Dr. Kathleen B. Aviso is faculty member and researcher at De La Salle University, where she is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. She is considered an environmental advocate, as she is widely recognized for her research and contributions to environmental decision-making of the Philippines through her mathematical models. In 2013, she was an awardee of the Outstanding Young Scientists Award.

She is from National Capital Region (Philippines) and currently works in Manila, Philippines. Her interests include, dance, more specifically, ballet. If she was not a scientist, she would have become a professional dancer. ^[1]

In 2000, she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Then, she pursued her Masters from De La Salle University in Environmental Engineering and Management, which she received in 2006 with high distinction and an outstanding thesis award. She received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Industrial Engineering from De La Salle University in 2010.

She previously worked at Monde Nissin as a Quality Assurance Analyst from 2001 - 2003.

She started working at De La Salle, Manila in October 2010, and continues to work in De La Salle's Chemical Engineering Department as an Associate Professor.

In 2013, she received the Paterno and Natividad Bacani Professorial Chair in Chemical Engineering from the Gokongwei College of Engineering.

Her research is on the development of mathematical models, which she studies in order to help environmental decision-making.

^[1] It has allowed for better identification of the appropriate technologies to use in order to conserve resources and minimize the environmental impacts of industrial processes.

^[1] Her models have allowed the minimization of national and global concerns, such as climate change, efficient water, and CO 2 capture and storage.

Currently, she has 25 Scopus-listed publications with an h-index of 11.

She is also apart of the Disaster R.E.A.L.M. team, who helps analysts and policymakers to specify the disaster scenario simulation parameters.

Her work from her master's thesis, more specifically, her work on decision analysis tools in life cycle assessment, was awarded the Outstanding Scientific Paper Award in 2008 from the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). She also won the 2010 NAST Talent Search for Young Scientists due to her Ph.D. work on the development of mathematical models for efficient water use in eco-industrial parks. In 2013, the NAST also recognized her as one of the Outstanding Young Scientists for her involvement in environmental sciences engineering due to her focus on the developing models to help reduce both national and global environmental concerns. She was a finalist of the 2016 Asean-U.S. Science Prize for Women on Energy Research.