Curriculum vitae

 

 

 

Personal data

 

                                               Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 11.09.1955

Education

 

1970–1973                 High School „G.S. Rakovski“, Sofia 

   Physics- and mathematics class, IT-specialization

1973–1975                 compulsory military service

1975–1980                 University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics

           Nuclear and particle physics

          1990, Ph D                  Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) – Dubna, Russia

          1997, Habilitation      University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics

                                             Particle and nuclear physics

 

Academic Career

                   

Research Associate      1979–1980       Laboratory for Theoretical Physics, JINR–Dubna, Russia

                                 1980–1981       Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy - Sofia

                                 1981–1983       Laboratory for Theoretical Physics, JINR–Dubna, Russia

                                 1983-1990        Laboratory for Nuclear Problems, JINR–Dubna, Russia

Assistant Professor       1985-1991        Atomic Physics Dept., University of Sofia “St.Kl.Ohridski”

Head Assist. Professor   1991-1997                                ―  ”  ―          

Associate Professor       as of 1997                                ―  ”  ―

Scientific Associate       2003 - 2005      CERN, PH Department

Head of Department      as of 2007       Atomic Physics Dept., University of Sofia “St.Kl.Ohridski”

 

                                           

Fields of expertise:   

 

(A)      Design and construction of experimental equipment

(B)      Monte Carlo simulation and data analysis

(C)      Theoretical research in the field quntum physics

(D)  Computer drug design

 

        

 

Publications             131 papers cited more than 1200 times

Awards

 

                      1986    First Prize of JINR for the best experimental proposal;

 

           1990         First Prize of JINR for a series of papers on investigation of colour-screening

                      effects in hadron-nucleus interactions;

           2005   Second Prize of JINR for measurement of form-factors of Ke3 decays.

           2007   Second Prize of Scientific and Educational Expo, Plovdiv, 2007

                     for "Virtual Screening and computer simulations for drug design"

 

Science-management experience

 

¨      Establishing of the Particle Physics Group at the University of Sofia, its supervision and management

      (including both material and human resources);

¨      Organization of Bulgarian participation in particle physics experiments (CMS, NA48, NA49, NA62);

¨      Organization of conferences and workshops;

¨      Team-work organization at big international research centers (11 years at JINR, Dubna; 14 years at  

       CERN);

¨      Organization and supervision of the (certified) Laboratory on Particle physics in Sofia;

¨      Organization and supervision of a Grid laboratory at Sofia University; 

¨      Supervision and management of large-scale research projects (for details, see below).

 

Offices held

 

¨       Member of the Scientific Council of the Laboratory for Nuclear Problems of JINR, Dubna (1987–1990); 

¨      Member of the Expert Commission on HEP of the Laboratory for Nuclear Problems of JINR, Dubna

      (1987--1990);   

¨      Member of the Scientific Council of the Laboratory for Particle Physics of JINR, Dubna (1989–1990);  

¨      Member of Bulgarian National Commission for collaboration with JINR, Dubna (1998–1999);

¨      Member of Bulgarian National Commission for collaboration with CERN (1999–2000 and since 2006);

¨      Member of the CMS Collaboration Board (since 1993);

¨      Member of the CMS RDMS (Russia and Dubna Member States) Collaboration Board (since 1995);

¨      Member of European Commission for Future Accelerators (ECFA) (since 1999);

¨      Member of Bulgarian National Commission on HEP (since 2002).

¨      Member of NA62 Steering Committee (since 2006).

 

 

Supervision of research projects (current)

 

  ♦ CMS, on the part of the University of Sofia / Ministry of Science and Education;

  ♦ CMS-related R&D work / Joint research project Bulgaria – JINR;

  ♦ NA48 / JINR, Dubna;

  ♦ Rare kaon decays / Bulgarian National Science Foundation;

♦ Development of Grid infrastructure / Bulgarian National Science Foundation;

 

Pedagogical activity

 

   ♦ Design, organization and supervision of the Masters curriculum in "Nuclear and particle physics" at the  University of  Sofia;

   ♦ General course on "Particle physics";

   ♦ Specializing course “The standard model of electroweak and strong interactions”;

   ♦ Specializing course “Beyond the Standard Model”;

   ♦ Supervision of diploma- and PhD students (26 and 10, resp.);

   ♦  “Introduction to Particle Physics” ― University textbook in preparation;

   ♦  Supervision of the annual Open-Day programme in HEP at Sofia University, frequent popular lectures  

       for the pupils from the National School for Natural Sciences and for physics students in the first

       semesters.

 

Short-term visits 

 

                IHEP – Serpukhov, Russia          1983–1990              3–5 months/year

                CERN                                        since 1992               2–8 months/year

 

                  Talks and invited talks at many international conferences, schools and workshops.