Dr. Igor Pajović and Dr. Martin Ćalasan are the winners of awards for scientific achievements in 2017, the Ministry of Science announced.
The awards were presented by the Minister of Science, Sanja Damjanović, at a solemn ceremony that took place today in Villa Gorica in Podgorica.
The press release states that the Decision on awarding the awards was made by the Commission with the following composition: Dr. Sanja Damjanović, Minister of Science, President; Dr. Nina Radulović, member of the Council for Scientific Research; Dr. Andrej Mihailović, researcher at King's College in London; prof. Dr. Aleksandra Perović, associate professor at University College London; and Saša Ivanović, project manager for research on the INVO project.
"For the category of the most successful scientist, Dr. Igor Pajović, a researcher at the University of Montenegro - Faculty of Biotechnology in Podgorica, was chosen. Pajović was the head of the INVO scientific research project that dealt with the monitoring of invasive species of mosquitoes. After many years of work on the subject of mosquitoes, as possible vectors of human infectious diseases and animals in Montenegro, the winner presented an innovative approach, solutions and results through a series of novelties such as the use of an interactive map; the production and presentation of climate models applied to Montenegro, related to the possibility of spreading and predicting the appearance of vectors on the territory of our country." it is stated in the announcement of the Ministry of Science.
From that government department, they also said that the direct result of the research has already been applied in practice using applications for mobile phones by the Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs of Montenegro.
"Pajović is a researcher in four international projects, as well as within the COST action. He published, as one of the co-authors, two scientific papers in international journals in 2017," said the Ministry of Science.
In the inventor-innovator category for the most successful innovative solution, Martin Ćalasan, a teaching associate at the University of Montenegro - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, was chosen.
As part of the preparation of his doctoral dissertation, Ćalasan, together with his mentor, realized, i.e. formed a simulation model and an experimental prototype, two power converter topologies that enable sensorless control of a switching generator.
"When it comes to the level of investment in science and development in Montenegro, it is still at a lower level compared to the EU average. However, although the investment is below the EU average, if we show that we know how to use the funds in a rational and strategic way, we will enable new progress," said Minister of Science Sanja Damjanović at the award ceremony.
She particularly emphasized the great success that Montenegro achieved this year for the first time in the EU program Horizon 2020, which represents the most important program for research and innovation.
"It is precisely the country's participation in this program that indicates its competitiveness and potential. After three years of negative effects of participation, Montenegro achieved a net profit from this program for the first time in 2017, and the success rate has been increasing over the last months, in order to ten days ago, we came in first place with a success rate of 25%. Just this year, for the first time, we opened a competition for innovative projects, as well as for projects that will encourage participation in the EU programs Horizon 2020 and COST. I am glad that today with we are the winners of these projects. I especially want to congratulate the award winners and wish them much success in their further work. I hope that their results will be an inspiration to future young researchers, said Damjanović.
The winner of the award in the category of the most successful scientist, Igor Pajović, said that he feels great satisfaction and personal satisfaction, and that such an achievement implies a lot of work, renunciation and commitment to design the research and present it to financiers, realize it and publish the result, but that along the way he had support before all family, but also colleagues.
According to him, the decisions of the Ministry of Science in the last few months show that they strongly support projects that are socially responsible, the results of which are widely applied and which benefit society as a whole.
Martin Ćalasan, winner of the award for the most successful inventor-innovator, said that he perceives the award as support, recognition, motivation, but also a great obligation.
"It represents a great support because practical science is strongly supported through this kind of award, i.e. connecting science and practice. It supports young people to be innovative, because their efforts will pay off, and their results will be recognized, appreciated and rewarded," he said. Chalasan at the award.
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