Nicolae Filip (3 March 1926 – 15 May 2009) was a Moldovan physicist born in the village of Sofia, Bălți 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.

Nicolae Filip was born on 3 March 1926, in Sofia Village of Bălți County, in a family of peasants.

After the third year of education, he was transferred to the Pedagogical Institute of Chișinău and in 1952graduated it with the honorable mention, obtaining the diploma of physicist.

Since 1953, he has been working at the Pedagogical Institute in Bălți and, after its reorganization into the "A. Russo” State University, he occupied the positions of lecturer, senior lecturer, professor, associate professor, head of the department, deputy-rector for science, rector.