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Who are some famous Filipino biologists and what are their contributions to the field of biology?

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Filipino Biologists

Angel C. Alcala
- Invented artificial coral reefs to be used in South East Asia.
Pedro B. Escuro
- rice breeding
- he developed the dwarf, high-yielding C4 rice varieties.
Edgardo Gomez
-Research achievements on marine ecosystems
Bienvinido O. Juliano
-At 42, he has already more than a hundred scientific articles mostly published in international journals.
Milagrosa R. Martinez
- Pioneering efforts in the development of micro algaculture;
- Research in the field of phycology, including ecological studies of NOSTOC COMMUNE and CHLORELLA
Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza
-Born on August 7, 1947. Research in plant biochemistry.
Quirino O. Navarro
-The determination of nuclear property in the isotopes of californium, einsteinium and dysprosium using cryogenic techniques.
Baldomero Olivera, Jr.
-Research in the field of biochemistry and molecular biology.
Asuncion Raymundo
-Soil Microbiology
Alfredo Santos
-Research in the chemistry of natural products.
Reynaldo A. Tabada
- Air pollution and water resource development (development academy of the Philippines and center for economic development)
- Environment impact assessment of air pollutants from coal-fired thermal power plants (national power corporation)
- Influence of hydrogen sulfide and heavy metal emission from operation of tiwi (albay) geothermal plant on d vegetation (NPC)
- compartmentalization of nitrogen and phosphorus in laguna lake (SEAFDEC)

Carmen Velasquez
- Specialist in fish parasitology - the study of parasites and hosts among fish.
Benito S. Vergara

- Leading authority on the flowering response of rice to photoperiodsm and physiology and improvement of deep water rice
- He authored a numbered of technical materials on rice science
Prescillano M. Zamora
- Dr. Zamora is recognized for his contributions to plant anatomy-morphology, pteridophyte biology, and the conservation of environment and natural resources policy research.
Cabrera, Benjamin D.
- M.D., M.P.H. Medical Parasitology and Public Health especially for filariasis and ascariasis
Eduardo Quisimbing
- He is an expert in medicinal plants.
Carmen Velasquez
- Discovered 32 species and one new genus of digenetic trematodes

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