Education:
Master in Biology with specialization in Botany (1980 – 1985), Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski "
Academic positions and scientific degrees:
Professor in Biology – from 2017
Head of Department of Biology - from 2010
Associate Professor in Botany – from 2010
PhD in Biology (1986 – 1990), Faculty of Biology , Moscow State University , Moscow, Russia
Main research area
Lichen bioindication, Biodiversity and ecology of lichens and bryophytes, flora and vegetation of wet zones, medicinal plants and ethnobotany,
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Selected scientific projects
Project agreement No 19015, 2022, "Science" Fund of MU-Varna, "Methods for obtaining autologous platelet concentrates and their quantitative and qualitative characterization (Project coordinator)
Project agreement No 20014, 2021, "Science" Fund of MU-Varna, „Haepatoprotective plants from Varna region. Species and characteristics of resources", (Project coordinator)
Project agreement ДН13/9 of 15.12.2017, Competition financed by BNSF of the MOS, "Cyanoprokaryotes - a new potential risk factor for malignant diseases in Bulgaria?", (researcher; Project coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. B. Uzunov)
Project agreement КП-06-ОПР03/18 от 19.12.2018. „Algotoxins - a new risk factor for the quality of life and health of people in Bulgaria?" (researcher; Project coordinator Prof. Dr. H. Gagov)
Operational Programme "Development of Human resources" – 2012, European Union BG051PO001-3.1.07-0046, Updating and approbation of the curricula of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Varna according to the needs of the pharmaceutical business and the requirements of the labor market (Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Albena Georgieva Kerekovska, MD)
Operational Programme "Development of Human resources" – 2012, European Union, BG051PO001-3.1.09-0013, Creating a modern system for career development of the academic staff in the Medical University of Varna, (Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Med. Sci. Krasimir Dimitrov Ivanov, MD)
Bulgarian Association of Medical Biology, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Botanical society,
