Dr. Raphael Guerrero holds his plaque commemorating two of his awards given by the National Academy of Sciences last July 11, 2013: (1) Outstanding Young Scientist and (2) Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries Prize for Young Scientists in the Philippines. "The Outstanding Young Scientists (OYS) award is given to young Filipino scientists (must not be 41 years old within January to December in the year of the award) who have made significant contributions to science and technology. "The TWAS Prize is an award given to outstanding young Filipino scientist by the Academy (NAST) and TWAS in the field of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, or Physics. He or she must not be 41 years old on the year of the awarding during the NAST Awarding Ceremonies (July 11, 2013). For 2013, the award is given to outstanding individual in the field of Physics. Dr. Raphael A. Guerrero of the Ateneo de Manila University was declared recipient of the said award, in recognition of his important studies on volume holographic storage and animation which offers a new holographic method for storing multiple pages of data in a nonlinear crystal and his works on the diffraction from relief gratings on a biomimetic elastomer cast from the carapace of a beetle found in Mindanao, Philippines, which have contributed significantly to the visibility of Philippine physics within the global community of scientists. Congratulations, Dr. Guerrero! nast.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=435:pr-35th-asm-recognition&catid=1:news
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:37:26 +0000
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