Mahar Lagmay | |
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 Lagmay during the awarding ceremony of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) in 2013. | |
| Born | Alfredo Mahar Francisco Amante Lagmay (1966-10-04)October 4, 1966 (age 58) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Education | University of the Philippines Diliman (BSc, 1987; MSc, 1993) University of Cambridge (PhD, 2001) |
| Known for | Project NOAH |
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| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | University of the Philippines Diliman |
| Thesis | Studies on explosive eruptions and emplacement of pyroclastic flows (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Pyle |
Alfredo Mahar Francisco Amante Lagmay (born October 4, 1966) is a Filipino geologist. He is executive director ofProject NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) and a professor at theNational Institute of Geological Sciences of theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.
Lagmay earned hisB.Sc. ingeology in 1987 andM.Sc. in 1993 from theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.[3] He earned hisPhD in geology from theUniversity of Cambridge in 2001. He also became a visiting scientist at the Geophysics Department ofStanford University andNational Autonomous University of Mexico.[4][3] He is currently a faculty member of theNational Institute of Geological Sciences of theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.[5] Upon returning to the university as a professor, his research interest focused on volcanic behavior and implications for human activities.[6]
His expertise on disaster mitigation[6] allowed him to leadDOST'sProject NOAH as executive director in 2012; Project NOAH has been described as the country's leading disaster prevention and mitigation program.[7]
Lagmay has published detailed analyses of major disasters in the Philippines such as theGuinsaugon landslide;Mayon eruptions; typhoonsOndoy,Sendong,Pablo, andYolanda; and storm surges.[8][9] He was part of the Philippine panel on the Philippine claim toBenham Rise in theUnited Nations Commission on the Law of the Sea.[1]
In 2013, Lagmay was awarded the Outstanding Filipino for Geology and Earth Science,[2] and was awarded as "WikiPinoy of the Year" byWikiPilipinas in 2014 for “empowering the public with open information and insight into the significant issues affecting the country today.”[7] Lagmay was awarded the Plinius Medal by theEuropean Geosciences Union on 15 April 2015, inVienna, Austria, for his "outstanding interdisciplinary natural-hazard research and natural-disaster engagement in the Philippines, particularly with respect to volcanic hazards, earthquakes, typhoons, landslides and floods."[8][9][1] He is the first Asian to receive the award.[10]
Lagmay was also a radio personality. He co-hostedRED Alert onDZMM with reportersAtom Araullo and Ted Esguerra. The radio program was recognized in the 9th Hildegarde Awards of St. Scholastica College in 2015,[11] the Communication Management Award of Merit for the Multi-Audience Communication category by the Philippine Quill Awards for 2014[12] and the 2014 Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA) for best educational radio program.
Lagmay has been a consultant to theWorld Bank[1][10] and a member of the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering.[13]
Lagmay is the youngest son ofAlfredo Lagmay,national scientist for experimental psychology andProfessor Emeritus of Psychology at theUniversity of the Philippines Diliman.[14]
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