DLSU prof, first Filipino to receive Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship
De La Salle University Chemical Engineering Professor Dr. Joey Ocon was selected as one of the recipients of the 2026 Yale Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship, which will be hosted by Yale University’s International Leadership Center at the Jackson School of Global Affairs.
He is the first Filipino to be selected for the fellowship, representing perspectives from the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia.
The Fellowship is a five-month program that convenes 16 rising practitioners who were selected out of over four thousand applications from across the developing economies to strengthen leadership skills, deepen networks, and explore policy solutions with global leaders advancing climate and clean energy.
The Program will commence in February 2026 at the Yale campus in New Haven. The fellowship then continues with a series of remote learning sessions featuring top international experts on policy issues associated with climate change and the clean energy transition. It concludes in June with an in-person week in Paris, including dialogues with leading international energy and climate change experts.
Ocon is a scientist, educator, entrepreneur, and sustainability practitioner bridging science, policy, and innovation to advance a just and regenerative energy future in Southeast Asia. As a researcher, he has over 150 international publications and 4000 citations. He is also a Principal Strategist for Energy Transition (Southeast Asia) at the global sustainability organization Forum for the Future; Co-Founder, President, and CTO of Nascent Batteries, the ASEAN region’s first sodium-ion battery start-up; and a Co-Convenor of the independent think tank Center for Energy Research and Policy (CERP).
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