The commencement exercise at the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, last March 24, saw one Filipina graduate of their Ph.D. Program in Nuclear Engineering and Management - PNRIs Lucille V. Abad, Senior Science Research Specialist at the Institutes Chemistry Research Section.
Dr. Abad successfully hurdled the academic and dissertation requirements for the doctorate degree, completing the program as a scholar of the JSPS Ronpaku (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) and with support from the Department of Science and Technology which granted her official time to undertake her studies.
Under the mentorship of Dr. Hisaaki Kudo, Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo, she was able to defend her dissertation on Radiolysis Studies of Kappa Carrageenan for Biobased Materials Development, the results of which would provide basis for the development of novel products from K-carrageenan that can be harnessed for their anti-HIV, anti-herpes, anti-tumor and antioxidant properties.
Dr. Abad is now back at the Institute after pursuing her degree from 2005 to 2009.
