Barba was appointed as assistant professor at the UPCA in 1969
- After graduating, Barba served as an assistant instructor from 1958 to 1960 in the
Department of Agronomy, Fruit Crops Section, University of the Philippines College of
Agriculture (UPCA
- From 1975 to the late 1980’s he was also program leader of the Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
Laboratory of the Institute of Plant Breeding.
- Barba developed a tissue culture procedure for the banana plant which enabled
production of large quantities of planting materials that were robust and disease-free.
- He also developed a tissue culture procedure for sugar cane that allowed the rapid
production of large amounts of disease-free planting materials.
- He also developed a tissue culture procedure for sugar cane that allowed the rapid
production of large amounts of disease-free planting materials.
- Barba was a recipient of the 1974 Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in
Agriculture Awards. In 1974 and again in 1981, the Crop Science Society of the Philippines
awarded him the Best Paper Award.

ANGEL ALCALA

- March 1,1929
- graduated magna cum laude in biological studies at Silliman University in 1951
- Alcala became a teacher in Silliman University’s Biology Department.
- Walter C. Brown, a Fulbright professor at Stanford University, arrived at Silliman University.
Brown took the young Acala under his wing and they worked together on several biology
publications
- Together, they became the authors of “Observations on the Amphibians of the Mount
Halcon and Mount Canlaon Areas,” a paper which was published in the 1955 edition of the
Silliman Journal
- Alcala was granted a well-deserved Fulbright/Smith-Mundt Fellowship and he earned his
master’s degree in biology in 1959
- He had served as the Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and
Development or PCARMD as an executive director.
 - Alcala was the first Filipino scientist to engage in comprehensive studies concerning
Philippine reptiles and amphibians
- From the 400 already known species of reptiles and amphibians, 50 more species were
identified due to his efforts
- In 1977 Acala set up the first artificial reef in the Philippines in Dumaguette in 1977 when he
worked for the Philippine government as Secretary of Environment and National Resources
- In 1994, he was given the Field Museum Founders’ Council Award of Merit for contributions
to environmental biology.
- He is a recipient of the Magsaysay Award for Public Service
- In 2014, he was named a National Scientist of the Philippines. Alcala is currently Trustee of
Silliman University and is also Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences.

EMERITA DE GUZMAN

- May 19,1919
- University of the Philippines, College, Laguna, B. S. (Botany), 1953
- University of the Philippines, College, Laguna, M. S. (Plant Physiology), 1956
- Cornell University, USA, Ph. D. (Plant Physiology), 1961
- She made researched on the propagation of pure makapuno trees
- Emerita De Guzman also invented tissue culture techniques for the rapid propagation
of abaca and banana plants.
- Rizal Pro Patria award 1976, SEARCA professional Chair in Plant Physiology 1974-1976
- Outstanding Scientist Award of the Philippine Association for the Advancement of
Science 1976, and Professional Award for agriculture of the UP Alumni Association, 1977.

FE DEL MUNDO

- November 27, 1911

- University of the Philippines College of Medicine graduate on 1933
- Boston University of Medicine Master of Science in Bacteriology in 1940
- Harvard Medical School’s Children’s Hospital (two-year research fellowship)
- Doctor Fe Del Mundo is credited with studies that lead to the invention of an improved
incubator and a jaundice relieving device.
- Fe also wrote the “Textbook of Pediatrics”, which was used in medical schools in the
Philippines for many years
- She became director of the new medical center
- The Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City, the first pediatric hospital in the
Philippines, opened in 1957
- While Dr. del Mundo continued to practice pediatrics at The Children’s Medical Center,
she also continued her research into infectious diseases
- Her research into dengue fever especially contributed to a greater understanding of
how the disease works and affects children
- In 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
MAGDALENA CANTORIA

