QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES - It was equal parts homecoming and opportunity to inspire the next generation of Filipino geologists and geochemists for Dr. Ruth Esther Delina-Agillon as she presented her talk on “From rocks to wastes: Tracing the fate of chromium in mining-impacted lateritic environments” last 15 May 2025 at the National Institute of Geological Sciences.
The NIGS alumna, now an incoming Experimental Geochemist at the British Geological Survey, highlighted the behavior of chromium and its life cycle throughout her talk which was held at the NIGS Seminar Room.
Dr. Delina-Agillon (second from left) presented with a certificate of appreciation after her talk. Photo courtesy of the Iuvenis Orbis Geological Fraternity.
Dr. Delina-Agillon obtained her BSc and MSc in Geology at UP-NIGS before successfully completing her doctorate in Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy at the Freie Universität Berlin and the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Potsdam, Germany in 2024. During her time as a UP-NIGS student, she was the recipient of numerous scholarships and grants and placed second at the 2016 Board Licensure Examination for Geologists.
The talk was conducted as part of the 72nd NIGS Lecture Series, organized by the Iuvenis Orbis Geological Fraternity in partnership with UP-NIGS and the University of the Philippines Diliman. The NIGS Lecture Series is a series of lectures featuring guest lecturers both from the Philippines and abroad that tackles various topics and studies from different fields of geology and the earth sciences.