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12.15.2008

Noel Tawatao




Noel Tawatao

  • 1st Filipino recipient of the prestigious Darwin Fellowship Programme (2008)



QUOTE
"Being a Darwin Fellow is very rewarding as it opened lots of opportunities, enhanced my taxonomic skills and enabled me to work with some world-class scientists who have inspired me more to achieve my goals as a young scientist."


DATE OF BIRTH
1982

USEFUL LINKS

Noel Tawatao, UK Darwin initiative's first Filipino Scholar
Noel Tawatao - WikiPilipinas

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