- October 25, 1924

- She finished her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy cum laude (1947) and Master of
Science in Botany (1951) at the University of the Philippines
- Dr. Cantoria went to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy for her master Science in
Pharmacology major in plant physiology (1955)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Botany (1961) at the University of Chicago.
- Summer course in Radiation Biology at Argonne national Laboratory in 1961, and
another UNESCO
- She has made basic researches on the pharmacognosy of agaar, rauwolfia, datura,
mint and Piper Species
- Her researches deal mainly on the morphology, physiology and biochemistry of drug
plants.
- Training course in Plant Physiology at the University of Delhi in 1965.
- Published the Pharmacognosy in Action (1977) Workbook in Pharmacognosy (1981),
Physiological and Chemical Studies for the Identification of Philippine Mint (1970),
Aromatic and Medicinal Herbs of the Philippines (1976), Physiology and Biochemistry of
the Volatile Oils of Mentha Species (1980), and The Identification of Zingeber
purpureum (1986).
- 1954 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award in pharmacognosy given by the American
Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education
- 1962 - Edwin Leigh Newcomb Award (for research on the growth and development of
Daturia strasmodium L.)
- 1977 - Most Outstanding Phi Sigman

LOURDES CRUZ

- May 19, 1942

- She took up Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, earning her bachelor’s
degree in 1962
- Studied in Biochemistry at the University of Iowa, while working as a graduate assistant.
She completed her master’s degree in 1966 and her Ph.D. in 1968.
- She pursued a 5-month postdoctoral study at the Kansas State University.
- She has also contributed to the development of conotoxins as tools for examining the
activity of the human brain
- Dr. Lourdes Cruz researches led in part to the biochemical classification of more than 50
biologically dynamic peptides from Conus venom
- She is the receiver of the NAST Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 1981
- NRCP Achievement Award in Chemistry in 1982
- Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service Award (Biochemistry) in1986

ANACLETO SALES DEL ROSARIO

- July 13, 1830

- He obtained his pharmacy degree from the University of Santo Tomas in 1882.
- Was a leading chemist in the Philippines during the Spanish era
 - Regarded as the "Father of Philippine Science and Laboratory"
- Del Rosario invented the formula for producing a pure kind of alcohol from tuba in a
nipa palm
- His research also led to the extraction of castor oil from a native plant called palma
Christi
- He founded the Botica San Fernando in Binondo and the College of Pharmacists.
- On 6 August 1881, he was appointed by the government to the Commission with the task of
studying mineral waters of the Philippines.
- On 10 March 1885, he was named Municipal Pharmacist for the North District of Binondo.
- Anacleto Del Rosario won the first prize at the World Fair in Paris in 1881

ERNESTO DEL ROSARIO

- March 12, 194

- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University The Philippines, Quezon City, 1963
- Master of Science in Physical Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1966
- Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1970.
- Recognized for his outstanding research contributions in physical chemistry and
industrial biotechnology
- Dr. del Rosario, the country’s leading expert in biofuels
- He invented a low-cost fermentation process and the purification and stabilization of
the protein enzyme α-amylase.
- Conducted research about Chemical and microbial methods of decolorizing molasses
melanoidin
- He served as Director at the Institute of Chemistry for nine years and Associate Dean at
the College of Arts and Sciences at UPLB for three years.
- Received the Outstanding Young Scientist (Chemistry), NAST-DOST, 1980

ROLANDO DELA CRUZ

- A herbal cream developed by Filipino inventor Rolando de la Cruz in the 1970s to cure
skin cancer
- De la Cruz used the cream to remove his own wart to prove its effectiveness
- Rolando de la Cruz invented DeBCC an anti-cancer skin cream made from cashew
nuts and other local herbs from the Phillipines
- Rolando de la Cruz's cream combats basal cell carcinoma or skin cancer without
causing any side effects
- The formula won for de la Cruz a gold medal in International Invention, Innovation,
Industrial Design and Technology Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur
- the second one from the IENA International Inventors’ Forum in Nuremburg, Germany in
November 3, 2005
- The same invention also got the highest score from a panel of international judges and
was awarded the top World Invention Winner – Diamond Award and the Overall
Inventors’ Award for 2006 in the British Invention Show last October 21, 2006 in London.
JOSEFINO COMISO

