Gregorio Velasquez is regarded as the Father of Philippine Phycology - the study of algae.

• Birthplace : Calumpit, Bulacan, Philipppines
• Birth Date : September 2, 1901 Died : July 29, 1989

• College : University of the Philippines (Batch 1925)
• Course : Botany
• Post Graduate (Masteral) : UP (1931)
• Post Graduate (Doctorate) : Phycology, University of Michigan (1939)

• Devored 30 years studying algae in the Philippines
• Published over a hundred papers on phycology

1. 1982 - National Scientist

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