Xavier Romy Braña
Xavier earned his Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education (2013) and his MA degree in Education (2021), both from West Visayas State University. He passed the licensure examination for teachers in 2013 and has been a physics teacher and research adviser at the Philippine Science High School Western Visayas Campus since 2016. While on study leave from PSHS, he pursued graduate studies at NIP, aiming to further develop his expertise as a teacher and adviser, and to fulfill his teenage dream of becoming a physicist. He earned his MS in Physics last 2025 and is currently pursuing a PhD in Physics.
First-principles calculation of structural, electronic, magnetic, ferroelectric, and multiferroic properties of NiTeO₄ within GGA and GGA+U frameworks