last updated: 30 June 2001

Saloma, Caesar

Caesar Saloma is a Professor of Physics at the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines in Diliman. He obtained his BS, MS, and PhD degrees from the University of the Philippines in 1981, 1984, and 1989, respectively. He has received distinguished awards including the Outstanding Young Scientist (Applied Physics) from the National Academy of Science and Technology in 1992,Third World Academy of Science (TWAS) Prize in Physics in 1997, and Hall of Fame Recognition as outstanding researcher (Gawad Chanselor) from the University of the Philippines.

Prof. Saloma is currently the Director of the National Institute of Physics, an Associate Editor for the Philippine Journal of Science and Science Diliman, and a reviewer of various international journals.

Prof. Caesar Saloma is actively involved in Electrooptics and Instrumentation Physics research.