Educational Background

Post-Graduate: Master of Science in Astronomy (2014-2016)

                            National Central University, Taiwan

 

Tertiary: Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics (2009-2013)

               University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)

 

Secondary: St. Joseph’s Academy, High school (2005-2009)

                    Sariaya, Quezon

 

Work Experience

• Intern, Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Summer Student Program),                            Taipei, Taiwan (July 1—August 31, 2014)

• Research Development Assistant, Regulus SpaceTech Inc., Makati (April 30, 2013 —June 30, 2014)

• Intern, Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory-Superconductor Group, National Institute of Physics,           University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City (April 11 — May 25, 2012

• Physics Teacher, Brain Train School International, Los Banos, Laguna (April 10 — June 2, 2011)

 

Honors/ Awards

• Full Travel and Accommodation Grant, Spring School in Particles and Fields, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, April 2-5, 2014

• Conference Grant, Recontres du Vietnam Conference on Exoplanetary Science, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, April 20-26,2014

• Full Travel and Accommodation Grant, NARIT-KASI Radio Astronomy Winter School, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Jan. 27-30, 2014

• Travel Grant, Southeast Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration Meeting, Bandung, Indonesia, Nov. 18-22, 201

• Scholarship Grant (9500 euros), Summer Space Program, International Space University, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France, Mar. 15, 201

• Full Travel and Accommodation Grant, SOKENDAI Asian Winter School, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Mitaka Campus, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 3-5, 2012

• Nominee, College of Arts and Sciences’ Most Outstanding Graduating Student of 2013

 

Paper Presented

• Jerome P. de Leon and Rogel Mari D. Sese, “Thermal Differential and Image Analysis of 11-cm Solar Telescopes”, 2nd SEAYAC Meeting, Bandung, Indonesia, Nov. 18-22, 2013 (Oral Presentation)

• Jerome P. de Leon and Rogel Mari D. Sese, “Developing Low-Cost Automated Solar Micro-observatory”, 1st Southeast Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration (SEAYAC) Meeting, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Nov. 5-7, 2012. (Oral Presentation)

 

Affiliations

• Member, Southeast Asian Young Astronomers Collaboration, November 2012—present

• Member, UPLB Astrophysics Research Laboratory, IMSP, UPLB, 2011—present

• Alumni, University of the Philippines- Gawad Kalinga Los Baños (UPGK-LB), 2011—present

 

Research Interests

• Theory and Observation (High Resolution Direct Imaging in Scattered Light) of Young Stellar Objects (t~1-10Myr) with disks

• Design and Fabrication of Automated Telescope Systems

• Physics and Astronomy Education