Sen. Assist. Prof. Iglika Lessigiarska, PhD | CV

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Education

  • 1987 – 1992: Sofia Mathematical Secondary School “Paisiy Hilendarski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • 1992 – 1997: Medical University – Sofia, Faculty of Pharmacy. M.Sc. degree in Pharmacy
  • 2002 – 2006: Liverpool John Morres University – Liverpool, England. PhD degree in computational analysis and molecular modelling of bioactive chemical compounds: “Development of Structure-Activity Relationships for Pharmacotoxicological Endpoints Relevant to European Union Legislation”
  • 1997 – 2008: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Physics, subject: Astronomy and teacher in Physics and Astronomy

Work experience

  • Sep 1997 – Mar 1998 – Pharmacist in pharmaceutical company for drug distribution “Kaliman RT”, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Apr 1998 – Oct 1998: Research associate in the Institute of Physicochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Nov 1998 – Feb 2002: Research associate in Centre of Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Feb 2002 – Feb 2005: Research fellow in European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy; research in computational analysis of bioactive compounds
  • Feb 2006 – Dec 2008: Clinical Research Associate in Quintiles Branch Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria – monitor of clinical trials
  • Apr 2009 – Jun 2010: Specialist in the Centre of Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Dec 2012 – Nov 2017: Clinical Research Associate in Quintiles Bulgaria EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria – monitor of clinical trials
  • Nov 2017 – present: Clinical Research Associate in QVIA RDS Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria – monitor of clinical trials
  • Jul 2010 – Nov 2022: Specialist in the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Nov 2022 – present: Senior Assist. Prof. in the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Fields of scientific experience

  • Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) and molecular modelling of bioactive chemical compounds, statistical methods, molecular modelling software packages.
    Skills in ‘C’ programming language

Foreign languages

  • English, Italian, Russian

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