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Career
- 1978–1981: Specialist Biologist, Central Institute of Veterinary Medicine (Bulgaria)
- 1987–1998: Research associate, Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (Bulgaria)
- 1992: Research associate, Department of Botany, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- 1992–1993: Guest researcher, Centre de Recherche en Photobiophysique, Université du Quebec á Trois Rivières, Trois Rivières, Quebec (Canada)
- 1993–1994: Guest researcher, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada)
- 1999: Guest researcher, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki (Japan)
- 1998–2008: Guest researcher, Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University, Umeå (Sweden)
- 2003: Guest researcher, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- 2007: Guest researcher, University of Concepción, Concepción (Chili)
- 2007: Guest researcher, Chungnam National University, Daejeon (South Korea)
- 1995–2006: Research associate, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada)
- 2006–2008: Technical Director, The Biotron, Faculty of Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada)
- 2009: Guest researcher, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco (Chili)
- 2009–досега: Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (Canada)
- 2016–досега: Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia (Bulgaria)
Education
- 1972–1978: Specialty “Biology”, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1982–1987: Ph.D. Central Laboratory of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Expertise
Scientific supervisor of 6 defended Ph.D. dissertations, 2 Master Theses (M.Sci.) and 7 Honors Thesis (Biology 499E):
- Rachael Morgan Ph.D., UWO, Canada 1995-1999
- Ewa Miskiewicz Ph.D., UWO, Canada 1997-2001
- Sam Sulgi Kim 450-451 Honors Thesis, UWO, Canada 2001-2002
- Dominic Rosso Ph.D., UWO, Canada 2002-2007
- Mike Gretes 450-451 Honors Thesis, UWO, Canada 2002-2003
- Mey Abdawi-Moussa 450-451 Honors Thesis, M.Sci., UWO, Canada 2002-2005
- Beth Szyszka M.Sci., UWO, Canada 2004-2006
- Beth Szyszka Ph.D., UWO, Canada 2007-2014
- Sylvester Palys 450-451 Honors Thesis, UWO, Canada 2005-2006
- Alisha Duwyn Biology 499E, UWO, Canada 2007-2008
- Mohammad Abbas Biology 4999E, UWO, Canada 2010-2011
- Stefan Sandström Ph.D., University of Umeå, Sweden 2000-2004
- Marjorie Reyes-Diaz Ph.D., University of Concepción, Chile 2006-2007
Reviewer for international scientific journals
- Acta Physiologia Plantarum
- Annals of Botany
- Australian Journal of Botany
- Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Biochimica et Biophysica Acta
- Bioelectrochemistry
- Canadian Journal of Botany
- Cell Biology International
- Crop Science
- Environmental and Experimental Botany
- Environmental Science and Technology
- European Biophysics Journal
- FEBS Letters
- Frontiers of Plant Science
- Functional Plant Biology
- Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
- Journal of Experimental Botany
- Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology-B:Biology
- Journal of Plant Physiology
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- New Phytology
- Oecologia
- Open Structural Biology Journal
- Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences
- Photosynthesis Research
- Photosynthetica
- Physiologia Plantarum
- Planta
- Plant Biology
- Plant Biotechnology Reports
- Plant Cell Physiology
- Plant, Cell and Environment
- Plant Growth Regulation
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
- PLoS ONE
- Polar Biology
- Russian Journal of Plant Physiology Tree Physiology
- Trees-Structure and FunctionZeitschrift fur Naturforschung C
Reviewer of research projects for:
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- International Science Foundation (Long Term Research Grants)
- Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) – Israel/USA
- Austrian Science Fund
- Czech Science Foundation
Scientific publications: 128