Prof. Ivaylo Christov, DSc | Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Technical University, Sofia, Specialty: Medical and nuclear instrumentation, 1978

Honours

  • PhD, Title: Acquisition, processing and recording of electrocardiographic signals, 1989
  • Assoc. Prof., Centre of Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Science, since 1996
  • DSc, Title: Noise removal, wave detection and measurement of parameters in electrocardiogram, since 2006.
  • Prof., Centre of Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Science, since 2007
  • Prof., Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Science, since 2011

Experience

  • 1979-1994 Central laboratory of Biomedical Instrumentation – Medical Academy, Sofia
  • 1994-2010 Centre of Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Science
  • Since September, 1999 – Head of “Analysis of Biomedical signals” Dept.
  • 2008 – 2010 deputy director of the Centre of Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • Since July 2010 – Institute of Biophysics & Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Fields of research

Electrocardiography, Vectorcardiography, ECG data acquisition and processing, Digital filtering, Wave detection in ECG, Arrhythmia analysis, Heart beat classification, Atrial flutter/fibrillation detection, T-loop morphology, T-wave alternans, QT dispersion

Membership in professional organizations

  • Member of the Bulgarian Society of Biomedical Physics & Engineering
  • Member of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE)
  • Member of the Union of the Mathematicians in Bulgaria
  • Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

Professional awards

  • 1984, 1985 – Gold medals for achievements in echocardiographic and electrocardiographic instrumentation.
  • 1984, 1986 – Awards of the international technical Plovdiv Fair.
  • 1988 – “Honourable Inventor” award and medal.
  • 2006 – Second best in the Physionet/Computers in Cardiology Challenge “QT interval measurement” in: Division 1: Manual and semi-automated methods
  • 2008 – 1st price winner in the Physionet/Computers in Cardiology Challenge “Detecting and Quantifying T-Wave Alternans”
  • 2013 – Certificate for “Top Referee of the year 2013” for Physiological Measurement

International research projects leadership

  • “Denoising of surface electrocardiogram signals for micropotentials recovery”, 2003-2005, Bulgarian & Finnish Academy of Sciences
  • “Pattern recognition in computerized electrocardiography and characterization of the repolarization phase”, 2004-2006, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • “Electrocardiogram arrhythmia analyses by automated heart beat classification”, 2005-2007, Bulgarian & Finnish Academy of Sciences
  • “Repolarisation phase in computerized electrocardiography: Analysis of T-wave morphology and QT dispersion”, 2007-2009, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • “Analysis of digital electrocardiographical data”. 2007-2011, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & St George’s University of London
  • “Detection and analysis of microvolt QRS and T wave alternans in elecrocardiographic signals”, 2010-2012, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
  • “Analysis of digital electrocardiographical data”. 2010-2014, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences & St George’s University of London & Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Bibliographical profiles

  • “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering”, 7th edition 2003-2004, 10th edition 2008-2009
  • “Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare”, 6th edition 2006-2007
  • “Who’s Who in the World”, 25th edition 2008

Educational activities

Lecture courses by Prof. Ivaylo Christov

  • Laboratory seminars: “Analysis of Biomedical signals” with:
    • last year MSc students at Technical University, Sofia, 1996-2002;
    • physicians at the St George’s University of London.
  • Guidance of 2 PhD degree students.
  • Guidance of 6 MSc degree students.
  • Invited lectures in USA and France.

Patents

  • Christov I., Dotsinsky I. and “EMA Engineering & Co”, ECG amplifier, Pat. No 3372, 1995.

Scientific board participation

  • 1996-2010 – Centre of Biomedical Engineering – Bulgarian Academy of Science
  • Since 2010 -Institute of Biophysics & Biomedical Engineering – Bulg. Acad. of Sci.

Manufacturing of medical equipment

  • Over 15 prototypes of electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs, gastrographs, ECG simulators, nistagmoanalysers, etc.
  • Monitoring of the production of more than several thousands of single, 3- and 6- channels ECG

Publications

List of publications by Prof. Ivaylo Christov

  • 1 PhD thesis
  • 1 DSc thesis
  • 1 book chapter
  • 65 – in international scientific journals
  • 29 – in Bulgarian scientific journals
  • 12 – in proceedings of foreign international conferences
  • 21 – in proceedings of international conferences held in Bulgaria
  • 1 laboratory seminars handbook
  • 1 patent
  • 4 innovations

Citations

List of known citations: 1342 (798 Kb, PDF)

Fellowships

Two CNR-NATO Fellowships

  • Host institution: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Institute of Biomedical Engineering ISIB, Padova, Italy
  • Fellowship #1: December 1999 – June 2000
  • Fellowship #2: September 2003 – February 2004

Last modified on 26 September 2012.

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