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- Born 28.02.1943 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- M.Sc., Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia,
1967.
- Research Chemist, Iron and Steel Research
Institute, Sofia, 1967 - 1973.
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, 1973 - to date.
- Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Institute of General
and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian
Academy of
Sciences, 1982.
- Associated Professor at Institute of Organic
Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1994.
- Head of the Group of Instrumental
Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, 1994-2010.
- Deputy Director of the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, 2004-2010.
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Training
and Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Training and
joint projects on:
- HPLC (silver ion and reversed-phase) of triacylglycerols and
fatty acids;
- GC and GC/MS of fatty acids from terrestrial and marine
lipids;
- non-enzimatic stereospecific analysis of triacylglycerols;
- mechanistic aspects of retention of fatty acids and
triacylglycerols in silver ion HPLC,
at:
- Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland,
1989-1992
- The Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie,
Dundee, Scotland, UK, 1993-1994.
Visiting scientist at:
- Scotia LipidTeknik, Stockholm, Sweden; joint
projecton Derivatazinf reagents, procedures for derivatization and
gas-chtomatography-masspectrometry of fatty acids, 1998;
- Federal University of Vicosa, Vicosa, MG,
Brazil, 2001.
Collaborations:
- Dr W.W.Christie, Scottish Crop Research
Institute, 1989 - at present;
- Accos. Prof. Dr M.Tsimidou,
Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and
Technology, Aristotle
University,
Thessalonica, Greece, 1997-2000;
- Prof. Gulab N. Jham,
Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Centro de Ciencial Exatas e
tecnologicas, Departamento de Quimica, Brazil, 1997-;
- Dr Tomas Rezanka,
Institute
of
Microbiology
, Czech
Academy
of
Sciences,
Prague, Czech Republic, 1997-2000.
Research Interests:
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Chromatographic and
spectral methods for identification, separation and quantification of
lipids and secondary metabolites from terrestrial and marine origin;
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Mechanism of lipid
retention in silver ion chromatography.
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Analysis of isomeric
fatty acids and triacylglycerols in food lipids.
Other Activities:
- Lecturer on “Chromatographic methods
for analysis of natural products”, International workshops for
young scientists, under the auspice of UNESCO, Sofia, 1989 and 1996.
- Invited lecturer on “Silver ion
chromatography for the separation and determination of fatty acids and
triacylglycerols species”, Department of Food Chemistry,
Aristotle’s University of Thessalonica, Greece, February, 1996.
- Member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Oganic Chemistry with Centre of
Phytochemistry, 1999-
- Secretary of the Scientific Panel of Organic
Chemistry and Organic Technology at the High Awarding Commission.
- Member of the Chemistry Expert Panel at the
National Fund for Scientific Research, Bulgarian Ministry of Education
and Science, 2003-2004.
- Member of the Executive Committee of the National Fund for Scientific Research,
Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2004-2009.
Membership in
Scientific Organizations:
- Member of the Bulgarian Chemical
Society
- Founding Member of the
non-profit legal entity "Bulgarian Society for Organic
and Metaloorganic Chemistry" founded in March
2004 with the purpose dissemination of scientific results and support
of young scientists.
Publications
The full publication list contains details of nearly 100 items which include invited reviews, chapters in books and encyclopedias. Over 800 citations of the publications have been found until recently. |
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