Education:
2002/2006 D. Blagoev Secondary School, natural sciences and mathematics profile
Higher education:
2006/2010 Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski" – "University Chemistry", Shumen
2010/2011 Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski" – Master's program "Environmental Chemistry", Shumen
Scientific degrees and academic positions:
2015/2017 "Doctor of Chemistry" – PhD program - Bioorganic chemistry, chemistry of natural and physiologically active substances
2011/2018 assistant professor - Medical University - Varna, Department of Chemistry
2018 ch. assistant professor - Medical University - Varna, Department of Chemistry
Areas of professional interest:
Her scientific interests are in the field of physical chemistry of thin liquid films and surface layers of solutions of low- and high-molecular surfactants, of biocolloids and their application in the pharmaceutical and food industries and in detergent chemistry. Skills for working with experimental methods: microscopic in reflected and transmitted light; video cameras; reflectometry; fluorescence, infrared and electronic spectroscopy; viscometry; conductometry; polarimetry; tensiometry; cryoscopy; Wilhelmy method; atomic force microscopy and interferometric method. Food composition and safety, Biologically active substances
Specializations and work abroad:
June 1, 2022 - acquired specialty in "Theoretical Foundations of Medicinal Chemistry"
Participation in contracts, projects, programs
1. PROJECT "K-TRIO - European Night of Scientists" (2008-2013) Participates in organizing and demonstrating chemical experiments under the EU Health Programme.
2. University project contract No. RD-05-321/9.03.2010, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the University of Sofia "Ep. Konstantin Preslavski". Scientific and applied and educational aspects of studying substances in the process of teaching chemistry and environmental protection. Team from the Department of General Chemistry, Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva - head.
3. University project No. RD-05-134/24.02.2011, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the University of Sofia "Ep. Konstantin Preslavski". Integrative links between science and education in the study of substances and teaching chemistry and environmental protection. Team from the Department of General Chemistry, Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva – supervisor.
4. University project RD-05-226/12.03.2012, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the “Ep. Konstantin Preslavski" University. Integrative science-education connections in the study of substances and training in Chemistry and environmental protection. Team from the Department of General Chemistry, Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva – supervisor.
5. University project RD-08-282/2013, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the “Ep. Konstantin Preslavski" University. Scientific and practical-applied approaches to the study of chemical objects and the learning process, supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva.
6. University project RD-08-282/2016, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the “Ep. Konstantin Preslavski" University. Scientific and practical approaches to the study of chemical objects and the learning process - supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva.
7. Project "Determination of marine biotoxins in mussels and plankton from the Black Sea", Science Fund - Medical University - Varna, scientific session 2016, contract No. NI-9/05.12.2016 - Expert, in the process of implementation. Supervisor: Senior Assistant Dr. Zl. Peteva.
8. Project "Determination of marine toxins in Black Sea mussels and plankton", funded by the Scientific Research Fund, MES 2016. Expert, in the process of implementation, supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. St. Georgieva.
9. University project RD-05-226/12.03.2017, funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the University "Ep. Konstantin Preslavski". Integrative science-education connections in the study of substances and training in Chemistry and Environmental Protection. Team from the Department of General Chemistry, Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Galcheva – head.
10. No. RD-08-160/2022. "Current problems in chemistry", funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski".
11. Project No. RD-08-122/2023. "Theoretical, experimental and methodological research in chemistry", funded by the Scientific Research Fund of the Shumen University "Bishop Konstantin Preslavski".
12. Project - BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02/2023 -2026, "Establishment of an R&D laboratory for food additives" Scientific Research Fund, Ministry of Youth and Sports to the EU Recovery Fund.
13. Project No. 23003/2023. STUDY OF ANTITUMORAL, ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTION OF PLANT EXTRACTS AND ANTITUMORAL AGENTS USING LIPID MODEL SYSTEMS AND IN VITRO CELL MODELS, Science Fund, MU-VARNA.
14. No. BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02/ 31.12.2022. Medical University – Varna: Increasing translational achievements in medicine (MUVE-TEAM). Scientific group “R&D laboratory for nutritional supplements" (SMART).
15. No. BG-RRP-2.004-0009-C02/ 31.12.2022. Medical University – Varna: Enhancing Translational Achievements in Medicine (MUVE-TEAM). 3.4.1. Portable device with mobile application
