Comiso josefino biography templates

Reflections on becoming a NASA physical research scientist

As young elementary school students in an obscure town in the Philippines we were told by our teachers that we should dream big.  I indeed tried to dream big and even more ambitiously than what I thought possible, thinking that if I manage to reach just halfway, I would already be happy.  Never did I realize that I would become a senior physical scientist at NASA and be able to collaborate or compete with top scientists around the world.  NASA is among the most prestigious technical institutions globally, and I have been lucky to be part of their Earth Sciences Division that is also regarded as having one of the best programs on Earth Sciences in the world.

I received a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from the University of the Philippines (UP), Diliman and was fortunate to be offered right away a position as a junior scientist at the then newly created Philippine Ato