Jurgenne H. Primavera

Jurgenne Honculada-Primavera (born 22 February) is a widely cited Filipina marine scientist.

[1][2] For her research in mangrove ecosystem conservation she was honored as one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Environment for 2008.

[4] Jurgenne and her twin sister, Georgette, were born on 22 February in Mindanao, in the Philippines.

[1][5] Primavera completed a BS in zoology from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

[6] For nearly a decade she taught biology and zoology at Mindanao State University, until a growing insurgency caused her to take a research position with the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center in the safer Visayas.