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Personal information
- Place of Birth: Sofia, Bulgaria
- Date of Birth: 16 February 1974
Education
- 2001 – 2004: Centre of Biomedical Engineering „Prof. Ivan Daskalov” – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Technical University – Sofia, Ph.D. degree, scientific field “Bioautomatics”
- 1990 – 1998: Technical University – Sofia, “Bioelectrical engineering”, Master of Engineering
Work experience
- 2021–now: Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering – BAS
- 2009–2021: Associate professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering – BAS
- 2004–2009: Research Associate, Centre of Biomedical Engineering „Prof. Ivan Daskalov” – BAS
- 2001–2004: Ph.D. student, Centre of Biomedical Engineering „Prof. Ivan Daskalov” – BAS
- 1998–2001: Specialist, The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology – BAS
Main research topics
- Development of the theory of Generalized Nets and the theory of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets, and their application in medicine and biology.
- Application of methods for contemporary system analysis, engineering, mathematical and computer-based methods and tools for modelling, optimization and management of pharmacy-related, food-related and other industrial systems.
- Metaheuristic algorithms and approaches.
Research activity
- Monographs and chapters in monographs: 15
- Peer reviewed research papers: more than 70
- Participation in international scientific forums with reports and presentations: more than 50
- Citations: more than 250
Honours and awards
- 2014: Diploma for excellent scientific achievements in Engineering Sciences, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
- Since 2010: Honorary Fellow of the Scientific Monitoring and Advisory Committee to the Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials, Australia
- 2008: Diploma from Union of Scientists in Bulgaria for High Scientific Achievements
- 2008: Award from Sixth National Young Scientific-Practical Session, Bulgaria, April 21-22, 2008, organized by Federation of Scientific-Technical Unions in Bulgaria
- 2007: Award from Fifth National Young Scientific-Practical Session, Bulgaria, May 21-22, 2007, organized by Federation of Scientific-Technical Unions in Bulgaria
- 1999: Award from Young Scientific Session, July 1-2, 1999, organized by Federation of Scientific-Technical Unions in Bulgaria
Project experience
International
- EU Project FP7 № 203459: The implementation of research potential of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry in the European Research Area (WOOD-NET)
- Project № 113/135/DFG with the Institute of Technical Chemistry, University of Hanover, Germany: Functional State Modelling of Biotechnological Processes and Their High Quality Control in the Class of Variable Structure Systems, 2003-2005.
- Project № 113/109/DFG Institute of Technical Chemistry, University of Hanover, Germany: Implementation of Intelligent Technologies for Control of Biotechnical Processes based on Flow Injection Measurements, 2000-2001.
National, funding by National Science Fund
- Project DMU 02/4/2009: High Quality Control of Biotechnological Processes with Application of Modified Conventional and Metaheuristics Methods, 2009-2013.
- Project DID 02-29/2009: Modeling Processes with Fixed Development Rules (ModProFix), 2009-2013.
- Project BG051PO001-3.3.04/40/2009: Formation of Highly Qualified Young Researchers in Information Technologies for Optimization, Pattern Recognition and Decision Support Systems, 2009-2013.
- Project MI-1505/2005: Functional State Modelling of Fermentation Processes Aiming their High Quality Control, 2005-2009.
- Project TN-1314/2003: Modeling and Optimization of Bioreactors with Stirring, 2003-2007.
- Project MU-I-11/1998: Information and Control Systems for Biotechnological Processes, 1998-2002.
Memberships
- Union of Mathematicians in Bulgaria
- Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Sections “Biomedical Engineering” and “Informatics”
- Union of Automatics and Informatics “John Atanassov”
- IEEE, Control Systems Society
