8 Pinoys feted in this year's Asian Scientist 100

Eight Filipinos made it to the 2018 edition of the "Asian Scientist 100," a selection of 100 noteworthy researchers, academicians, innovators and business leaders in Asia.

To make it to the list released by the Singapore-based Asian Scientist Magazine, individuals must have received a national or international prize for scientific research in 2017.

The honorees from the Philippines include:

• Aletta T. Yñiguez from University of the Philippines-Diliman, who received the 2017 National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist Award for her work on "modeling the dynamics of the ocean ecosystem to build early warning systems"
• Phillip A. Alviola of UP-Los Baños, who received the 2017 National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist Award "for his research on biodiversity and bat virology"
• Nathaniel P. Hermosa II from UP Diliman, a 2017 recipient of the Eduardo A. Quisumbing Medal for his research on "the fundamental properties of light and light-matter interactions." He also received the 2017 National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist Award
• Rogel Mari D. Sese, who spearheads the Philippines' National Space Development Program and was commended for his outreach efforts at the Department of Science and Technology's "30th anniversary celebrations"
• Mario Antonio L. Jiz II of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), who was named a 2017 National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist for his work on schistosomiasis, an infection that presents significant public health problems in the Philippines
• Jeffrey S. Perez, a research specialist from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, who gained a spot for his contribution in updating the active fault map of the country
• Lanndon A. Ocampo of the Cebu Technological University, who received the 2017 Outstanding Young Scientist Award from the National Academy of Science and Technology "for contributing to manufacturing sustainability and risk analysis"
• Lucille V. Abad of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute, who earned the Julian A. Banzon Medal as a 2017 Outstanding Research and Development Awardee for her research on "using irradiated seaweed as a plant growth supplement"

The science and technology publication said the great minds who made the list "represent the best of what Asia has to offer the scientific community at large." —Margaret Claire Layug/JST, GMA News