Joel Marciano Jr.
Joel Marciano Jr. | |
|---|---|
| 1st Director General of the Philippine Space Agency | |
| In office January 7, 2020 – February 5, 2025 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology | |
| In office March 29, 2016 – January 7, 2020 | |
| President | Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte |
| Preceded by | Denis F. Villorente |
| Succeeded by | Joanna G. Syjuco |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joel Joseph Sacro Marciano Jr. 1972 or 1973 (age 52–53) Manila, Philippines |
| Residence | Las Piñas |
| Education | University of the Philippines Diliman (BSc) University of New South Wales (PhD) |
| Occupation | Government official |
| Profession | Engineer and academic |
Joel Joseph Sacro Marciano Jr. is a Filipino engineer, academic and the first Director General of the Philippine Space Agency, a government agency under the Office of the President in charge of the Philippines' national space program.
Prior to his appointment as PhilSA administrator, Marciano served as acting Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Philippine Department of Science and Technology. He is also a university professor at the University of the Philippines College of Engineering since 1994. Marciano has also served as the program head of the Philippine Scientific Earth Observation Microsatellite program (PHL-Microsat) that launched the first Philippine-made satellite, the Diwata-1, into space in April 2016.