Born on April 17, 1981 in Burgas. In 2003, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology from the University "Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov" - Burgas, and in 2006 she obtained a master's degree in Biotechnology from the same university. She also obtained two more master's degrees in Organic chemistry at the Bishop Konstantin Preslavski University of Shumen and since 2022 she has been a master of pharmacy, graduating with a degree in Pharmacy at the Medical University of Varna, Faculty of Pharmacy. Since 2019, Prof. Fotkova acquired a specialty in "Analysis of Medicinal Products" at the Medical University - Sofia. She defended a dissertation thesis for the acquisition of PhD degree in the specialty "Pharmaceutical Chemistry" in 2011.
Her professional development began in 2008 with the appointment of an assistant professor at the Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov University - Burgas, Medical College, Department of Pharmacy. In the period 2012 - 2013, Prof. Fotkova held the position of "assistant" at MU-Varna, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy at the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" Varna, and in 2013 she won a competition to hold the position of "associate professor" in the same department. During the period 2014 - 2018 she was elected Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmaceutical Management, Faculty of Pharmacy at MU-Varna, and from 2018 to 2022 she was Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
From 04.07.2024 she was elected Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy.
She has over 60 scientific publications in Bulgarian and foreign scientific journals with over 150 citations by Bulgarian and foreign authors. She has participated in 15 projects, two of which were commissioned by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Bulgarian National Science Fund. The main scientific developments are in the field of medicinal substances with estrogenic activity, prediction of the reactivity of substances with estrogenic activity; prediction of the toxic effects of substances with estrogenic activity; risk assessment of various organic compounds and newly synthesized pharmaceutical products; creation of a database on the reactivity of organic compounds and pharmaceutical products.
1. S. Georgieva, T. Godjevargova, M. Portaccio, M. Lepore, D.G. Mita (2008). "Advantages in using non-isothermal bioreactors in bioremediation of water polluted by phenol by means of immobilized laccase fro Rhus vernicifera". Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, volume 55, issues 3-4, pages 177-184.
2. D. G. Mita, N. Diano, V. Grano, M. Portaccio, M. Bianco, L. Mita, S. Georgieva, T. Godjevargova (2009). "The process of thermodialysis in bioremediation of waters polluted by endocrine disruptors". Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, volume 58, issues 3-4, pages 199-207.
3. S. Georgieva, T. Godjevargova, D.G. Mita, N. Diano, C. Menale, C. Nicolucci, C. Romano Carratelli, L. Mita, E. Golovinsky (2010). "Non-isothermal bioremediation of waters polluted by phenol and some of its derivatives by laccase covalently immobilized on polypropylene membranes" Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic, volume 66, pages 210-218.
4. Y. Koleva, S. Georgieva (2012). "Estrogenic Activity And Possible Biotransformation Metabolites Of Several Phenolic Compounds", Oxidation Communications 35, № 4, pages 982–989.
5. Y. Koleva, S. Georgieva (2013). "Environmental risk assessment of bisphenol a and its metabolites as endocrine disruptors'", Oxidation Communications 36, № 1, pages 225-235.
6. Y. Koleva, S. Georgieva, „Prediction of the probable behaviour of some beta-lactam antibiotics on human health and environment", Oxidation Communications 41, No 4, 507–516 (2018).
7. N. Agova, Y. Koleva, S. Georgieva, "Probable metabolic activity of bexarotene in the liver", Oxidation Communications 41, No 4, 526–532 (2018).
TEXTBOOKS AND STUDY AIDS
- Test tasks in pharmaceutical chemistry for pharmacy students – S. Georgieva, N. Agova, M. Georgieva, A. Zlatkov – Varna 2018 – Medical University – Varna ISBN 978-619-221-189-9.
- Guide to practical exercises in pharmaceutical chemistry for pharmacy students - S. Georgieva, N. Agova, T. Dimova, A. Zlatkov, M. Georgieva, Yavor Mitkov, D. Stefanova, Varna 2019 - Medical University - Varna ISBN 978-619-221-198-1.
- Pharmaceutical Analysis – Practical Exercises for Pharmacy Students Part I – Ivalina Vasileva, Silvia Stamova, Pavlina Koseva, Svetlana Fotkova, Iliyan Kolev, Bistra Galunska, Varna 2019 – Medical University – Varna ISBN 978-619-221-217-9.
- Pharmaceutical Analysis – Practical Exercises for Pharmacy Students Part II – Svetlana Georgieva, Ivalina Vasileva, Silvia Stamova, Pavlina Koseva, Iliyan Kolev, Varna 2020 – Medical University – Varna ISBN 978-619-221-241-4.
Prof. Fotkova is a member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Pharmacy (BSSP) and the Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Union (BPhU).
