Dr. John Paul S. Tosoc is a Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Scientist in the Philippines. He is currently an Associate Professor and MS Biology Program Coordinator at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, and Director of the Regional Science Research Center under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, Extension, and Innovation at Mindanao State University-General Santos in General Santos City, Philippines. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Health Research and Society, one of MSU-GenSan's official international journals. He was a former Research Fellow IV at the Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila City, Philippines. He led the animal surgery and other in vivo experiments for the Acute Myocardial Infarction Disease Modeling of the Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes Project at UP Manila, collaborating with UP Diliman and the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Tosoc obtained his Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Science degrees in Biology at Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines. During his PhD program, he was a Visiting Research Scholar at the Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) in Rensselaer, New York, USA, where he completed his dissertation and hands-on training in pharmaceutical science, nanomedicine, and cancer research. For the past seven years, he has focused most of his research on identifying and evaluating the pharmacological properties of medicinal plants in the Philippines for potential drug discovery and development.

His advocacies include promoting the importance of researching and pursuing a career in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and challenging unrealistic stereotypes of scientists as geniuses, introverts, and silent figures. In addition to conducting research, Dr. Tosoc has also engaged in science communication on social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram as a content creator. Through his content, he aims to show the real life of a scientist abroad and in the Philippines.

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