AGNES L. CASTILLO, Ph.D. is recognized as one of the 25 recipients of the Philippine Men and Women of Science awarded by the DOST in 2015. She was also a DOST-SEI SCHOLARSHIP Awardee in 2010-2012 and received the DOST ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD in July 2013. Currently, she is a faculty member of the UST Faculty of Pharmacy and The Graduate School and a resident researcher at the UST Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences. In Dec 2014, Dr. Castillo was also chosen as the recipient of the Dr. Alfredo C. Santos Award which is given to young PhD natural product scientist by Natural Products Society of the Philippines (NPSP). Her works on pharmacology of natural products and its development like Tinospora lotion and drug delivery systems have been published in Scopus indexed, peer-reviewed national and international journals and had won research paper/poster contests. She has several research projects funded by government institutions like CHED, PITAHC and NRCP.