- September 21, 1940

- Comiso received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the
Philippines in 1962
- Master of Science degree in Physics from Florida State University
- Josefino was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of
California at Los Angeles
- A scientist at Philippine Atomic Research Center in 1962
- In 1972, Josefino became an assistant research physicist at the University of California at
Los Angeles
- In 1973, he was appointed a research associate at the University of Virginia.
- Since 1979 he has been a leading physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Josefino was a visiting scientist/professor at the University of the Philippines, University of
Tasmania, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chiba University, Mariano Marcos
University and Hadley Meteorological Institute
- Dr. Comiso's achievements with NASA include space-based assessments of surface
temperature, tracking sea ice distribution, and observation of phytoplankton blooms in
the Earth's polar regions
- Dr. Comiso has been awarded NASAs Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and
Career Achievement Award as well as the Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference
Outstanding Achievement in Science Award
- He has also been named fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science, a
member of the Electromagnetics Academy and the Philippine-American Academy of
Science and Technology and a corresponding member of the Philippine National
Academy of Science and Technology

PAULO CAMPOS

- July 27, 192

- Campos finished his medicine degree at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1946
- Attended postgraduate studies at the John Hopkins School of Medicine and Harvard
School of Medicine from 1953 to 1958, and at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear
Medicine in 1958.
- He was elected as an academician in 1978 and was conferred the rank and title of
National Scientist in 1989 by then President Corazon Aquino.
- Campos was also known for establishing the first and known Radioisotope Laboratory in
the country, the first Research Laboratory in UP’s Department of Medicine, and the
Thyroid Clinic of the UP-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Medical Center.
- His significant contributions earned him the honor, “Father of Nuclear Medicine” in the
Philippines.
- His researches include The Genetic Factor in Endemic Goiter won First Prizes in Research
Award; Cr-51 Tagged Red Cell Studies and the Observation on some Parameter of
Insulin Action.
- Dr. Campos accomplishment in research the Philippine Association for the
Advancement of Science named him Outstanding Scientist (Gregoria Y. Zara) Award in
1969.
JULIAN BANZON

- March 25, 1908

- Graduated with a degree at Bachelor of Science in chemistry at the University of the
Philippines in 1930
- He began pursuing graduate studies at the Iowa State university in the United States in
1937
- Obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in biochemistry (minor in micro-biology), in
1940. His doctoral dissertation was about the “fermentative utilization of cassava.”
- In 1956, he received the ICA Type A grant for his study on the use of radioisotopes in
agriculture.
- Renowned in the field of chemistry, Dr. Banzon gained recognition for his notable
researches on the Philippine coconut and other indigenous materials as “renewable
sources of chemicals and fuels.”
- In 1958, he was appointed to lead the Philippine Atomic Energy Commission as the
chief scientist.
- He served as the chairman of the division of chemical and pharmaceutical science of
the National Research Council of the Philippines from 1972 to 1973.
- He was also the first director of the Philippine Atomic Research Center (now the
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute), serving from 1960 to 1963
- On July 14, 1959 he was awarded a certificate of merit for “Outstanding Research Work
on Extraction of Coconut Oil” by the office of the secretary of the Department of
Agriculture and Natural Resources.

ARTURO ALCARAZ

- March 22,1916
- He entered the College of Engineering, University of the Philippines in Manila
- A year later--when Mapua Institute of Technology, also in Manila, offered a degree in
mining engineering--Alcaraz transferred there and received his Bachelor of Science in
Mining Engineering from Mapua in 1937.
- He attended the University of Wisconsin and earned a Master of Science in Geology in
1941
- He received an offer from the Philippines Bureau of Mines as an aide in the geology
division, which he accepted
- The first electric bulb in the Philippines lit by earth-heat energy was in Tiwi, Albay, on
April 12, 1967
- In May 1942, he became Chief Geophysicist of the Philippine Weather Bureau
- The Commission on Volcanology was officially created by the National Research
Council in 1951, and Alcaraz was appointed Chief Volcanologist, a senior technical
position he held until 1974
- In 1955, Alcaraz received a Guggenheim Fellowship award and took two semesters of
study at the University of California at Berkeley from which he received a Certificate in
Volcanology.
- Even in retirement in 1981, ALCARAZ continued as a consultant to the Philippine
National Oil Company, seeing to the training in tapping earth energy of a new
generation of Filipino technicians—in New Zealand, Japan, the United States and
Iceland.
JOY LIM ARTHUR

