In a landmark study that has the potential to redefine the future of sustainable energy, Filipino Ph.D. scholar Princess Cabotaje of Uppsala University has played a pivotal role. She has contributed to the discovery of a unique biological process that enables microorganisms to extract “energy from thin air”.
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Filipina health scientist Lorie Castillo featured in Luxembourg’s Women in Science
Filipina health scientist Lorie Neuberger-Castillo has been featured in Research Luxembourg’s “Be brave: Women [& girls] in Science” campaign as a microbiome specialist who works with the genetic material of all the microbes that live on and inside the human body.
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Benilda Ebarvia is first Filipino to win Japan’s Metrology Developing Economies Award
Dr. Benilda S. Ebarvia, of the National Metrology Laboratory, is the first Filipino to win the Developing Economies Award (DEN) from the National Metrology Institute (NMI) of Japan.
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Why I Think Environmental Scientist Janice Lao is a Hero
I’m writing this because its National Heroes Day in the Philippines! (yay!) So, I got this book titled “Everyday Superheroes” that features Filipina scientist Janice Lao. The book says that Janice Lao is an “environmental scientist with a mind for business” as she works with hotels in Asia. It goes on to say how hotels […]
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MEET: Dr. Lucille Abad, promoter of peaceful use for nuclear technology
Meet Dr. Lucille V. Abad of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) who was featured by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) in the Juana Says series for International Women’s Day 2019. Dr. Abad, the chief of the Atomic Nuclear Division of the PNRI, was awarded the 2017 Excellent Research Team of the Year by […]
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Quantum physicist Dr. Jacq Romero awarded L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent grant for Women in Science
Quantum physicist Dr. Mary Jacquiline Romero will be receiving the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent grant for 2019 for women scientists. Dr. Romero will be awarded during the 21st L’Oréal-UNESCO International Awards for Women in Science slated for March 14 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. As part of her award, Dr. Romero will be […]
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Jacq Romero wins 2017 L’Oreal UNESCO for Women in Science fellowship
Filipina scientist Jacquilline Romero has won a prestigious fellowship from the 2017 L’Oreal UNESCO For Women in Science. The Australia-based Dr. Romero, an experimental quantum physicist at the University of Queensland, was awarded the fellowship for her research into the theory of entanglement – that information is shared between particles regardless of the distance between […]
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