PHILIPPINES

Yev was born and raised in Iloilo City, Philippines. He graduated with a degree in BS Chemistry from the University of the Philippines – Visayas, after which he worked as an instructor at the University of the Philippines – Manila. He came to Japan in 2013 to pursue graduate studies through the HIGO Program of Kumamoto University, and acquired his Masters in Health Life Sciences in 2015 and his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2018. He worked at a business consultancy company in Tokyo in 2019 to help bring biotechnology and medical companies from abroad into Japan. In 2020, he joined Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. and is currently under the Frontier Development Division. He is also a Department of Science and Technology Balik Scientist Awardee for 2021 (under the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development), teaming up with the Philippine Genome Center – Visayas Satellite Facility to encourage life science researchers within the region to bring their technologies to society, and is very passionate in helping accelerate science and technology in the Philippines, as he believes it will be the key to the country’s development.