Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr.

Joel Joseph Marciano Jr. was appointed as the first Director-General of the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) in January 2020. Immediately prior to the PhilSA, he served as the Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ASTI).

He has over 25 years of experience leading and managing research & development and technical operations in specialized areas of wireless communications (software-defined and cognitive radio technology, RFID, MIMO, etc.), radiofrequency spectrum management and policy, rural connectivity, emergency response communications, sensor networks, and scientific earth observation microsatellites.