{{Short description|30th president of Ateneo de Manila University}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jose Ramon Villarin | order = 30th | honorific_prefix = '''The Very Reverend''' | honorific_suffix = <small>S.J.</small> | image = Fr._Jose_Ramon_Villarin.png | predecessor = Bienvenido Nebres | successor = Roberto Yap | title = President of the Ateneo de Manila University | birth_name = Jose Ramon Tizon Villarin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Philippines | alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University (BS, STB)<br/>Marquette University (MS)<br/>Georgia Institute of Technology (PhD) | profession = Physicist<br/>Professor<br/>Jesuit priest | term_start = June 1, 2011 | term_end = July 31, 2020 }} '''Jose Ramon Tizon Villarin''', <small>S.J.</small>, known as '''"Fr. Jett"''' to his students and colleagues, is a Filipino Jesuit priest and scientist who served as the 30th president of the Ateneo de Manila University. On June 29, 2010, he was elected to succeed Bienvenido Nebres as president,<ref name="election">{{cite web |url=http://www.ateneo.edu/index.php?p=120&type=2&sec=29&aid=8559 |title = Ateneo de Manila University}}</ref><ref name="newateneopresident2">{{Cite web |url=http://ls.ateneo.edu/module.php?LM=articles.detail&eid=1305688650296 |title=Appointment of Jose Ramon T. Villarin, SJ as president of ADMU effective June 1, 2011 |access-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-date=December 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231832/http://ls.ateneo.edu/module.php?LM=articles.detail&eid=1305688650296 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and later elected for two more terms before stepping down on July 31, 2020. Prior to his Ateneo De Manila presidency, he was succeeded as President of Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan by Roberto Yap.
== Early life and education == Villarin was born on January 30, 1960. He attended the Ateneo de Manila University for his undergraduate studies, receiving a Bachelor of Science in physics, magna cum laude, graduating in 1980 as class valedictorian. Subsequently, he entered the Society of Jesus, and earned philosophy credits at the Ateneo de Manila graduate school as pre-requisites for seminary theology. He then attended the Loyola School of Theology, a federated unit within Ateneo de Manila, and received his Bachelor of Sacred Theology, summa cum laude, in 1985. He then did graduate work in the United States, receiving a Master of Science in physics from Marquette University in 1987, and his Ph.D. in atmospheric physics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1997.<ref name="DOST">[http://webdb.stii.dost.gov.ph/scidetails.jsp?sci_id=000109 Fr. Villarin in DOST Scientist Database]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klima.ph/experts-frjett.htm |title=::::: Klima climate change center ::::: |accessdate=2010-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725031534/http://www.klima.ph/experts-frjett.htm |archivedate=2011-07-25 }}</ref>
== As a Jesuit == Villarin entered the Sacred Heart Novitiate in Novaliches on May 30, 1981. He made simple profession of vows on May 31, 1983. He was ordained a priest on April 20, 1991, and took his final vows in January 2005.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
== As a scientist and educator == Villarin served in various capacities throughout his career as a scientist. He worked at Georgia Tech as a graduate research assistant and as a researcher in the Laser Laboratory of the Ateneo.<ref name="DOST"/> He was the head of the Climate Studies Division of the Manila Observatory.<ref name="DOST"/> He is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Physics in the School of Science and Engineering at the Ateneo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sose.ateneo.edu/system.php?LS=staticpages&id=1205288980437 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527185529/http://sose.ateneo.edu/system.php?LS=staticpages&id=1205288980437 |archive-date=2010-05-27 |title=Ateneo de Manila University - School of Science and Engineering}}</ref>
He received the National Outstanding Young Scientist award in 2000 and the Outstanding Book Award for "Disturbing Climate" in 2002. He is also an active member of several local and international environment and climate committees, such as the United Nations' Consultative Group of Experts for Developing Countries, and the Inter-Agency Committee on Climate Change, among others.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}
In 2005, he became president of Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan, and became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Ateneo de Manila University in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ateneo.edu/?p=98 |title = Ateneo de Manila University}}</ref> He also sits as a member of the boards of trustees of the Ateneo de Davao University, the Ateneo de Naga University, and the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.<ref name="election"/>
In 2011, he became the president of the Ateneo de Manila University.<ref name="ADMpres">{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/09/07/11/aquino-swear-ateneos-new-president|title=Aquino to swear in Ateneo's new president|publisher=ABS-CBN News|date=September 7, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>
Villarin, through his work on greenhouse gas emissions, was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize together with a team of climate scientists.<ref>{{cite web |title=Father Jett: Voice for University and Youth Action on Climate, in the Philippines and Beyond |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/father-jett-voice-for-university-and-youth-action-on-climate-in-the-philippines-and-beyond-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010234540/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/father-jett-voice-for-university-and-youth-action-on-climate-in-the-philippines-and-beyond-2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 10, 2021 |website=National Geographic |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=en |date=5 February 2014}}</ref><ref name=ADMbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.ateneo.edu/presidents-bio-data|title=The President's bio-data|publisher=Ateneo De Manila University|date=December 1, 2012|accessdate=November 20, 2018|archive-date=December 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171207192503/http://www.ateneo.edu/presidents-bio-data|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=newsfrjett>{{cite news|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/09/07/11/aquino-swear-ateneos-new-president|title=Aquino to swear in Ateneo's new president|date=September 7, 2011|publisher=ABS-CBN News|access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> The award is also shared with former vice president of the United States Al Gore.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/|title = 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates|accessdate = 20 November 2018}}</ref>
==See also== * List of Filipino Nobel laureates and nominees
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