Nicolae Filip (3 March 1926 – 15 May 2009) was a Moldovan physicist born in the village of Sofia, BÃÂlÃÂi County to a family of farmers. He contributed significantly to the study of "The spread of ultrashort radio waves" and was elected as an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
He was the Chancellor of BÃÂlÃÂi's State University "Alecu Russo".
Nicolae Filip was born on 3 March 1926, in Sofia Village of BÃÂlÃÂi County, in a family of peasants. He completed the primary 7 years school at his native village, and then, the middle school No. 1 in the BÃÂlÃÂi town.
In 1948, he became a student of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the State University, ChiÃÂinÃÂu. After the third year of education, he was transferred to the Pedagogical Institute of ChiÃÂinÃÂu and in 1952graduated it with the honorable mention, obtaining the diploma of physicist. In the same year, he became a lecturer at the Soroca Institute of Education.
Since 1953, he has been working at the Pedagogical Institute in BÃÂlÃÂi and, after its reorganization into the "A. Russoâ State University, he occupied the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer, professor, associate professor, head of the department, deputy-rector for science, rector.
BÃÂlÃÂi Municipal Council Decision Nr. 11/24 on 03.04.2001, the recorded in the Book of Honor by assigning him the title "Honorary Citizen mun. BÃÂlÃÂi."