Filipino and Foreign Scientist and their significant contribution in the field of chemistry

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Svante August Arrhenius (1903) - electrolytic theory of dissociation. Lord Ernest Rutherford (1908) disintegration of radioactive substances. Marie Curie (1911) elements radium and polonium. Walther Hermann Nernst (1920) thermochemistry Frederic Joliot and Irene Joliot Curie (1934) synthesis artificial radioactive elements. Otto Hahn (1944) fission and heavy nuclei. Edwin Matisson Mcmillan and Glenn Theodore Seaborg (1951) transuranium elements. Linus Carl Pauling (1954) nature of chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (1964) pioneering the technique of x-ray crystallography used to determine the structure of important biochemistry substances. Robert Floyd Curl Jr., Sir Harold Walter Krotto and Richard Erreth Smalley (1996) fullerenes. Luz Oliveros Belardo extraction of essential oils, chemical and physical properties which are applied in herbal medication and creation synthetic flavors. William Padolina phytochemistry like extraction of natural insecticides from indigenous plants, preparation of fatty acid derivatives, biogas generation from crop residues. Etc. Gerardo Janairo for developing new routes to pharmacologically interesting organic compounds which has impact on the synthesis of antibiotics and analogs. Concepcion Lozada generation of information and development of technologies that help in the reduction of post harvest losses of tropical fruits and vegetables. Fortunato Sevilla III chemical sensors and biosensors used in the analysis and development of low cost instrumentation for chemical education. Elma Llaguno organic pollutants in the environment and humic substances in soil, sediment and water. Julian Banzon production of alternative fuels and in the extraction of residual coconut oil by chemical means rather than physical. Francisco Santos nutritive values and chemical composition of local foods in the Philippines, which helped in detecting and solving problems associated with Filipino diets. Francisco Quisumbing Quink ink, a quick drying ink with cleaning properties, used in parker pens. Gloria de Castro Bernas Philippine plants in the management of cancer. Evelyn Mae Tecson Mendoza molecular mechanism of plant resistant to pest and diseases, biochemical factors affecting nutritional quality and acceptability of plant foods and biochemical basis of the makapuno phenotype of coconut. Beatrice Guevarra natural products especially alkaloid-bearing plants in the Philippine rainforest.