- December 2, 1935
- Joy graduated in 1956 from Purdue University, where she was one of the first female
students to earn a degree in electrical engineering
- In 1966 she was the first woman to graduate with a Master's in engineering from
the New Mexico State University
- he was the first woman engineer to work for the White Sands Missile Range, and was a
Senior Research Engineer for United States Army from 1958 to 2005.
- Arthur was one of two women in her 165-person engineering class
- She transferred to the United States Army Research Laboratory in 1962, where she
began to protect the United States Army in their vulnerabilities to electronic warfare
- She developed technologies that could jam signals, including a multi-spectral jammer
that could detonate inert gases
- In 1975 she was the only woman to win a United States Army Research Laboratory R&D
Achievement Award. She won the award for her contributions to electronic warfare.
- She was inducted into the White Sands Missile Range Hall of Fame in 2005
- Arthur received the Certificate of Merit from the Association of Old Crows on 1974
- 1990 National Medal of Science

MARY JACCQUILINE ROMERO

- She holds Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics magna cum laude and a Master of
Science in Physics from the University of the Philippines
- She moved to Scotland for a PhD at the University of Glasgow where became part of
the team that pioneered the use of spatial light modulators (SLMs) for single-photon
measurements
- Missing the sunshine, Dr Romero moved to Brisbane in 2015 to work in the Quantum
Technology Lab at The University of Queensland, where she is currently an ARC
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) Fellow
- In 2019, Dr Romero won one of two Westpac Research Fellowships in Australia, and one
of fifteen L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women In Science International Rising Talent Awards.

CEFERINO FOLLOSCO

- February 3, 1931
- Got his Ph. D. Humanities at the Ateneo de Davao in 1991 and Ph. D. Laws, UP System
in1992
- He finished numerous degrees namely BSME at Feati University in 1953
- BSEE at Feati University in1955, MSAE at Iowa State University, USA in 1962
- He was known as Ph. D. (honoris causa) Mechanical, Electrical and Agricultural
Engineering
- Follosco was known for his excellent works and undertakings in the field of engineering
(agricultural mechanization and automotive), technology modernization, public sector
domination embracing a wild field of creative approaches in re-engineering and
bureaucracy, formulating and implementing laws and programs for small and medium
enterprises and S&T administration, with technology transfer, R&D, Engineering and
Science Education, Institutional Building
- Former DOST Secretary (1989-1992), NAST Academician
GREGORIO TIONGSON VELASQUEZ

- September 2, 1901
- He obtained his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees, major in Botany,
from the University of the Philippines in 1925 and 1931,
- He also studied later at the University of Michigan and finished another Master of
Science degree (1937), as well as a Ph.D. (1939), major in Phycology, under the
supervision of the eminent phycologist William Randolph Taylor.
- Velasquez was Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of the Philippines.
- He was chairman for Biological Sciences of the National Research Council of the
Philippines.
- Velasquez was selected as one of the first academicians of the National Academy of
Science and Technology, Philippines (NAST PHL) in 1978 and was conferred the rank
and title of National Scientist in 1983.
- He founded the Algological Society of the Philippines, which is now called the
Phycological Society of the Philippines, in 1956.
- Recognized for his pioneer scientific studies of the biology, ecology and uses of
Philippine algae.
- 1st Filipino Phycologist
- 1st Filipino to make the very first intensive study of the Philippine Myxophyceae or the
bluegreen algae
- Among his abundant honors are Distinguished Science Medal and Diploma of Honor
from the Republic of the Philippines (1956), the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial
Foundation Fellowship (1956-57).
- He is also honored in the Men of Science, Division of Biological Sciences in1969, World's
Who's Who in Sciences in 1970 and the Republic of the Philippines Cultural Heritage
award in 1972.

