Edgardo D. Gomez

Professor Emeritus

Institution
University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute

Country
Philippines

Field
Environmental Sciences & Geology

Gomez led the world’s first national-scale assessment of damage to coral reefs, work which led to him being conferred the title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 2014.

(Photo: Gil Jacinto/University of the Philippines, Marine Science Institute)


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