Prescillano Zamora

Prescillano Zamora.


He was born on January 4, 1933. Dr. Zamora is recognized for his works to plant anatomy-morphology, pteridophyte biology, and the preservation of environment and natural resources policy study. His work on the xylem elements of vascular plants is the basis for the formulation of the two-phase wall deposition concept now accepted universally. His researches on the taxonomy of Philippine ferns led to the detection for additional species of the group.

Dr. Prescillano Zamora was a Rockefeller Foundation member at Cornell University in 1961-1965, also a NSF Research grantee in 1962-1965 and UP Professorial Chair holder in1977-1980.

Prescillano Zamora is best known for his research in plant anatomy-morphology including the taxonomy of Philippine ferns and the discovery of more fern species.Prescillano Zamora is best known for his research in plant anatomy-morphology and pteridophyte biology, including the taxonomy of Philippine ferns and the discovery of more fern species. He has been a supporter of the conservation of the environment in the Phillipines and a supporter of natural resources policy research.

Gregorio Zara

Gregorio Zara Famous Filipino Scientist. Gregorio Zara - famous Filipino scientist Gregorio Y Zara. Filipino scientist Gregorio Y. Zara (D.Sc. Physics) invented, made improvements to, or discovered the following: invented the two-way television telephone or videophone (1955) patented as a "photo phone signal separator network"; discovered the physical law of electrical kinetic resistance called the Zara effect (around 1930); invented an airplane engine that ran on plain alcohol as fuel (1952); improved methods of producing solar energy including creating new designs for a solar water heater (SolarSorber), a sun stove, and a solar battery (1960s); invented a propeller-cutting machine (1952); designed a microscope with a collapsible stage; and helped design the robot Marex X-10.

Carmen Velasquez

Carmen Velasquez. Carmen Velasquez was a noted Filipino biologist. Noted Filipino biologist, Carmen Velasquez is a specialist in fish parasitology - the study of parasites and hosts among fish. Carmen Velasquez discovered thirty-two species and one new genus of digenetic trematodes (parasites) in local fish from the Philippines.

Gregorio Velasquez

Gregorio Velasque. Filipino scientist, Gregorio Velasque made intensive studies of bluegreen algae. Doctor Gregorio Velasquez is a distinguished scientist in Philippine phycology. Gregorio Velasquez spenting over thirty years researching myxophyceae which is bluegreen algae.

Francisco Santos

Francisco Santos. Filipino Chemist Francisco Santos studied the nutritional problems associated with the Filipino diet. Filipino agricultural chemist, Doctor Francisco Santos studied the nutritive values and chemical composition of local foods from the Philippines. His data was used to help detect and solve problems with Filipino diets.

Alfredo Santos

Alfredo Santos. Doctor Alfredo Santos is a noted researcher in the chemistry of natural products, in particular the isolation and elucidation of the phaeantharine and other alkaloids from Philippine medical plants.

Eduardo San Juan

Eduardo San Juan. Eduardo San Juan worked on the team that invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy. Mechanical engineer, Eduardo San Juan (aka The Space Junkman) worked on the team that invented the Lunar Rover or Moon Buggy. Eduardo San Juan is considered the primary designer of the Lunar Rover. San Juan was also the designer for the Articulated Wheel System. Prior, to the Apollo Program, Eduardo San Juan worked on the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

Jose Rodriguez

Jose Rodriguez. Jose Rodriguez is a noted Filipino scientist and researcher who has invented methods of controlling Hansen’s Disease commonly known as leprosy. His leprosy control program was instituted in the Philippines and other Asian countries. Jose Rodriguez's medical papers on leprosy research are often referenced and have been published around the world.

Dolores Ramirez

Dolores Ramirez. Biochemical geneticist, Dolores Ramirez promoted the development of genetics in the Philippines as a teacher, author, and researcher. She researched the cytogenetics of Philippine food crops: rice, coconut, banana, sugarcane, ornamentals, legumes, durian, lanzones, santol and balimbing.

