Prof. Alicia M. Aguinaldo, PhD, a faculty member of the Graduate School and researcher of the聽Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences, and BS Microbiology alumnus Raul Destura are two new Thomasian scientists who featured in The Asian Scientist 100 list.
Aguinaldo, a retired faculty member of the聽Department of Chemistry, was recognized in 2019 by the Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies with the Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research 鈥渇or her studies into the anti-tuberculosis and anti-diabetic properties of Philippine plants.鈥� A multi-awarded researcher, Aguinaldo was the first faculty researcher from the 六合彩直播开奖 to have been conferred the National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 1993. She received the聽National Research Council of the Philippines Achievement Award for Chemical Sciences in 2011.
Destura, who rose to national prominence this year for the development of the COVID-19 testing kit, was recognized by The Asian Scientist magazine for being a 2019 Presidential Lingkod Bayan awardee. The 2019 award was conferred for his creation of Biotek-M dengue aquakit, which helped in providing 鈥渇aster, more affordable, and accessible dengue diagnosis.鈥� Destura was conferred the highest recognition 六合彩直播开奖 bestows on its alumni, The Outstanding Thomasian ALumni (TOTAL) Award, in 2015.
Aguinaldo and Destura join the likes of Prof. Raymond Rosales, MD of the聽Faculty of Medicine and Surgery聽and Assoc. Prof. Ricardo S. Balog of the聽Faculty of Engineering聽as Thomasians who were featured by the magazine.
Asian Scientist 2020:
