David P. Penaloza Jr., PhD
Professor of Chemistry | DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY (Philippines)
Professor of Chemistry | DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY (Philippines)
First vice president, The Chemical Society of the Philippines (2021-2024)
Member - Board of Directors, Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (2021-2023)
Treasurer and member - Board of Directors, The Chemical Society of the Philippines (2017-2021)
Section Editor, Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology (Scopus-indexed) (October 2024-present)
Member of the editorial board, (1) Nature Scientific Reports Journal (July 2025-present) | (2) Engineering Chemistry Journal (March 2023-present) | (3) PeerJ Materials Science (Scopus-indexed, IF3.06) (September 2022 - present) | (4) Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology (Scopus-indexed) (August 2019-present) | (5) Journal of Research Update in Polymer Science (April 2023-present)
Reviewed 50+ manuscripts for 20+ journals including Scopus- and/or ISI-indexed/journals: (1) ACS Applied Polymer Materials; (2) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces; (3) Journal of Chemical Education (ACS); (4) European Polymer Journal (Elsevier); (5) Journal of Nanoparticle Research; (6) Materials Research; (7) Journal of Materials Science (Springer); (8) International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology (Springer); (9) Clay Minerals; (10) Gels (MDPI); (11) Polymers (MDPI); (12) Coatings (MDPI); (13) Materials (MDPI); (14) Forests (MDPI); (15) Epitoanyag Journal of Silicate Based and Composite Materials (Hungary); (16) Tribology in Industry (Journal of the Serbian Tribology Society); (17) Plant, Soil and Environment (Czech Republic); (18) Vietnam Journal of Science and Technology; (19) Philippine Journal of Science
National Organizing Committee (NOC) Chair, 38th Philippine Chemistry Congress (38PCC) and 2024 International Conference on Chemistry (2024IC2) | Davao, Philippines (July 22-24, 2024) (www.kkp.org.ph/38pcc/)
Organizing Committee Chair, De La Salle University Research Congress 2024 (DLSU ResCon 2024) | De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines (June 20-22, 2024) (https://easychair.org/cfp/DLSUResCon2024)
Technical Committee Member, (1) 1st International Conference on Biomacromolecules and Biomimetic Materials (ICBBM 2016) (www.icbbm.org) | Boracay, Philippines (March 06-08, 2020); (2) 2nd International Conference on Biomacromolecules and Biomimetic Materials (ICBBM 2020) (www.icbbm.org) Chiba University | Tokyo, Japan (April 10-13, 2020); (3) 2020 International Conference on Frontiers of Chemical Materials and Process (CFCMP2020) (https://www.cfcmp.org) | Seoul, South Korea (July 20-22, 2020); (4) 3rd International Conference on Biomacromolecules and Biomimetic Materials (ICBBM 2021) (www.icbbm.org) Chiba University | Tokyo, Japan (April 16-19, 2021)
Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) | The Chemical Society of Japan | The Society of Polymer Science, Japan | Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) | National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) | Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas (The Chemical Society of the Philippines)