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Personal data
- Born: September 11, 1952, Sofia, Bulgaria
Education
- 1970- High School
- 1975- MS of Biochemistry, Biological faculty, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- 1978- MS of Biophysics, Biological faculty, “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- 1983- PhD student in Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry of Lipids, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Phospholipid dependence of cytochrom P-450 in microsomes
Appointments
- 1983 -1991 Senior Research Assistant in Institute of Biophysics Research on phospholipid metabolism and transport, enzymes taking part in phospholipid metabolism such as sphingomyelinase, sphingomyelin synthesizing enzymes, ceramide, cholesterol, ceramidase and protein kinases A,C, tyrosine and casein kinases, phospholipase A2, as well as studies on different phospholipid species, fatty acids; cholesterol metabolism in the view of cellular signalling; membrane bilayer physicochemical properties and their influences on the enzymes mentioned above ; phospholipid liposomes as drug and radiopharmaceuticalcarriers. Lung metabolism and ARDS, structure of biological and artificial membranes.
- 1991 -2009 Associated Professor in the Institute of Biophysics
- 2008 Dr. of Sciences in Biochemistry
- Since 2009 Prof. in the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engeneering
- 1993-1997 Scientific secretary of the Institute of Biophysics
- 1993-1997 Head of the Department of Lipid-Protein Interactions
International training
- 1992-1993 Lady Davis Fellowship Fellow in Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department оf MedicalBiochemistry, Jerusalem, Israel Research on cholesterol metabolism transport, subcellular distribution as well as phospholipid metabolism in the view of cellular hypotrophy in rat heart myocytes.
- 1997-1998 Invited prof. Abo Academy, Turky, Finland, Research on membrane sphingomyelin and cell signaling
- December 2000 Invited prof. in Kantuky University and Emory University, USA, Role of ceramide in pathogenesis
- October-Nov. 2001 Invited prof. Bon University Germany, investigation on the structure of membrane ceramide-phosphoethanolamine
Teaching activities
- 1995-2015 Invited lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Biochemistry of Biological Membranes
- Since 2009-2019 Invited lecturer in the Department of Biotechnology, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Biophysics
Membership, Councils and Comissions
- Since 1985 Member of Bulgarian Biochemical Society, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
(President since 2005), Member of Government body of USB since 2009,
President of USB since 2016. - Since 1985 Member of Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- Since 2003 Member of European Respiratory Society
- Since 2008 Member of the Scientific Council of Institute of
Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering - 2011-2019 Member of the Scientific Council of Institute of Physiology of Plants and Genetics
- 2005-2013 Member of National Commission of Biology, National Scientific Fund of Bulgaria
- Since 2007 Member of the Advisory board of Biotechnology and Biotechnology Equipment
- 2010 Member of National Commission for Accreditation
Awards
- 2023 – Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, I class
- 2022 – Honorary Badge of the President of the Republic of of Bulgaria
- 2015 – A Golden Book for Contribution to the Development of Bulgarian Science
Scientific interests
- lipid metabolism, phospholipases, sphingomyelinases , sphingomyelin methabolism in norma and pathology, liposomes as carriers of different drugs, oxidative stress, structure and physico chemical properties of membrane bilayer, membrane domains, cell signaling
