Working Experience:

1981 - 1985
Chemist at the Central Laboratory for Electrochemical Power Sources - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
Research studies on lithium - sulphur dioxide electrochemical system and construction of civil and military batteries.
The products developed were used on Everest during the first (1982) and second (1984) Bulgarian Himalayan expeditions.
Participant in several projects:
  • in the national program “Battery 81”.
  • military projects “Hornet”, “AgZn”, “Danube-G”, “Percussion”, “Eva”.
  • Li/SO2 introduce contract with plant “Musala”- Samokov.
  • Li-resist glasses introduce contract with PSC - Botevgrad.
    Designer-constructor of dry rooms, “white” rooms and deionized water systems.

    1985 - 1994
    Chemist-analyst at the Geological Institute - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

  • Organization of a X-ray fluoresce laboratory in Geological Institute.
  • X-ray fluoresce spectra analyst.

    1994 - 1998
    Head of the X-ray Fluoresce Laboratory in Geological Institute.
    Participant in two bilateral 3-years projects with the Institute of Experimental Mineralogy - Russian Academy of Sciences:

  • 1. Digital zonal modeling of the middle-low temperature acid metasomatites and connected with them cooper porphyric veins and gold mineralization in the ore deposits from the Panagjurishte-Etropole ore region /Bulgaria/.(1997),
  • 2. Thermodynamic and geochemical modeling of the ore parageneses forming the formations from cooper porphyric, polymetallic and gold ore deposits.(1999) - successfully finished 2001.

    1999-2008:
    collaborator and senior collaborator in the Scientific Geological Laboratory “Geolab” in Geological Institute - BAS.

  • Leader of the 2-years project with the BG-FNSF No NZ-907/1999 “Digital modeling of the Au, Ag, Pb, Zn and As in gold and polymetallic ore parageneses deposits.” - successful finished 2002.
  • participant in the 3-years project WATMETAPOL/2001 from the NATO program Science for Peace: “Dynamics, evolution and limitation of heavy metal water pollution in the Plovdiv region (Bulgaria). - successful finished 2005.
  • Equip-organizer of ICP-AE laboratory in Geological Institute.
  • Operator-analyst of the ICP-AEapparatus JY”Ultima-2”.
  • participant in the 3-years project with the BG-FNSF No NZ-1206/2002 “Penetrative improvement of the technicality over damp loess.” - successful finished 2007.
  • participant in the 3-years project with the BG-FNSF No NZ-1503/2005 “Geochemistry of the pearlites connected with the Eastern Rhodopes tertiary volcanism”. Ended 2008.
  • participant in the 3-years project with the BG- Ministry of Education No BYX-12/2005 “New approaches in the determination of “difficult” elements As,, Cd, Hg and Pb in traditional Bulgarian foods and drinks.” Ended 2008.
  • participant in the 3-years project IB7320-110933/1(2005) with the Swiss National Scientific Foundation SCOPES: “The Black Sea Ecotoxicity assessment”. Ended 2008.
  • Operator of the Static Penetration Test device.
  • participant in the contract 206023/02.08.06 with the BG-State Enterprise Group “Radioactive wastes” : “Realization of examinational-methodological investigations with the goal - verification of methods and procedures for the studying and establishment of the acceptability of building sites for the low and middle RAW depository.”
  • participant in the contract 206025/19.09.06 with the BG-State Enterprise Group “Radioactive wastes” : “Realization of engineering-geological, hydro-geological and geophysical investigations on the building sites for the low and middle RAW depository.”
  • participant in the contract (10.10.07) with the “Minproect” Ltd.: “Static penetration investigations in the vicinity of the BG thermo-electrical plant “Maritza Istok-3.”

    since 2008-to the present:
    head of the Scientific Geological Laboratory “Geolab” in Geological Institute - BAS.

