Education

• Higher education – Master, Medicine, Medical University - Pleven (1975 - 1981)
• Specialty in "Physiology", 1989
• PhD, 2012 -  theme of dissertation "Selenium and functional state of the vascular wall in normo- and hypertension - experimental studies"

Academic positions

• Head of Division "Physiology" from 2015
• Associate Professor of physiology from 2013
• Senior Assistant Professor of Physiology (1999 - 2012)
• Chief assistant professor (1990 – 1999)
• Assistant Professor of Physiology, Medical University - Pleven (1985 - 1990)

Specializations

• Individual Course utilization of advanced methods in Physiology, MU, Sofia, 1990
• Computer methods for the study of the cardiovascular system, MU Sofia, 1997
• Workshops for PBL of Medicine - Pleven, together with the University of New Mexico, United States, 2000 and 2001.
• The essential trace elements in human health and disease, MU Pleven, 2006.

• Course in Metabolic Syndrome, Classical and New Risk factors for CV Diseases, Intravenous Metabolism of Lipid Emulsions, UL – Brussels & MU – Pleven, 2008
• Specialist Certification of Obesity Professional Education accredited course of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2009

• Antioxidants - Prevention and healthy aging, Public Health Faculty, MU Sofia, 2009
• Nutrition and chronic diseases - Sofia, 2011
• Nutritional supplements - benefit and risk Balkan medical days, Varna, 2011
• Days of Bioethics, MU-Pleven, 2014, 2015, 2016

Teaching Activities

• Lectures in physiology for students "medicine" - ELE and BLE courses from 2013
• Participation in FC "Physiology of physical work and assessment of  the functional capabilities of the human organism" for students "medicine"
• Lectures in physiology for students of Medical college and Faculty of health care 

Research interests 

•  Regulation of blood pressure
• Hypertension in childhood
• The role of some trace elements (selenium and zinc) for the functional state of the cardiovascular system in health and disease
• Influence of hepsidin, copper and selenium on iron metabolism in health and disease
• Innovations in Medical Education

Membership in scientific and public organizations

• L union Medicale Balkanique
• Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
• Bulgarian Society of Physiological Sciences
• Bulgarian Association of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Bulgarian Medical Association
• Democratic medical syndicate - Bulgaria

Language qualification

• English - written and spoken
• Russian - written and spoken
• French - using literature