Sen. Assist. Prof. Svetozar Stoychev, PhD | Curriculum Vitae

Contacts | CV | Publications

Education

  • 2015: PhD, Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2010: MSc  in Molecular Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Scientific career

  • 2018 – present: Sen. Assist. Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, BAS
  • 2014 – 2018: Assist. Professor, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, BAS
  • 2013 – 2014: biologist, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, BAS

Topics of scientific interest

  • Biomolecular interactions, photosynthetic apparatus, biological (thylakoid) membranes, fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism, atomic force microscopy
  • Macromolecular interactions; Preparation and characterization of polyelectrolyte multilayer films, as well as investigation of their biocompatibility

Scientific awards and membership in scientific societies

  1. M. Busheva, S. Krumova, S. Stoichev, I. Tzonova, I. Karadjov, K. Stoitchkova, A. Andreeva, Effect of pH on the aggregation of the major light harvesting complex of photosystem II, IV International Conference of Young Scientists – 23rd – 25th June 2011, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Poster 5. Diploma for best young presenter in his scientific section.
  2. Macroorganisation and temperature stability of photosystem II supercomplexes in protonated and partly deprotonated state, Anniversary Conference of Young Scientists “145 years of Bulgarian Academy of Science” – 2 October 2014, Sofia, Bulgaria, Diploma and premium for best young presenter in his scientific section.

Projects

  1. Title: Encapsulation of peptide-based drug agents in natural, synthetic and hybrid nano- and microcapsules
    Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Tonya Andreeva, PhD
    Financing organization: BNSF
    Competition (type and year): bilateral collaboration with Austria, 2017
    Number and date of the contract: DAAD Austria 01/7, 2017
  2. Title: Optimized polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings for biofunctionalization of cardio-vascular stents
    Project coordinator: Prof. Stefka G. Taneva, DSc
    Financing organization: BNSF
    Type of the competition and year: Collaboration with Germany, 2014
    Number and date of the contract: PPP/Germany/01/09, 01.09.2014
  3. Title: Biocompatibility optimization of polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings through the introduction of graphene oxide in the polymer matrix.
    Project coordinator: Svetozar Stoichev
    Status of the project: completed, awarded for an excellent report
    Financing organization: BAS
    Type of the competition and year: Support for young scientists and scholars, 2016
    Number or acronym of the project: 139/2016
  4. Title: Structural organization and stability of thylakoid membranes from cyanobacteria
    Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Sashka Krumova, PhD
    Financing organization: BAS
    Type of the competition and year: bilateral collaboration with Hungary, EBR program, 2016

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