PH Consul General in Calgary Lauds Filipino Recipient of U of A’s Prestigious Award

Mr. Albert Remus Rosana, PhD Candidate in University of Alberta. (Photo courtesy of University of Alberta)

CALGARY 04 November 2020 – Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy B. Patron conveyed his congratulations to Mr. Albert Remus Rosana, Filipino PhD in Chemistry student in University of Alberta (U of A), who was recently named as one of the three recipients of the prestigious Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Graduate Prize given by the university on 14 October 2020. Mr. Rosana received a total of grant of CAD100,000 over the next two years.

The Killam awardees are selected based on a PhD student’s academic achievement, research proposal, letters of recommendation, and leadership qualities. The recognition is U of A’s highest award for its PhD students.

Mr. Rosana is currently researching for new ways to control the spread of the mountain pine beetle epidemic that threatens not only the Western Canadian pine tree forest but the whole forest ecosystem of Canada. Since 2012, he has already written 22 publications and is currently working on six manuscripts for his various researches, some in collaboration with other researchers. While in U of A, Mr. Rosana still conducts research in the Philippines that can potentially help various Philippine industries.

“Mr. Rosana’s remarkable achievement is a testament that Filipinos can excel academically, including in research, and be among the best in the world,” said Consul General Patron.

Mr. Rosana, a native of Sta. Cruz, Laguna, Philippines, earned his degree in BS Biology with flying colors from the University of the Philippines Los Baños in 2005. He first studied in U of A for his Master of Science in Microbiology and Biotechnology in 2010, then started his PhD in Chemistry in 2016. END

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