Milena I. SPASSOVA

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Laboratory of Physical Organic and Computational Chemistry

Born in Karnobat - Bulgaria

MS: "Kliment Ochridski" University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics - Solid state physics, 1992

PhD: Institute of Organic Chemistry, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, assistant professor, 2005 - 2013

Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor, 2013 - current

Fields of Scientific Research:

Computational chemistry, Linear, nonlinear and chiro- optical properties
Electronic structure of homo- and hetero-organic systems
Charge-doped conjugated oligomers, helicenes, quantum chemical methodology
Molecular design, new materials

Visiting Fellowships:

Belgium, Namur, FUNDP, Post-doctoral position
sponsored by Politique Scientifique Federale, November 2004- July 2005

Selected research publications

Assessing long-range corrected functionals with physically-adjusted range-separated parameters for calculating the polarizability and the second hyperpolarizability of polydiacetylene and polybutatriene chains, S Nйnon, B Champagne, MI Spassova, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2014, 16, 7083-7088
A model system with intramolecular hydrogen bonding: Effect of external electric field on the tautomeric conversion and electronic structures, Venelin Enchev, Valentin Monev, Nadezhda Markova, Marin Rogozherov, Silvia Angelova, Milena Spassova, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 2013, 1006, 113–122
Enhanced Intramolecular Charge Transfer in New Type Donor–Acceptor Substituted Perylenes, Aleksey A. Vasilev, Kurt De Mey, Inge Asselberghs, Koen Clays, Benoоt Champagne, Silvia E. Angelova, Milena I. Spassova, Chen Li, and Klaus Mьllen, J. Phys. Chem. C, 2012, 116 (43), 22711–22719
Theoretical investigation on the polarizability and second hyperpolarizability of polysilole, B. Champagne, M. Spassova, Chem. Phys. Lett., 471 (2009) 111-115.
Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Electric Field Induced Second Harmonic Generation in Tetrathia[7]helicenes, Alberto Bossi, Emanuela Licandro, Stefano Maiorana, Clara Rigamonti, Stefania Righetto, G. R. Stephenson, Milena Spassova, Edith Botek, Benoit Champagne, J. Phys. Chem. C 112(21) (2008) 7900-7907.
Theoretical investigation on bridged triarylamine helicenes: UV/visible and circular dichroism spectra, Milena Spassova, Inge Asselberghs, Thierry Verbiest, Koen Klays, Edith Botek, Benoit Champagne, Chem. Phys. Lett., 439 (2007) 213-218.
Theoretical Investigation on 1H and 13C NMR Chemical Shifts of Small Alkanes and Chloro-Alkanes, Philippe d’Antuono, Edith Botek, Benoit Champagne, Milena Spassova, Pavletta Denkova, J.Chem.Phys., 125 (2006) art. no. 144309.
Charge distributions in polyacetylene chains containing a positively charged defect, V. Monev, M. Spassova, B. Champagne, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 104 (2005) 354-366.
Large effect of dopant level on second hyperpolarizability of alkali-doped polyacetylene chains, M. Spassova, B. Champagne, B. Kirtman, Chem. Phys. Lett. 412 (2005) 217-222.
Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering of Neutral and Charged Helicenes, Edith Botek, Milena Spassova, Benoit Champagne, Inge Asselberghs, Andre Persoons, Koen Klays, Chem. Phys. Lett. 412 (2005) 274-279.

Last updated Dec 11, 2015