  • expert - chemist in the public contract with the Environmental Ministry : “Determination of quality standards for the chemical condition of the surface waters in Bulgaria” - successful finished 2010.
  • co-executor in the contract with the “Lukoil -Bulgaria” Corp.: “Static penetration investigations in the vicinity of the BG oil plant “-ended 2011.
  • participant in the contract with the “Aurobis -Bulgaria” Corp. : Under ground waters monitoring - program for the suspension of the past environmental damages” -ended 2011
  • participant in the 3-years project Ä002-76 with the Fund “Scientific Investigations” MES:- Trace elements and isotopic investigations of the rocks, soils, minerals, coals, waters and archeological materials by means of Laser Ablation Mass-spectrometry in Inductively Coupled Plasma (LA-ICP-MS) - ended 2011
  • participant in the 3-years project ÄÄÂÓ 02/77 with the Fund “Scientific Investigations” MES:- Frame Directive for the waters in Bulgaria - analytical/ ecological aspects. (2011-2013).
  • participant in the 3-years project NTS 02/51with the Fund “Scientific Investigations” MES:- Analytical methods for fractionating and determination of the speciation and total concentrations of the toxic elements in the environmental samples. (2011-2013).
  • participant in the 3-years project ÄTK-02/5 with the National Fund “Scientific Investigations” MES:- TRXRF application for the development of the analytical, ecological chemistry in Bulgaria. (2011-2013).
  • participant in the 3-years project ÄÔÍÈ-Ò01/5with the National Fund “Scientific Investigations” MES:- Nano-sorbents for the quality lab control and harmlessness of the environmental and foods (ÍÀÍÎÑÎÐÁËÀÁ). (2012-2014).

    REVIEW ACTIVITY:

  • reviewer of the PhD these “Investigations of the possibilities of the atom emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma by environmental samples analysis. Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, (2005).
  • reviewer of the PhD these “Analytical and ecometric investigations of the environmental objects from the Burgas city region. Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University (2011)
  • reviewer of the Professor competition in Faculty “Chemistry and Pharmacy”, Sofia University . (2012)
  • reviewer of the PhD these “Investigations of the possibilities of the atom emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma by environmental samples analysis. Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, (2005).
  • reviewer of the proposal for funding of a research project to Bulgarian NFSR (2005)
  • reviewer of the PhD these “Analytical and ecometric investigations of the environmental objects from the Burgas city region. Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University (2011)
  • reviewer of the Professor competition in Faculty “Chemistry and Pharmacy”, Sofia University . (2012)
  • reviewer of the PhD these “Modern chemometrical approaches to evaluation of the phases in the environment. Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University (2014)
  • reviewer of the proposal for funding of a research project to Polish NCRD (2014)
  • reviewer of the PhD these “Ecometrical and ecotoxicological methods for the assessment of environmental objects. Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University (2016)
  • reviewer of the proposal for funding of a research project to Bulgarian NSF (2016)

    SPECIAL MISSIONS:

  • after chemical analysis 4 expert reports for the Bulgarian ministry of interior, prosecutor's office and customs. (2008, 2010)
  • expert in the regional court Rasgrad(2011)
  • expert in the sectional court Pirdop(2013)
  • after chemical analysis 4 expert reports for the Bulgarian ministry of interior, prosecutor's office and customs. (2008, 2010)
  • expert - chemist in the public contract with the Ministry of Environment and Water: “Determination of quality standards for the chemical condition of the surface waters in Bulgaria” - successful finished 2010.
  • expert in the regional court Rasgrad (2011)
  • expert in the sectional court Pirdop (2013)
  • expert of the prosecutor's office Montana (2014)
  • expert - chemist/geochemist in the public contract with the Ministry of Environment and Water : “Examining and assessing the chemical status of surface waters in Bulgaria” (2015)
  • chemical expert analyzes for the project of the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy “Evaluation of technical condition and justification of the remaining lifetime of the buildings and facilities as well as equipment and pipelines for the continuation of the operation of block ¹ 5 of NPP "Kozloduy" to 60 years.”

    Last update: 25 November 2016

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