Paskal Sotirovski

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Portrait of Paskal Sotirovski, famous Macedonian astrophysicist at the Sorbonne University

Paskal Sotirovski, (

astrophysicist, specializing in solar physics.[1]

Education

Paskal finished primary school in Macedonia. He continued his education in

high school. Eventually, he graduated from the Educational School in Belgrade
.

Sotirovski spent some years as a school teacher in Bela Crkva, but in 1950 he enrolled as a regular student at the Faculty of Philosophy and Department of Physics at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He graduated in 1956 and started teaching physics at the Josip Broz Tito High School in Skopje.

In 1961, Sotirovski was employed as an

PhD thesis in solar physics
, and obtained the highest mark possible.

Career

After getting his PhD degree, Sotirovski became a member of the French National Center of Scientific Research, which is a great recognition of a scientist's work. He is also a member of the French Department of Solar and Planetary Astronomy and in 1991 he is elected for a member of Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Sotirovski has his

Meudon Observatory in Paris. As a scientist with international reputation he gave lectures in America, Japan, Russia, India etc. His scientific works were published in many journals and magazines around the world. He was able to speak fluently few world languages: English, French, German, Russian, as well as his mother tongue Macedonian.[2]

Foundation "Dr. Paskal Sotirovski"

In the 1990s Sotirovski established the foundation that bears his name and financially supports the young and talented Macedonian minds.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Dnevnik". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  2. ^ "New Page 1". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  3. ^ "::: Foundation "PASKAL SOTIROVSKI" :::". Archived from the original on 2008-08-19. Retrieved 2012-09-29.