Education

• 2016  Master’s degree in Medicinal chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“, Bulgaria

• 2015 – 2016  Erasmus exchange program, University of Gdansk, Poland

• 2014  Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski“, Bulgaria

Teaching activities

2016 – present - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University-Pleven, Bulgaria

• Laboratory exercises and seminars in Chemistry for students of the specialty "Medicine", Faculty of Medicine, Medical University-Pleven – in Bulgarian and English language
• Participation in lecture course in Chemistry for international undergraduate students of the Department of Language and Specialized Training, Medical University-Pleven, Bulgaria - in English language

Research activities

• Articles – 1
• Participation in scientific events – 4
• Research projects - 3

Research interests:

• In the field of bioorganic chemistry:  

• Development of new methods for cyto- and histochemical localization of aminopeptidase activity;
• Synthesis of specific fluorogenic substrates and aminopeptidase inhibitors;
• Separation and purification methods of organic compounds (LC, HPLC, GC);
• Specialized software (TopSpin, MestRe Nova, OriginPro) for data collection and processing of various spectral methods (NMR, IR, MS, UV-vis).

Languages:  English language - Cambridge FCE