Raymundo Punongbayan
Raymundo Punongbayan | |
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| Born | June 13, 1937 |
| Died | April 28, 2005 (aged 67) Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, Philippines |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines Diliman University of Colorado |
| Awards | Scholarship in Petroleum Geology, UP, Jose Maria Feliciano, 1957-1959
Scholarship in Geology, Univ. of Colorado, Rockfeller Foundation, 1965-1969 Likas Yaman Award for Studies on Mangrove Areas in the Philippine, MNR, 1979 Lepanto Professorial Chair in Geology, LCMC, 1982-1983 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology, Petrography, Petrology, Photogeology, Remote Sensing, Structural Geology, Tectonics |
| Institutions | Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology |
Dr. Raymundo Santiago Punongbayan (13 June 1937 – 28 April 2005) was the director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) from 1983 to 2002. Punongbayan became popular after handling two well-known calamities, the 1990 Luzon earthquake and the 1991 Pinatubo eruption. PHIVOLCS is the government agency in charge of conducting volcanic and earthquake monitoring in order to generate data that could be used to predict volcanic eruptions and earthquake occurrences.