The President of the Republic of Macedonia, Dr. Gjorge Ivanov today, at the official ceremony held at the Presidential Villa Vodno, awarded the title “The Youngest Scientist”. The award for 2011 went to Trifce Sandev whose field of interest and research are natural sciences and mathematics, specifically physics and mathematical physics.

As President Ivanov stressed, awarding this recognition for high scientific achievements is becoming a tradition, aimed at stimulating science, with special emphasis on young Macedonian scientists up to 30 years of age.

”Last year, when the recognition was awarded for the first time, seventeen young scientists applied for the competition. This year there were twenty-two, which clearly shows the increasing interest”, the President said, adding that based on the analysis of the received outstanding scientific papers, not only quantitative but also qualitative positive step is evident.

”Creativity and achievements by young scientists give us the right to believe that there is potential that should seriously be taken into consideration in all scientific fields. We, as a society, should do everything young scientists to assume posts in education, institutions, companies, where they can contribute most with their scientific work in the development of our country”, President Ivanov said.

Extending congratulations to Sandev for the recognition, the President noted that he is particularly pleased that this young scientist has acquired his education in the national educational institutions, lives and works in the Republic of Macedonia. This testifies, President Ivanov said, that we can produce top scientific achievements, which are an integral part of the global contemporary science.

Trifce Sandev was born in Kratovo, and graduated at the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Skopje, where he is a PhD candidate. He said that for a young man to receive such recognition by the Head of State, who is at the very beginning of his scientific-research career, means a lot.

"This award makes me happy and pleased as it is a confirmation of the quality of my work and its significance for the country, furthermore, it inspires and obliges me to continue to give my best and to further contribute to the promotion of scientific research in the Republic of Macedonia", Sandev said.

The best young scientist in 2011 also said that it is his desire this award to become a promoter of young scientists from the Republic of Macedonia.

"Only if young people are committed to science and if their results and achievements are stimulated, we will be able to face the challenges borne by modern times", Trifce Sandev said.

Trifce Sandev is employed in the Radiation Safety Directorate, through the competition of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia for employment of top 100 students in the state in 2006. He has participated in many conferences, seminars, training courses and schools in the country and abroad, where he has presented part of the results of his scientific and professional work. He is the author of about twenty scientific papers, most of which were published in international reference journals with impact factor. He is a reviewer of several scientific papers in three international journals: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Physica Scripta, and International Journal of Modern Physics B. He is a member of the Society of Physicists of Macedonia and the European Society of Physicists.