Prof. Albena Momchilova, DSc | CV

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Education

  • 1971-1975: English High School, Sofia
  • 1975-1980: Master of Molecular Biology, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
  • 1986: ESD “Doctor” (PhD) Institute of Biophysics, BAS
  • 2002: “Doctor of Biological Sciences” (DSc) Institute of Biophysics, BAS

Professional Development

  • 2005-2023: Head of the Lipid-Protein Interactions Department
  • 2003-present: Professor at the Institute of Biophysics, since 2010 – Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, BAS
  • 1991-2002: Associate Professor at the Institute of Biophysics, BAS
  • 1986-1991: Research Associate II-I degree at the Institute of Biophysics, BAS

Specializations

  • 1993: University of Utrecht, Department of Biological Membranes, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 1994: Weizmann Institute, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, Rehovot, Israel
  • 1997: University of Utrecht, Department of Biological Membranes, Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • 1999-2001: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA

Scientific guide of doctoral students

  • Svetlana Koshlukova
  • Nadezhda Stefanova
  • Teodora Lupanova

Expert activity

  • 2008-present: member of the Council for Medical Science, Medical University, Sofia
  • 1996-2004: member of the Expert Commission for Biological Sciences, MES
  • 2013-2017: Member of the Commission for Medical and Biological Sciences, BNSF

Participation in scientific councils

  • 1996-2010: member of the SNA in Molecular Biology, Biophysics and biochemistry
  • 2004-2010: Deputy Chairman of the SNA in Molecular Biology, biophysics and biochemistry-VAK
  • 2002-2009: Chairman of the Attestation Commission, Institute of Biophysics – BAS
  • 1996-2010: Member of the Supervisory Board of Institute of Biophysics – BAS (since 2002 – Deputy Chairman)
  • 2010-2014: Chairman of the Scientific Council of IBPhBME-BAS
  • 2011: elected member of the Advisory Board “Biomedicine and Quality of life”- BAS

Scientific and applied activity

  • Invention – copyright certificate No. 45969/85
  • Rationalization No. 5584/88

Science metrics

  • 140 publications with a total impact factor over 170
  • 2 monographs
  • Citations – over 1000
  • h-index – 18

Teaching

  • 1995-1997: lecture course “Biophysics of biological membranes”, SU “St. Kl. Ohridski” – Faculty of Biology
  • 1996-2019: lecture course “Cellular Border Complex”, SU “St. Kl. Ohridski” – Faculty of Biology

Language competence

  • English, Russian, French

Areas of research interest

  • Lateral organization and phase heterogeneity of biological membranes
  • Membrane domains – structure, functions and microorganization
  • Asymmetry of phospholipid molecules in biological ones membranes – molecular mechanisms and transport systems responsible for the asymmetric distribution of the membranes phospholipids in pathophysiological conditions
  • Enzyme systems involved in the modulation and maintenance of acyl composition and phase organization of membranes phospholipids in normal and pathology
  • Oxidative lipidomics; Aging of biological membranes
  • Lipid metabolism and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative pathologies
  • Sphingolipid metabolism in cardiopathology

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