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1. 5 SCIENTIST
Raul V. Fabella (born 12 April 1949, Bacolod,NegrosOccidental,Philippines)
is a Filipino academic,economistand NationalScientistof thePhilippines.[1] He
wasborn to Estelito Fabella and Magdalena Villaseñorin Bacolod,Negros
Occidental.Raul is the grandnephew of GabrielFabella,fatherof June12th.
Raul's grandfatherAdriano wasGabriel'sbrother.
Fabella waseducated at the Seminario Mayor-Recoletos(now theCasiciaco
RecoletosSeminary, Ph.B. 1970); the University of the PhilippinesSchoolof
Economics at UPDiliman (M.A. 1975). He obtained his Ph.D. fromthe
Departmentof Economicsof Yale University in 1982 with the dissertation
"Economiesof Scale in the Household Production Modeland Intra-Family
Allocation of Resources".[2] His entire academiccareer hasbeen spentwith the
facultyof the Universityof the PhilippinesSchoolof Economics (UPSE),which heserved asdean from
1998 to 2007.
Bienvenido F. Nebres S.J. is a Filipino scientist, mathematician,
and Jesuitwho wasthe longest-serving university presidentof the Ateneo de
Manila University.He succeeded Joaquin G.Bernas in 1993, and served as
UniversityPresidentuntil 1 June2011. He currently sits as a memberof the board
of trusteesof Georgetown University,RegisUniversity,theAsian Instituteof
Management(wherehesitsasVice-Chair),and othercolleges and universitiesin
the Philippines.He is also a memberof the board of directors of PhilippineLong
Distance TelephoneCompany,andiscurrently chairman of the Synergeia
Foundation.Hewasalso ProvincialSuperiorof the Society of Jesus in the
Philippines.[1]
Ramon CabanosBarba ONS (born August 31, 1939, San Nicolas,
Ilocos Norte[1]) is a Filipino inventor and horticulturist[2][3] best known
for inventing a way to induce more flowers in mango trees
using ethrel and potassium nitrate.[4] Barba was proclaimed a National
Scientist of the Philippines in June 2014.[5]
Barba was also recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in
Agriculture in 1974, and was given the Horticultural Technology Award in
June 1999.

2. Gavino Trono Jr.,Ph.D. (born 1931) is a Filipino biologistdubbed asthe "Father
of Kappaphycusfarming".] Hewasconferred therankof NationalScientist of the
Philippines for contributionsto thestudy of tropical marine phycology,focusing on
seaweed biodiversity. He is currently working asa technical consultantforthe Food
and AgricultureOrganization (FAO) AquacultureSeaweedResearch and
Developmentand is a professoremeritusof the University of the Philippines Marine
Science Institute.
EdgardoGomezsaw the need to protect the Philippine archipelago's vast
marine resources in particular that of coral reefs. He led the world’s first
national-scale assessment of damage to coral reefs leading to international
conservation initiatives such as the replanting of corals.[2][5] He also
pioneered giant clam (Tridacna gigas) breeding stationed in Bolinao and
other protective areas for coastal communities of the Philippines.[2][6]
Additionally, he took part in creating the baseline map of the Philippines,
and provided information to the Philippine government during talks over
the territorial disputes in the Spratly Islands.[2] In 2007, he pioneered the
study on ocean acidification caused by increased levels of absorbed carbon
dioxide in the ocean.[5]
Gomez was conferred the rank of National Scientist of the Philippines in
2014 by Benigno Aquino III, the President of the Philippines. This award,
which comes with a lifetime pension, has been bestowed upon over thirty leading scientists. The
confirmation ceremony took place at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañan Palace where Gomez was
awarded for his research and conservation efforts in invertebrate biology and ecology on 12
August 2014.[2]