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His
Science, Contribution:
Technology -He develop a process that caused the flowering and fruiting
and Society of mango trees three times a year, instead on once a year.

- He develop the technique for tissue culture.

Group #1 - He induce more flowers in mango trees using ethel and

potassium nitrate.

Ramon Cabanos
Barba -He motivates others to improve their livelihood for those in
the agriculture industry.
-He is a Filipino inventor and horticulturist.

- He was born on August 31,1939 in San Nicolas, Ilocos

Norte.

- He graduated with distinction with a master of Science in

Horticulture from the University of Georgia in 1962.

What makes him pursue

- He also took up a PhD in Plant Physiology, specializing in
Tropical Fruits and Tissue Culture from the East West Center
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1967.
- He was proclaim a national scientist of the Philippines in
June 2014.
career in science?
- His inspiration to study in this field came from his
grandfather Juan Cavanas official of the Bureau of Plants and
Industry(BPI) and Dr. L.G Gonzales who is considered as a
father of horticulture in the Philippines.

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Josefino cacas Comiso His Contribution

- He has been prolific having been the author or co-author of
- He was born on September 21, 1940 in Narvacan, 6 books, 20 book chapters and more than 130 refereed
Philippines; the son of Severino Cacho Comiso and journal publications and has been one of the coordinating
Silvestra (Cacas) Comiso. lead authors of the 2014 Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change report which is regarded as one of the
most authoritative documents on climate change.
- He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics
from the University of the Philippines in 1962.
- He is the author of the book "Polar Oceans from Space."

-His achievements with NASA include space-based

assessments of surface temperature, tracking sea ice
- He was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics
distribution, and observation of phytoplankton blooms in
from the University of California at Los Angeles.
the Earth's polar regions.

- Since 1979 he has been a leading physical scientist at

Goddard Space Flight Center and National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.

- He has been awarded NASAs Exceptional Scientific

Achievement Medal and Career Achievement Award

What makes him pursue career

- He is a member Philippine National Academy of Science
in science?
and Technology, American Geophysical Union,
- He became interested and started as a senior analyst
American Physical Society, International Glaciological at Computer Sciences Corporation, which was then
Society, Philippine-American Academy Science and providing research support for NASA Goddard programs
Engineers, Japan Society for Promotion of Science and
Electromagnetics Academy.

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Jose Bejar Cruz jr.

- He was born on September 17, 1932 in Bacolod City,
The Philippines.

- His is the son of Jose P. and Felicidad (Bejar) Cruz

- He took up Bachelor of Science in Electrical

Engineering in the University Philippines, 1953.

What makes him pursue career

in science?
- Recipient Purple Tower award Beta Epsilon
University, Philippines, 1969
- He wants to establish and create professional
students by the use of his talents and skills he learned.
- Diamond award, 1999

- Curtis W. McGraw Research award American Society

for Engineering Education, 1972

His Contribution
- he developed a new organization and presentation of
material for a course on circuit theory leading to a
textbook published in 1967

- He established strong ties with industry in developing

manufacturing systems research and jointly supervised
Ph.D. students incorporating feedback from industry.