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Education
- 2003: PhD, CBME-BAS. Thesis title: “Modelling of a Class of Biotechnological Processes as Objects with Distributed Parameters”
- 1994-1998: M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1989-1994: M.Sc. in Bioengineering, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1992-1993: M.Sc. in Engineering Pedagogic, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia
International research experience
- 2013 (1.5 months): Visiting scientist
Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
7FP granted project - 2012-2013 (total 3 months): Visiting scientist
Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
7FP granted project - 2006-2007 (11 months): Visiting scientist
City Hall of Paris, Laboratoire de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, INSERM 648, Paris, France
Post-doc - 2000-2005 (total 7+ months): Visiting scientist
Institute of Technical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany and Hans-Knöll-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung, Jena, Germany
DFG grants
Academic positions held
- 2010–now: Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBPhBME-BAS), Sofia
- Full Professor (2018–now)
- Associate Professor (2010-2017)
- Scientific Secretary (2010-2014)
- Scientific research in the fields of drug design, molecular modelling, virtual ligand screening; modelling and optimization of biotechnological processes; genetic algorithms; generalized nets.
- 1995–2010: Centre of Biomedical Engineering (CBME-BAS), Sofia
- Associate Professor (2006-2010), Scientific Secretary (2007-2010), Research associate (1998-2005), PhD student (1995-1998)
- Scientific research in the fields of drug design, molecular modelling, virtual ligand screening; modelling and optimization of biotechnological processes; genetic algorithms; generalized nets.
Research activity
- More than 190 scientific publications, among those:
- 6 monographs and 1 textbook;
- more than 15 book chapters:
- more than 105 original scientific papers;
- more than 60 contributions to scientific conferences, published in a whole text;
- h-index 10 (Web of Science), 9 (Scopus).
Expert activity
- Member of the Scientific Board of IBPhBME-BAS (since 2010) and CBME-BAS (2007-2010)
- Member of the General Assembly of BAS (2012-2016, since 2019)
- Referee for the journals J. Bioinf. Comp. Syst. Biol., Peertechz J. Biomed. Eng., IEEE J. Biomed. Health Inform., AASCIT J. Biosci., Amer. J. Biomed. Eng., Brit. Biotechn. J., Brit. Microb. Res. J., J. Mol. Model., Math. Comp. Sim., Math. Probl. Eng., Hum. Nutr., CABEQ, Chem. Eng. Comm., Biochem. Eng. J., Comp. Meth. Progr. Biomed., Adv. Stud. Cont. Math., AMSE, J. Env. Manag., Ecol. Modell., Int J Bioautomation and others
- Deputy Chief Editor of International Journal Bioautomation
- Member of the Editorial Boards of Journal of Bioinformatics, Computational and Systems Biology, SciFed Computer Science and Applications, International Journal of Research Studies in Computer Science and Engineering, International Journal of Computer and Software Engineering, International Journal of Immunotherapy and Cancer Research, Global Journal of Technology and Optimization, International Journal of Computing and Optimization
- Member of the 8th International Conference on Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process (CDKP 2019), Copenhagen, Denmark; International Conference on Pervasive Computing Advances and Applications (PerCAA-2019), India; Organizing and Program committee of International Conference on Biological, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Engineering (2017), Xiamen, China; Organizing and Program committee of International Conference on Mathematical Methods and Models in Biosciences (2011-2016) ), Sofia, Bulgaria; Organizing and Program committee of International symposium “Bioprocess Systems” (1998-2004), since 2005 – Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Sofia, Bulgaria; Organizing committee of 2nd Conference on Computational and Systems Biology – CCSB 2016, Beijing, China; Organizing committee of International Conference on Biological Engineering and Gene Technology – BEGT 2015, Shanghai, China; Organizing committee of International Conference on Fuzzy System and Data Mining – FSDM 2015, Shanghai, China; Organizing committee of 5th World Congress on Engineering and Technology – CET 2015, Suzhou, China; Organizing committee of 2nd ScienceOne International Conference on Information Technology – ICIT 2014, Dubai, UAЕ, and others
- Member of the Scientific Committees for Associate Professor academic position
- Member of the Management Board of the John Atanasov Union of Automation and Informatics (since 2017)
- Referee of PhD and master theses
- Referee for academic positions competitions
Scientific supervision
- Supervisor of 3 PhD and 3 master students
- Lecturer in master programs
Project experience
- Participant in 5 projects granted by 7FP of the EC
- Main participant in 2 international projects granted by DFG, together with Institute of Technical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany
- Principal investigator of 3 project with National Science Fund – Bulgaria
- Main participant in 14 projects with National Science Fund – Bulgaria
- Participant in bilateral projects with France, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey
Professional memberships
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Union for Automation and Informatics
- Union of the Scientists in Bulgaria
- Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians
Awards
- 2015: Best poster award in 1st Meeting of COST Action CM1407, Rome, Italy
- 2014: Best poster award in 16-th Congress of the European Neuroendocrine Association, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2011: Diploma and second prize for presentation in the 9-th National Young Scientific-Practical Session, Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions in Bulgaria
- 2009: Diploma and second prize for presentation in the 7-th National Young Scientific-Practical Session, Federation of the Scientific Engineering Unions in Bulgaria
- 2008: Best poster award in 21-st International Symposium “Bioprocess Systems’2008 – BioPS’08”, November 4-5, 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2006: Award of the Union of the Scientists in Bulgaria for young scientist’s achievements in the area of medicinal/biological sciences
