1. Identify several Filipino scientists.

Several Filipino scientists includes Rafael Guerrero I, Enrique Mapua Ostrea, and
Gregory Tangonan are few of them.

2. Research on their contributions in the field of science.

Rafael Guerrero I - aquaculture tilapia production in the Philippines

Enrique Mapua Ostrea - His contributions in the field of pediatrics, neonatal
hyperbilirubinemia and neonatal drug addiction, including his pioneering work on
the detection of fetal exposure to drugs, tobacco, alcohol and environmental
toxicants by analysis of meconium, a newborn's first stools.
Gregory Tangonan - inventor of analog messaging in sending messages using Fiber
Optics and Digitalization for its processing

3. Examine what made them pursue a career in science.

Rafael Guerrero I - He observed that one of the most prominent problems in tilapia
culture is overpopulation. Tilapia matures after two to three months from its fry stage and
can produce as much as 5,000 eggs every three months depending on its size. When he
took his doctorate degree in Auburn University in the early 1970s, he focused his
dissertation on the the production of monosex tilapia into male using synthetic androgens.
When he returned to the Philippines, he continued his experiment on tilapia sex reversal
at the Central Luzon State University in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija where he served as the first
dean of its college of fisheries. And he was successful.

Enrique Mapua Ostrea - He had chosen pediatrics because he wants to study not just the
illnesses of infants and children but also their development. After he graduated, he spent
his first years of being a doctor in the Philippine General Hospital and cured mostly adult
patients. Due to this, he thought of studying in the United States and landed in Boston
Children's Hospital Medical Center in Harvard University in 1969. Dr. Ostrea learned
various approaches in the field of medicine. Here, he learned how to do autopsy in
deceased person to know the exact cause of his death. He also found out that knowing ten
types and cases of illnesses in not enough, a doctor must do further readings and does
research about the nature of the particular type of disease.

Gregory Tangonan - After retiring from HRL Laboratories, Greg Tangonan co-founded
Wireless MEMS, Inc., in California that developed Silicon based RF MEMS switches for
microwave applications. Then, he decided to go back home and give back to his
homeland by sharing his expertise in science and technology. He started Futurist
Innovation, Inc. that is creating high tech start-ups in the Philippines since 2007. It is also
forming engineering projects teams that attack multi-disciplinary problems like
sustainable energy and environment and personal medical database deployment in rural
communities.