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Filipino chemist (1925–2013)

Clara Y. Lim-Sylianco (18 August 1925 – 23 July 2013^[1]) was a Filipino chemist who was granted the title of National Scientist of the Philippines in 1994.

Lim-Sylianco's research focused on mutagens, antimutagens, and bio-organic mechanisms. She has published articles, books, and monographs in organic chemistry, biochemistry, genetic toxicology, and molecular nutrition. Also an educator, Lim-Sylianco has written books that are used as reference texts in college chemistry courses in the Philippines.

2 filipino chemist biography

Education

Lim-Sylianco received an associate degree for the pre-medicine program at Silliman University in 1947. However, she switched out of the Medicine track shortly after to pursue a bachelor's degree in chemistry, where she graduated as magna cum laude in 1949.^[1] Lim-Sylianco then pursued a master's in Chemistry at University of the Philippines in 1949.

There, she worked as a research assistant until