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On this day in , Julian Banzon, a Filipino biochemist, educator and National Scientist of the Philippines, was born in Balanga, Bataan..
Julian Banzon
Filipino biochemist (–)
Julián Arca Banzón (March 25, – September 13, ) was a Filipino biochemist and a National Scientist of the Philippines.[1] Banzon is credited for his research in alternative fuel.
Julian Banzon Outstanding Research and Development Award for Applied Research given by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Academy of.
He researched on the production of ethyl ester fuels from sugarcane and coconuts and devised a method of extracting residualcoconut oil through chemical means.[2]
Early life and education
Julian Banzon was born on March 25, , to Manuel S.
Banzon and Arcadia Arca in Balanga, Bataan.[1][3]
Banzon graduated from the University of the Philippines in Manila in with a degree of Bachelor of Science in chemistry. After some years working as an instructor at his alma mater, in he entered the Iowa State University in the United States as a UP pensionado.
Banzon obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in biochemistry and a minor in Microbiology in [1] The topic of his doctoral dissertation was the “fermentative utilizatio