Prof. Dr, Trajče Stafilov graduated in Chemistry in 1972 from the Faculty of Science in Skopje, North Macedonia. In 1977, he received his master's degree in Chemistry, and in 1985, he defended his PhD thesis at the same faculty. In 1974, he began working at the Faculty of Science in Skopje as an assistant in chemistry. From 1978 to 1985, he was head of the laboratory at the ferronickel company in Kavadarci. From 1985 to 1988, he was employed as a research associate at the Institute of Mining and Metallurgy in Skopje. In 1988, he was appointed assistant professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Science in Skopje, associate professor in 1993, and full professor in 1997. Prof. Stafilov works in analytical and environmental chemistry, focusing on developing analytical methods for determining various analytes using spectroscopic techniques. To date, he has published 535 papers, including 280 in WoS journals cited over 5,400 times, and 330 in the Scopus database cited over 7,800 times. He has published 25 monographs and 34 chapters. Prof. Stafilov has supervised 21 PhD and 52 master's students. He has received two state awards (in 2009 and 2017) in recognition of significant achievements in all areas of science of interest to North Macedonia. In 2017 and 2022, he received special recognition for his contribution to and promotion of Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. In 2025, he was elected an honorary member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.