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For Filipino-American History Month, I'd like to highlight some awesome Filipinx scientists working in fundamental physics and adjacent fields.
#FAHM @fanhs_national
http://fanhs-national.org/filam/about/
#FAHM @fanhs_national
http://fanhs-national.org/filam/about/
This year @nip_upd graduated the Philippines' first ever 'home grown' gravitational physics PhD, Dr. Reginald Bernardo. 
https://medium.com/up-scientia/ph-to-graduate-its-first-gravitational-physicist-82ac09e8c35a
https://medium.com/up-scientia/ph-to-graduate-its-first-gravitational-physicist-82ac09e8c35a
Reginald's adviser, Prof. Ian Vega, is the head of the @Gravity_NIP_UPD group at @UPDiliman1908. Here's a photo with Ian (center) from the @samahangpisika conference in 2019.
https://ianvega.wixsite.com/ianvega/gravity-group
https://ianvega.wixsite.com/ianvega/gravity-group
Ian has single-handedly created a hub for international-level gravity research. He's now graduating his second cohort of undergrad/MSc students who easily meet the bar of some of the best incoming students at @UCRiverside. Colleagues, keep an eye out for these applicants.
The gravity group at @nip_upd has a brand new astronomical data and computation group headed by the inimitable @reina_reyes!
Reina's impact on science in the Philippines and among Filipinos around the world cannot be understated. She has inspired me to re-think the ways in which science builds bridges across countries. https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/reina-reyes-looks-like-science
Marvin Flores is a professor at @nip_upd trained in quantum information who is doing a sabbatical as a postdoc at @WitsUniversity with @ATLASexperiment. Upon his return, he will lead the Philippines' efforts in experimental particle physics.
http://nip.upd.edu.ph/profiles/marvin-flores/
http://nip.upd.edu.ph/profiles/marvin-flores/
Marvin's paper on Stealth SUSY may have been the first hep-ex LHC paper by a Filipino Ph.D
https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08026
https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.08026
However, I think the first hep-ex LHC paper by a Filipino national may belong to @gabrielgallardo (arXiv:1804.03602), a D.Phil student at @OxfordPhysics working with @ATLASexperiment.
https://gabrielgallardo.wordpress.com
https://gabrielgallardo.wordpress.com
To the best of my knowledge, the second Filipino [high-energy] physics professor based in the US is Mikhail Solon, who recently began as faculty at @UCLA.
Photo (from SoCal BSM 2018): current Filipino physics professors in the US. (Are there others?)
http://bhaumik-institute.physics.ucla.edu/Read%20More_Mikhail%20Solon
![To the best of my knowledge, the second Filipino [high-energy] physics professor based in the US is Mikhail Solon, who recently began as faculty at @UCLA. Photo (from SoCal BSM 2018): current Filipino physics professors in the US. (Are there others?) http://bhaumik-institute.physics.ucla.edu/Read%20More_Mikhail%20Solon](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjlVvP1UcAA8nw7.jpg "To the best of my knowledge, the second Filipino [high-energy] physics professor based in the US is Mikhail Solon, who recently began as faculty at @UCLA. Photo (from SoCal BSM 2018): current Filipino physics professors in the US. (Are there others?) http://bhaumik-institute.physics.ucla.edu/Read%20More_Mikhail%20Solon")
Photo (from SoCal BSM 2018): current Filipino physics professors in the US. (Are there others?)
http://bhaumik-institute.physics.ucla.edu/Read%20More_Mikhail%20Solon
By the way, Mikhail work on effective field theories are both broad and deeply insightful. I remember many years ago having lunch with Miks when he was a visiting prospective grad student; he ended up going to @UChicago... sorry @CornellPhysics. :-)
https://inspirehep.net/authors/1274418
https://inspirehep.net/authors/1274418
On the astro side, @MiaDoesAstro is an @NSFGRFP fellow at @Caltech. She's also an @astrobites writer, co-organizer of the Caltech FUTURE of Physics Program, and one of the eloquent voices in the discussion about the TMT ( https://medium.com/@mithidelosreyes/where-do-we-go-from-here-db1ab248b69b).
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~madlr/
https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~madlr/
PhD student @TramAcuna at @Sissaschool is a rising dark matter particle theorist (!!). Here's Tram's first paper, which I think may be the first dark matter theory paper by a Filipino national.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.04146
https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.04146
Sagada Penano is an undergraduate Physics major at @Stanford who I met at the 2020 @PASUfficial graduation celebration. Since then, she remotely joined my group to work on dark matter capture in neutron stars. Her recent work is on machine learning techniques in @LIGO.
I recently found out that Sagada is the daughter of Dr. Joe Penano, head of the Beam Physics Branch and Radiation and Acceleration Physics Section of the @NavyResearchLab.
I'd also like to shout out Jane Garcia, a 2nd year physics grad student at @ucmerced. She's not a particle physicist, but she was one of the students who hosted me at @nip_upd and I welcome her to the @UofCalifornia. https://twitter.com/upphysics/status/1296764348585533445
Hillary Andales ( @cosmichillarays) is starting her sophomore year at @MIT focusing on astrophysics. Keep an eye on this rising star---she's been on a stellar trajectory since winning the @brkthroughprize Junior Challenge in 2017.
https://hillaryandales.com
https://hillaryandales.com
I've been deeply moved by the way that the Philippines has voiced its support for Hillary from across the world.
*This* is how we build a more inclusive, global scientific community. I applaud this culture envisions its aspiring young scientists as role models and ambassadors.
*This* is how we build a more inclusive, global scientific community. I applaud this culture envisions its aspiring young scientists as role models and ambassadors.
In my own past, I think the very first Filipino physicist that I met was Jonathan Hsu, a string theory PhD who was a TA of mine when I was an undergrad.
https://inspirehep.net/authors/1029439
https://inspirehep.net/authors/1029439
Prof. Jose Magpantay may have been the first even Filipino particle physics theorist.
http://nip.upd.edu.ph/nip-honors-prof-dr-jose-a-magpantay/
https://inspirehep.net/authors/999242
http://nip.upd.edu.ph/nip-honors-prof-dr-jose-a-magpantay/
https://inspirehep.net/authors/999242
Another example of the apple not falling far from the tree, his daughter, Prof. Felicia Magpantay, is a mathematics professor at @queensu. https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/introducing-our-new-faculty-members-felicia-magpantay
A recent development for science education in the Philippines: thanks to a philanthropic sponsorship, the digital textbook company has made its entire library of courses free of charge to any user with an http://edu.ph email.
https://kudu.ph
https://kudu.ph
I've recently discovered the Association of Filipino Scientists in America, @AFSAOfficial, which (among other things) hosts a delightful kumusta conversation every Wednesday.
https://www.filipinoscientists.org/kumustahan
https://www.filipinoscientists.org/kumustahan
Looking for role models and representation? Check out https://pinoyscientists.com (mostly on instagram).
https://www.instagram.com/pinoyscientists/
https://www.instagram.com/pinoyscientists/
