Birthdate and birthplace: 07/09/1967, Sofia, Bulgaria

Education and qualifications:

1988 - 1993 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology,

07/1993 MSc in Biotechnology

1990-1993 TU - Sofia, Faculty of Automation,

05/1993 MSc in Biomedical technics

1995-1998 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy,

 PhD in Physical Chemistry (01.05.05)

2015 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy,

                Doctor of Science (DSc) degree

Postdocs:

05/1998 - 05/2000 Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Molecular Interactions (CISMI), University of Copenhagen, Denmark,

06/2000 - 06/2001 University of Michigan, USA,

06/2001 - 05/2003 Nanoscience center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

06/2003 - 12/2004 Drexel University, USA

07/2009 - 10/2009 Nanoscience center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

07/2008 - 09/2008, Nanoscience center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

07/2009 - 09/2009, Nanoscience center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

09/2013 - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

02/2015, 03/2015 Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

08/2018 - 11/2018, Worcester polytechnic institute, USA (Fulbright Scholar)

 

 

Experience:

2019 - Professor at the Department of Physics and Biophysics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University - Pleven

2016 – Full Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy,

2008-2016 Associate Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy,

2005-2008, Assistant Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy,

 Selected publications for the period 2017-2019 (68 publications in total in Scopus, h-13):

  1. V. Doltchinkova, T. Andreeva, K. Georgieva, G. Mihailova, K. Balashev, Desiccation-induced alterations in surface topography of thylakoids from resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis studied by atomic force microscopy, electrokinetic and optical measurements, Physiologia Plantarum, vol:166, issue:2, 2019, pages:585-595, ISSN (print):0031-9317, 13993054, doi:10.1111/ppl.12807, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (257 - 2017), SCOPUS Quartile: Q2 (2019)
  2. T.M. Cholakova, L.P. Kolaklieva, R.D. Kakanakov, V.A. Chitanov, S. Ranguelov, S. Atanasova-Vladimirova2, P. K. Stefanov, G. B. Atanasova, K.T. Balashev, Effect of the heat treatment on mechanical and structural properties of CrTiAlN coatings deposited at low temperature, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, том:50, 2018, стр.:197-204, Ref, Web of Science IF, (0.23 - 2018), Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.157 - 2018)
  3. T.D. Andreeva, S.D. Petrova, K. Mladenova, V. Moskova-Doumanova, T. Topouzova-Hristova, N. Mladenov, K. Balashev, Z. Lalchev, J. Doumanov, Effects of Ca2+, Glu and GABA on hBest1 and composite hBest1/POPC surface films., Colloid and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, issue:161, 2018, pages:192-199, ISSN (print):0927-7765, ISSN (online):1873-4367, doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.10.051, Ref, Web of Science IF, (973 - 2018), Web of Science Quartile: Q1 (BIOPHYSICS), Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.96 - 2018), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (Medicine)
  4. S. Simeonova, P. Georgiev, K. Exner, L. Mihaylov, D. Nihtianova, K. Koynov, K. Balashev, Kinetic study of gold nanoparticles synthesized in the presence of chitosan and citric acid, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2018, doi:doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.02.045, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.74 - 2018), SCOPUS Quartile: Q2 (2018)
  5. S. Rabadzhiyska, L. Kolaklieva, V. Chitanov, T. Cholakova, N. Dimcheva, R. Kakanakov, K. Balashev, Mechanical, wear and corrosion behavior of CrN/TiN multilayer coatings deposited by low temperature unbalanced magnetron sputtering for biomedical applications, Materials Today: Proceedings, том:5, брой:8, 2018, стр.:16012-16021, doi:10.1016/j.matpr.2018.0046, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.314 - 2017)
  6. T. Cholakova, V. Chitanov, L. Kolaklieva, R. Kakanakov, K. Balashev, B. Ranguelov, V. Rupetchov, Study of the mechanical properties of Ti-and Cr-based multicomponent hard coatings, MATEC Web Conf., том:145, брой:02003, 2018, стр.:1-9, doi:10.1051/matecconf/201814502003
  7. M. Shipochka, A. Eliyas, И. Stambolova, V. Blaskov, S. Vassilev, S. Simeonova, K. Balashev, Synthesis of TiO2 on SnO2 bicomponent system and investigation of its structure and photocatalytic activity, Materials Chemistry and Physics, том:220, 2018, стр.:249-259, doi:10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.08.054, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.65 - 2018), SCOPUS Quartile: Q2 (2018)
  8. T. M. Cholakova, V. Chitanov, L.P. Kolaklieva, R.D. Kakanakov, B. Ranguelov, S. Atanasova, P. K. Stefanov, G.B Atanasova, K. Balashev, Ti- and Cr-based hard coatings obtained at low temperatures by unbalanced magnetron sputtering, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, том:992, брой:1, art. no. 012030,, 2018, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/992/1/012030, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.241 - 2017)
  9. I. Stambolova, V. Blaskov, D. Stoyanova, I. Avramova, L. Dimitrov, K. Milenova, K. Balashev, S. Simeonova, A. Tzonev, A. Eliyas, Dependence of the textural properties and surface species of ZnO photocatalytic materials on the type of precipitating agent used in the hydrothermal synthesis, Bulletin of Materials Science, 2017, стр.:1-10, doi:10.1007/s12034-017-1389-x, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.38 - 2018), SCOPUS Quartile: Q2 (2017)
  10. K. Mladenova, S. Petrova, T. Andreeva, V. Moskova-Doumanova, T. Topouzova, Y. Kalvachev, K. Balashev, S. S. Bhattacharya, L Chakarova, J. Doumanov, Effects of Ca2+ ions on bestrophin-1 surface films , Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces , том:149, брой:1, 2017, стр.:226-232, ISSN (print):0927-7765, ISSN (online):927-7765, doi:doi.org/1016/j.colsurfb.2016.10.023, Ref, Web of Science IF, (4.295 - ), Ref SCOPUS SJR (1.078 - ), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2017)
  11. S. Todinova, R. Komsa-Penkova, S. Krumova, K. Balashev, T.D. Andreeva, PlA2 Polymorphism in Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Modulates the Morphology and Nanomechanics of Platelets, Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, брой:8, 2017, стр.:951-960, doi:10.1177/1076029616687847, Ref, IF, (2.096 – 2016)
  12. R. Tsekov, P. Georgiev, S. Simeonova, K. Balashev, Quantifying the blue shift in the light adsorption of small gold nanoparticles, C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., том:70, брой:9, 2017, стр.:1237-1246, Ref, IR , Ref SCOPUS SJR (0.21 - 2018), SCOPUS Quartile: Q2 (2017)

Language qualification:

English, Russian

Scientific interests:

Basic and applied research in the field of

• Biophysical chemistry

• Nanotechnology

• Atomic force microscopy, with applications to study the mechanisms of enzyme-catalytic reactions, biologically active substances, drug carriers, etc.