RESEARCH INTERESTS

CELL BIOLOGY / IMMUNOLOGY: in vitro cytotoxicity, anticancer activity, transformed and tumor cell lines, primary cell cultures, natural products, cyanobacteria, cyanotoxins, probiotics and prebiotics, immunomodulation, biomarkers, autoimmunity, allergic diseases, nanoparticles, bionanotechnology.

EDUCATION

DOCTORAL DEGREE (May 23, 2012 – PhD degree in Cell Biology): Diploma # 1000023, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

UNIVERSITY DEGREE (October, 2005 – October, 2006: M.Sc. in Cell Biology): Diploma # 020794, Registration #778-KB/October 2006, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

UNIVERSITY DEGREE (October, 2001 – July, 2005: B.Sc. in Molecular Biology): Diploma # 016356, Registration #514-MB/July 2005, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor in Cell Biology (December, 2020 – at present): Lecturer in Cell Biology, Lecturer in Animal cell cultures, Lecturer in Bionanotechnology, Lecturer in Cytological methods in clinical diagnostics, Lecturer in Flow cytometry. Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND PERIODS OF APPOINTMENT

January, 2013 – November, 2020
Chief Assistant Professor: Lecturer in Cell biology, Lecturer in Animal cell cultures, Lecturer in Stem cells and regeneration; practical courses in Cell biology, Animal cell cultures, Stem cells and regeneration. Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

September, 2011 – December, 2012
Assistant Professor in Cell Biology: Practical courses in Cell Biology. Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Plovdiv University „Paisii Hilendarski“, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

December, 2008 – August, 2009
Guest researcher:  Division of Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB), Karolinska institute, Stockholm, Sweden

May, 2007 – November, 2008
Guest researcher: Division of Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.