Sponsored by IMSP-CAS, the lecture will be a popular talk, a "scientific autobiography", that focuses on the human and personal side of creating and writing about a new theory. The event also serves to launch the book here in UPLB which was officially launched last July 8, 2009 at the Manila Hotel. In Dr. Muriel's own words, the book "can become an inspiration for Filipino students and dreamers who wish to to do science."

Dr. Muriel, a co-founder of a new field of physics called Quantum Turbulence, holds a PhD degree in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is currently a visiting professor of Max Planck Institute of Physics of Complex Systems, Germany and the National Institute of Physics in UP Diliman. A corresponding member of the National Academy of Science and Technology, Dr. Muriel is in the country to continue his NIP-based research initiatives in Theoretical Physics under the Balik-Scientist Program of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).