Draft:CP David

Carlos Primo “CP” Constantino David is a Filipino scientist and University of the Philippines professor 1. He is currently the Undersecretary for Integrated Environmental Science of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 23.

Dr. CP David is the head of DENR’s National Geospatial Database Office 45 and the Undersecretary-in-charge of the Water Resources Management Office 6.

Biography
Carlos Primo Constantino David was born on December 8, 1970. He is the son of Professor Emeritus Randy David of the University of the Philippines Diliman and former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission, the late Karina Constantino-David [Randy David|7]. He is the brother of TV journalist, Kara David [Kara_David|8].

Professional Career
CP David graduated from the University of the Philippines Diliman with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Geology in 1991 and Masters of Science in Geology in 1995 from the University of the Philippines Diliman. He subsequently started teaching at the National Institute of Geological Sciences, U.P. Diliman. He left the country in 1997 to pursue further studies and finished his Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Geology in 2003 from Stanford University, USA 9. While at Stanford, CP David worked as a scientist in the United States Geological Survey under the Department of the Interior 10.

Upon returning to the Philippines, Dr. David resumed teaching at UP Diliman as a Professor of Geology and Environmental Science. He was one of the pioneer scientists of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Project Noah 11. He also headed GMA’s IM Ready Public Service Program managing the weather news and occasionally coming out in various GMA news programs as a resident expert from 2013-2015 12. He joined the DOST in 2015 as Executive Director of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technologies Research and Development (PCIEERD) and concurrently as head of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI) 13. As an expert in climate change, he was appointed Chairperson of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Climate Change Commission (CCC) in 2019 14. In 2023, he joined Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga in DENR as Undersecretary.

He conducts research on climate change, water, and flooding and continues his collaborations with Stanford University 15.

CP David and his wife, Ani Almario, established 2005 The Raya School, a progressive K-12 school in Quezon City, Philippines 16. The Raya School branch in Calamba, Inspire Raya Senior High School for Sports, is the country’s first sports high school where student-athletes go to school and train in preparation for college athletics and the national team 17.