Francisco Quisumbing

Francisco Quisumbing. Filipino chemist, Francisco Quisumbing invented Quink ink, which is used in Parker Pens. Quink ink is named after the inventor. It is a quick drying ink with a cleaning property that prevents the ink from clogging the pen.

Eduardo Quisumbing

Eduardo Quisumbing. Filipino botanist, Eduardo Quisumbing was a noted expert in the medicinal plants of the Philippines. He was author of more than 129 scientific articles. many on orchids. Eduardo Quisumbing served as the Director of the National Museum of the Philippines, where he rebuilt the Herbarium. The plant "saccolabium quisumbingii" is named in honor of Eduardo Quisumbing.

William Padolina

William Padolina. William Padolina has served as the Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology for the Philippines where he directed researchers and the private sector and enabled the growth of the Internet and e-commerce in the Philippines. William Padolina has also served as the Deputy Director General of the Philippines-based International Rice Research Institute.

Luz Oliveros Belardo

Luz Oliveros Belardo. Filipino chemist, Luz Oliveros Belardo researched the phytochemical properties of plants in the Philippines for natural products. Filipino chemist, Luz Oliveros Belardo researched the phytochemical properties of plants in the Philippines for natural products, essential oils, and the medicinal qualities. She produced thirty-three extractions of essential oils used for flavoring, scents, and herbal medicines.

Felix Maramba

Felix Maramba. Felix Maramba built a coconut oil-fueled power generator. He also is the developer of one of the world's most profitable biogas systems. Felix Maramba is the president of the Philippine Association of Flour Millers, Inc. Felix Maramba wrote: Biogas and Waste Recycling, The Philippine Experience.

Hilario Lara

Hilario Lara. Hilario Lara helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines. Doctor Hilario Lara is a medical researcher and public health specialist who has studied the spread of cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, measles and diphtheria resulting in the prevention of those diseases in the Phillipines. Hilario Lara also established the Institute of Public Health at the University of the Philippines and helped establish the National Research Council of the Philippines.

Carmen Intengan

Carmen Intengan. Food and nutrition researcher Carmen Intengan was a pioneer that helped improve the Filipino diet. Food and nutrition researcher, Carmen Intengan (aka Carmen Llamas Intengan and Carmen L. Intengan) was a pioneer that helped improve the Filipino diet. She has conducted research studies in food analysis, enzyme work, and glass paper chromatography techniques.

Francisco Fronda

Francisco Fronda. Doctor Francisco Fronda is know as the Father of poultry science in the Philippines. Francisco Fronda has improved methods of production for the poultry and livestock industry. He is also the author of the book Poultry Science Production and was one of the first five people in the world to earn a doctorate in Poultry Science.

Pedro Flores

Pedro Flores. Pedro Flores was the first person to manufactured the yo-yo in the United States. The word yo-yo is a Tagalog word, the native language of the Philippines, and means 'come back.' In the Philippines, the yo-yo was a weapon for over 400 hundred years. Their version was large with sharp edges and studs and attached to thick twenty-foot ropes for flinging at enemies or prey. People in the United States started playing with the British bandalore or yo-yo in the 1860s. It was not until the 1920s that Americans first heard the word yo-yo. Pedro Flores, a Philippine immigrant, began manufacturing a toy labeled with that name. Flores became the first person to mass-produce yo-yos, at his small toy factory located in California. Duncan saw the toy, liked it, bought the rights from Flores in 1929 and then trademarked the name Yo-Yo.

Agapito Flores

Agapito Flores. Filipino Scientist. Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp - is this true? The Agapito Flores controversy continues - Agapito Flores has been acclaimed by some as being the inventor of the first fluorescent lamp. However, the dates are all wrong for this being possible. The following points have been taken from "The History of Fluorescent Lights"

Pedro Escuro

Pedro Escuro. Filipino scientist, Pedro Escuro is best known for his isolation of nine rice varieties. The Pedro Escuro rice varieties are: Milpal 4, HBD-2, Azmil 26 and C-22 and C-18, C4-63, C4-137, C-168 and C-12.