presenting, the BRAIN TRAIN teachers!

Ask our students and they'll tell you that they've met their best teachers at BRAIN TRAIN. Not only are they all young, intelligent, and energetic, but they really enjoy teaching.
	Mr. ERWIN ESCOBAR Instructor, Dept. of Engineering Science, UPLB; Phil. Science High School graduate; BS Chemical Engineering (cum laude), UPLB (4 and a half years)
	Mr. JULIUS CAESAR LABAN Instructor, Inst. of Biological Sciences (IBS), UPLB, 1993-1994; BS Biology graduate, UPLB, 2003, magna cum laude, class valedictorian; Doctor of Medicine (currently enrolled), UP College of Medicine; Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines awardee, 2003; University President's Medal, 2003; CAS Faculty Medal for Academic Excellence, 2003; IBS Faculty Medal for Academic Excellence, 2003; Governor Teresita S. Lazaro's Excellence Award, 2003; BPI Science Awardee, 2003; Academic Excellence in the Biological Sciences awardee, 2003; Most Outstanding Junior for SY 2001 - 2002; Top Scholar of Laguna, 2000 - 2003, 2004 - present
	Ms. GMELEEN FAYE TOMBOC UP BS Business Economics (magna cum laude), UPDil; Bachelor of Laws, UP College of Law; UP Oblation Scholar (top 50 out of 65,000 UPCAT examinees); UPRHS graduate (Valedictorian); 1st Placer, 1994 UPRHS Entrance Test
	Prof. JOMAR ISON, M.S. Asst. Professor, Inst. of Biological Sciences, UPLB, 1996-2003; UPRHS honor graduate; BS Biology (cum laude), UPLB; MS Genetics, Minor in Biochemistry, UPLB; IBS Faculty Medal of Excellence; Phi Sigma Outstanding Student Awardee
	Dr. EMMA SALES Ph.D Genetics, UPLB; MS Seed Physiology, UPLB; BS Agriculture, UPLB; Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act Research and Development Best Paper Awardee; Certificate in Seed Technology, Massey University, New Zealand; Philippine Team Leader, Asian Maize Biotechnology Network; researcher, Molecular Marker Techniques for Selection of Induced Mutation of Bananas with Improved Post Harvest Qualities (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations); scholar, PCARRD Manpower Development Program, New Zealand Bilateral Program, and DOST-PCASTRD Manpower Development Program; Board of Director, Crop Science Society of the Philippines; member, Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society, Phil. Society for the Advancement of Genetics, Global Musa Genomics Consortium, International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences
	Mr. IRVIN DOMINGO JR. BS Agricultural Chemistry (cum laude), UPLB; CAS-UPLB Most Outstanding Student; BPI Science Awardee; DOST Scholar; 1st Placer (team), National Chemistry Quiz Contest, 2002-2004; 1st Placer, DOST National Science and Invention Trivia Contest
	Ms. NESSE GRACE URIARTE Asst. Professor, Inst. of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, UPLB; BS Applied Physics (cum laude), UPLB; MS Environmental Science, UPLB; DOST Scholar; Outstanding Junior Faculty of IMSP, UPLB
	Mr. RANDY LADAGA Instructor, Inst. of Biological Sciences, UPLB, 1996-1999; Phil. Science High School graduate; BS Zoology, UPLB; MS Zoology (candidate); 4th Placer, 1986 UPRHS Entrance Test, 96%, National Medical Admission Test
	Ms. ANNABELLE GONZALES Instructor, Institute of Chemistry, UPLB; BS Chemistry graduate (consistently in Honor Roll), UPLB, 2003; First Placer (team), National Chemistry Quiz Contest, 2003; First Placer (team), UPLB Statistics Quiz Contest, 2002
	Mr. JET SUMAGANG BS Chemical Engineering, UPLB, 2003; UP Rural High School (Honor Graduate); No. 1 Student in the College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology, 1st Semester 2003-04 (GWA 1.015)

	Ms. DEWMAINE SALES BS Development Communication graduate, UPLB, 2004; certificate courses, Teaching English as a Foreign/Second Language and Teaching Young Learners, The International TEFL [Teachers of English as a Foreign Language] Corporation (TITC), 2007; member, British Council's English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme (ELTeCS)
	Ms. RITCHELLE ESCOBIN BS Development Communication (cum laude), UPLB; UPRHS honor graduate; editor-in-chief, The Ruralite; UP INTARMED qualifier (top 80 of the UPCAT, all campuses)