Graduated from the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" - Varna, specialty "medicine" in 2003. Acquired a specialty in "Anatomy, Histology and Cytology" in 2009. In 2015 – obtained the scientific degree "doctor" as an independent doctoral student at the Department of “Anatomy and Cell Biology", specialty “Anatomy, Histology and Cytology", with a dissertation “Analysis of progenitor cells during the development of the pallium in humans".
In 2006, she started working as an “assistant" at the Department of “Anatomy, Histology and Embryology", MU “Prof. Dr. P. Stoyanov" – Varna. Since 2010, she has been a “senior assistant", and since 2011 - a “chief assistant" in the department. From 2021 to the present, she has been serving as an administrative assistant at the Department of “Anatomy and Cell Biology". Since 2024, she has been appointed as an “associate professor" in the specialty “Anatomy, Histology and Cytology".
She conducts classes on "Human Anatomy" with students of the specialties "medicine", "dental medicine", "nursing", "pharmacy", etc., both in the Bulgarian-language and English-language programs of the university.
Her main scientific interests are in the field of neurogenesis, morphological features of the human foot and anatomical variations.
She has registered profiles in Orcid, Google Scholar, Researchgate.
Y. Yonkov, Michaleva V., Angelova M., Marinova D., Dokova K., Nikolova R., Yonkova V., Lyoutzkanova V. Study of ejaculates of fertile men. Известие на Съюза на учените – Варна. Серия медицина и екология- 2'2007/ 1'2008 г., 25-32
Marinova D, Angelova M, Velikov I, Goranova V, Yamashima T, Tonchev AB. Quantity and distribution of de novo generated cells in the spinal cord of adult macaque monkeys. Acta. Morph. Anthr. 2012, 19:141-144.
Marinova D, Mihaleva V, Angelova M, Pavlov S, Yamashima T, Goranova V, Tonchev AB. Quantity and distribution of proliferating cells in the juvenile and adult primate spinal cord. Varna Medical Forum, 2014, 1:5-9.
Marinova D, Angelova M, Mihaleva V, Pavlov S, Goranova V, Yamashima T, Tonchev AB. Phenotype of de novo generated cells in the spinal cord of adult macaque monkeys. Varna Medical Forum, 2014, 1:10-14.
Angelova, Meglena; Pavlov, Stoyan; Mihaleva, Veselina; Goranova, Vanya; Tonchev, Anton; ,Rostro-caudal gradient in the expression of transcriptional factor SOX2 in the fetal human brain,Varna Medical Forum,4,1,10-14,2015,
Angelova, M; Marinova, D; Pavlov, SP; Mihaleva, V; Zhelezov, M; Kovachev, E; Kachovski, T; Ivanova, V; Tonchev, AB; ,Co-localization of transcription factors Zbtb20 and Sox2 in germinative zones of a human fetal telencephalon,Scripta Scientifica Medica,49,,64,2017,
