Renato Solidum Jr.
Renato Solidum Jr. | |
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Solidum in 2022 | |
| 9th Secretary of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office August 13, 2022 | |
| President | Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Fortunato de la Peña |
| Undersecretary for Scientific and Technical Services | |
| In office 2019–2022 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Succeeded by | Maridon O. Sagahun |
| Undersecretary for Disaster Risk Reduction Climate Change Adaptation | |
| In office 2017–2019 | |
| President | Rodrigo Duterte |
| Director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology | |
| In office 2003–2022 | |
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos |
| Preceded by | Raymundo Punongbayan |
| Succeeded by | Teresito Bacolcol |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Renato Umali Solidum Jr. |
| Alma mater | University of the Philippines (B.S.) University of Illinois Chicago (M.S.) University of California, San Diego (Ph.D) |
| Occupation | Geologist |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geology |
| Institutions | Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology |
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Renato Umali Solidum Jr. is a Filipino geologist and government official who has served as the ninth secretary of science and technology since 2022. Before his appointment as Secretary, Solidum served as an Undersecretary for Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation at DOST and as the Officer-in-Charge of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS).