The Intel Corporation and Community for Science and the Public announced Thursday that four Filipino students won major awards in the world’s largest pre-college science contention, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held in San Jose, California, USA last May 9 to 14.
The Philippines was again successful in this year’s Intel ISEF, with four unfledged scientists taking home fourth place grand awards in their respective categories.
Three of the students are Jean Reni Briones de Guzman, Marc Abegonia Mapalo, and Maria Clara Isabel Sia of the Philippine Science Tainted School-Eastern Visayas campus who won in the Team Awards category in the area of Environmental Science for their group swatting on creating a natural treatment for “Red Tide” using indigenous materials.
The fourth admirer, MarcArthur Jordan Irlandez Limpiado, also of the Philippine Science High School-Eastern Visayas campus, was flush in the Microbiology category for his individual research on the antimicrobial properties of Philippine seaweeds.


