The Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas – Southern Tagalog, Inc. was established in 1971 as the Kapisanan ng mga Kimiko ng Pilipinas (Chemical Society of the Philippines) Los Baños Chapter (KKP-LB) by a core group of chemistry professionals from the University of the Philippines Los Baños. The organization later expanded to establish scientific linkages in the Southern Tagalog region, hence its present name.