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Education and professional career
- 2012–present: Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2010–2015: Head of the Department of Photoexcitable Membranes, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2006–2010: Head of the Department of Photoexcitable Membranes, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2010–2012: Associate Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2003–2010: Associate Professor, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2004–2006: Acting Head of the Department of Photoexcitable Membranes, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 1988–2003: Research Associate, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 1988: PhD in Biology, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 1984–1988: PhD student, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 1980–1984: Biologist, Institute of Biophysics – Bulgarian academy of Sciences
- 1979: Biologist, Institute of plant Physiology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 1977: Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology, MSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology
Scientific interests
- Mechanisms of light energy transduction in photosynthetic membranes
- Role of the structural organization of pigment-protein complexes, lipid composition and physicochemical properties of thylakoid membranes for the effectiveness of primary photosynthetic processes
- Relationship between the structural organization and stability of the photosynthetic apparatus to abiotic stress
- Mechanisms of the adaptation of plants to abiotic stress
- Phytoremediation and tolerance of plants to different pollutants
- Development of biosensors using photosynthetic membranes
Training and scientific supervision
Supervisor of MSc and PhD students
- MSc students: Kolyo Dankov, Dessislava Topalova, Martin Stefanov
- PhD students: Kolyo Dankov, Pavlina Ivanova, Georgi Rashkov, Ekaterina Yozova, Martin Stefanov
PhD students course
- Photoprocesses in biological membranes – Center of Education, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Languages
- English
- Russian
Expert Activity
- Reviews for international journals
- Reviewer competitions for academic positions
- Reviewer for PhD thesis
- Reviewer for grants – Hungarian Scientific Research Fund ОТКА, Hungary
