Dr. Angel T. Bautista VII is a Scientist I and the current Section Head of the Nuclear Materials Research Section of the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI). He obtained his BS Chemistry and MS Environmental Science degrees from UP Diliman in 2009 and 2013, and obtained his PhD in Nuclear Engineering and Management from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2016. He has been working in DOST-PNRI since 2009, where he specializes in the environmental aspects and applications of nuclear energy, science, and technology. He has published more than 20 Web of Science/Scopus-indexed scientific articles on environmental radioactivity and tracing pollution back to their sources. For his work related to the Fukushima Accident, he has been awarded “Excellent Researcher of the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia” by the Government of Japan in 2021. For his work on honey authenticity, he has been awarded with “Civil Service Commission Pag-asa Award” (Semi-Finalist) and National Research Council of the Philippines “Gabay Award” in 2023. His current research involvements and interests include the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Research Program Phase 1 (as Program Leader), Food Authenticity and Traceability Program (as Program Leader), investigating the elevated radioactive iodine-129 in the West Philippine Sea (as Project Leader), addressing arsenic contamination in Luzon (as Co-Project Leader), Philippine Remediation of Mine Tailings (as Study Leader), reconstruction of paleoenvironments using natural archives such as coral and sediment cores, and radiometric age dating (e.g., radiocarbon).