Kristina Bliznakova
graduated as a specialist in Electronic Engineering and Microelectronics at the
Technical University, Varna in 1996. In the period 1996 - 1998 she was in the
Master's program in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Patras, Greece.
In 1998, she received a master's
degree in Biomedical Engineering. In 2003, she successfully defended her thesis on " Research and development of software simulation for
X-ray imaging", University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Her dissertation
concludes with a method for creating anthropomorphic computer models of the
breast for X-ray technology. In the period from 2004 to 2012, she was the head of the
scientific group on Monte Carlo simulations at the University of Patras. In
2012, she won Marie Curie Career
Integration Grants (PCIG09-GA-2011-293846) for reintegration in Bulgaria with
the topic "Design of a new three-dimensional method for breast cancer
detection based on phase-contrast technology" (2012- 2016). Since 2016,
she has been appointed as Associate Professor in the Department of Software and Internet
Technologies at the Technical
University - Varna, and since 2019 she has been a member of the Department of Medical
Equipment, Electronic and Information Technologies in Healthcare at the Medical
University of Varna. At the European
level, Kristina Bliznakova is a leader of the "Anthropomorphic
Phantoms" module of the European Medical Physics Expert Training Program
(EUTEMPE-NET). Her main interests are related to
biomedical engineering and more specifically in the field of mathematical
modeling of anthropomorphic models of human tissues and new techniques for
using X-rays for more effective detection of breast cancer.
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFMBE - International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering
EFOMP - European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics
