Category 1
Developed vaccination and pasteurization techniques.
Louis Pasteur
Known as the "father of microbiology" for his discovery of single-celled organisms.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Discovered cells and coined the term "cell".
Robert Hooke
Discovered the structure of DNA.
James Watson and Francis Crick
Known as the "father of genetics" for his work on plant hybridization and the discovery of fundamental principles of heredity.
Gregor Mendel
Proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection and published "On the Origin of Species".
Charles Darwin
Developed binomial nomenclature and is considered the "father of modern taxonomy".
Carolus Linnaeus
Developed the first vaccine for smallpox.
Edward Jenner
Classified organisms into a "Ladder of Life" and is often called the "father of biology".
Aristotle
Proposed the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Discovered the nucleus.
Robert Brown
Father of antibiotics.
Alexander Flemming
Father of mutation.
Hugo de Vries
Antiseptic Techniques
Joseph Lister
Father of Modern Pathology
Rudolf Virchow
Coined the term "survival of the fittest"
Herbert Spencer
Coined the term "scientist"
William Whewell
Contributed to the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Rosalind Franklin
Father of Marine Microbiology
Claude Ephraim Zobell
Father of Bacteriology
Robert Koch
Known for her work on environmental conservation and the impact of pesticides.
Rachel Carson
Discovered the main blood groups and developed the modern blood classification system.
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered telomerase and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Elizabeth Blackburn
Father of Poultry Science in the Philippines
Dr. Francisco Fronda
She has also done basic study on the pharmacognosy.
Dr. Magdalena C. Cantoria