On Friday, Minister of Science Sanja Damjanović will present Milena Simović with the award for the most successful scientist under the age of 30, Željko Jaćimović for the most successful scientist over the age of 30, while the award for inventor of the year will go to Milan Bojović.
The proposal for three winners came from the Commission for the awarding of annual awards for scientific achievements in 2018, and all of them will be awarded 2.000 euros each.
Also, the minister decided that Miloš Brajović will be awarded as second-ranked in the competition for the most successful scientist under 30 years of age. He will be awarded 1.000 euros.
Simović is a second-year doctoral student at the Institute for Cancer Research in Heidelberg, Germany. "The topics of her research are of exceptional importance for the entire society, and they stand out for their originality and the possibility of application in practice," the announcement of the Department of Science states.
Jaćimović is a full professor at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Technology in Podgorica. "The application of his research work is particularly important for the economic sector. Dr. Jaćimović has extensive international experience when it comes to participating in conferences and publishing papers in prestigious scientific journals," the announcement reads.
When it comes to Bojović, he, as the leader of an international team of inventors, registered a patent this year entitled "Device for charging accumulator batteries for electric cars", and the prototype received numerous awards at international meetings.
Brajović is a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica.
"The area of his research is digital signal processing with applications in biomedicine, multimedia systems, communications and radar technology. He had several publications in leading scientific journals and presentations at international conferences," explained the Ministry of Science.
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