Dr. NATIVIDAD SILVA-MENDOZA
Microbiologist

Fine and hardworking scientists can be happy mothers, too. That's how her peers at the Industrial Technology and Development Institute, an agency of the Department of Science and Technology, describe Dr. Natividad Silva-Mendoza.

Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvaña, director of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-National Institutes of Health of the
University of the Philippines Manila, shared that genuine interest can entice a young mind to embrace biotechnology as an auspicious career
path to take.

Dr. Lasco, a multi-awarded scientist, was a cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore and thousands of scientists in the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC).

 As DOST Secretary from 1995-1999, Padolina, campaigned for the country’s global competitiveness via technology management, actively pushing for partnerships between government, the private sector, and the academe to utilize the power of the Internet, a revolutionary concept at that time, and make the Philippines at par with the rest of the word. He was instrumental in the increase of Internet awareness in the government sector as well as the growth of e-commerce in the country.