TEODULO M. TOPACIO JR.

- November 30, 1924

- Dr. Topacio is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, cum laude graduate of the University of
the Philippines
- Obtained his M.Sc. from Michigan State University and Ph.D. degree from Purdue
University, U.S.A. specializing in microbiology.
- Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Animal Disease Control and
Emergency (NAC-ADCE),
- Dr.Topacio’s pioneering work (late 1960’s and 1970’s) in the zoonotic disease,
leptospirosis, confirmed the presence in pigs through isolation of the organism, resulting
in its treatment and control, thus, increasing swine production while assuring the health
and safety of farmers and workers in the industry.
- is scientific leadership led in the formulation, drafting and passage of the Philippine Anti-
Rabies Law (Republic Act No. 9482) in 2007, which aims to eradicate canine rabies, a
fatal disease of humans and other warm-blooded animals the Philippines.
- Dr. Topacio became President of the Philippine Veterinary Medical Association
- Eventually, he was elected as a NAST academician in 1993. Via Proclamation No. 1762,
s. 2009, then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo conferred the rank of National
Scientist upon him on April 30, 2009.
- He received the Plaque of Recognition given by Professional Regulation Commission,
Chairman of the Board of Veterinary Medicine Licensure Examiners, 1994-2004
JUAN SALCEDO JR

- September 29, 1904

- In 1929, he finished his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of the Philippines
(UP) College of Medicine as a second honor in a class of 28
- He also obtained a Masteral degree in biochemistry and endocrinology from Columbia
University. In 1946
- He obtained the title Doctorate in Science with high honors from the Philippine
Women’s University
- And in 1970, he finished studying the Laws in the University of the Philippines.
(Ghasenpour, 1998)
- Dr. Juan Salcedo contributed immeasurably to the areas of biochemistry, nutrition, and
physiology as a scientist
- He has published 265 works and studies in the Philippine and foreign science journals
- He served as Chairman of the National Science Development Board (NSDB) (1963-1970)
and Chairman of the National Research Council of the Philippines (1961-1976
- He is a receiver of several honors 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.
- Dr. Salcedo was elected as Academician in 1978 and conferred as National Scientist in
the same year.

BENITO VERGARA

- June 23, 1934,

- National Scientist Vergara obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of the
Philippines
- his master's degree from University of Hawaii
- and his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago majoring in Plant Sciences
- He was elected as Academician on 1987.
- He worked full time on rice from 1961 to 1995
- He was the Director for Administration before his early retirement from the International
Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
- He is still involved with rice but has shifted his concentration in ornamental plants and
the expansion of the Philippine Science Heritage Center or Salinlahi.
- Dr. Vergara trust that his utmost contributions to science are his studies on rice, his
plentiful graduate students, his book on Farmer's Primer on Growing Rice, which has
been translated into more than 40 languages, and his improvement of the Riceworld
Museum and at the present the Philippine Science Heritage Center
- Dr. Vergara was bestowing the rank and title of a National Scientist on 2001; the highest
honor that can be granted to a man of science.

FRANCISCO FRONDA

- December 22, 1896

- Fronda finished his degree in Agriculture from the University of the Philippines Los Baños
in 1919
- Master of Science in Animal Husbandry from Cornell University in 1920
- Doctor of Philosophy degree in Poultry Science
- also from Cornell University in 1922.
- Dr. Francisco Fronda committed more than 6 decades of his life to teaching, research
and additional services elected as Academician in 1979
- In recognition of his original contributions, the Philippine Association of Animal Science
in 1980
- cited him as the Father of Poultry Science in the Philippines and Father of Thai Poultry
Industry honor presented by Her Royal Highness, the Crown Princess of Thailand in 1982.
- He authored a book in Poultry Science Production for students in farming and co-
authored a sequence of books entitled Let Us Raise Series for secondary and
elementary pupils. He also has as much of more than 500 scientific articles of immense
worth in the progress of poultry and livestock production.
- Dr. Fronda was bestowed as National Scientist in 1983.