Dr. Monterola heads Singapore complex systems team

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Dr. Christopher Monterola

Dr. Christopher Monterola, one of the leaders of the IPL Complex Systems Group, now heads the complex systems research work in Singapore. He joins the Institute of High Performance Computing, where Dr. Legara earlier started her work as scientist.

Dr. Monterola started to group together the researchers doing works on complexity in the late 2000s. Since his return from postdoctoral work until today, the group has become one of the most productive research groups in the NIP. Last year alone, six of the PhD students mentored by Dr. Monterola graduated, with one of them (Dr. Erika Fille Legara) receiving the Most Outstanding PhD Graduate award from the University of the Philippines. Dr. Monterola also received several distinctions, among them the NRCP Lifetime Achievement Award for Physics for his works on neural networks, granular materials, and social networks.

More information about Dr. Monterola from his website.

Dr. Batac joins MPIPKS

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Dr. Rene Batac

Dr. Rene Batac is off to Germany May 4, 2012 for a postdoctoral research position at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. His stint is for at least a year with a possible extension to two years.

In Dresden, he will be joining the group of Prof. Holger Kantz on Time Series Analysis. His previous works in the Philippines include granular material stability and experiments and models of avalanches.

More on Dr. Batac from his website.

Complex Systems Graduates Banner 2012 Batch

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The graduating members of the Complex Systems Group of the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory (IPL) finish on top of the graduating class of the Academic Year 2011-2012.

James Christopher Pang

Jen-Jen Manuel

James Christopher Pang and Jen-Jen Manuel both finish magna cum laude in this year's graduation ceremonies. Both students are from the BS Applied Physics program of the National Institute of Physics (NIP).

In addition, Pang received the award for Best Undergraduate Thesis and the Dean's Medallion for Applied Physics.