Length
20
Pages
The Stuff of Life
Synopsis
Gisela P. Concepcion, is the Vice-President of Academic Affairs of the University of the Philippines Diliman. She received her BS Chemistry (cum laude) from UP Diliman in 1975, MS Biochemistry from UP Manila in 1982 and her PhD in Chemistry from UP Diliman in 1995. She is an internationally recognized award-winning researcher and academician. Some of her awards are the Dr. Eusebio Y. Garcia Recognition Award for Molecular Biology and Molecular Pathology, the National Research Council of the Philippines Achievement Award in Chemistry and the Paz and Severino Koh Lectureship Award in Science. One of her largest project is the Pharmaseas Marine Drug Discovery Program where she works together with local and international partners. This series was made possible by the National Book Development Board through its National Book Development Trust Fund Program and its subcommittee on Gender Studies.
Size
10 x 8 x 0.25
Inches
Weight
200
Grams
Type
Soft Cover
Featured In
The Women of Science series of children’s books features stories from the careers of some of the Philippines’ most respected female scientists. It is hoped that these stories find their way into the hearts and minds of our young girls in particular, to spark in them the curiosity and wonder that may lead them to becoming women of science themselves.
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