Curriculum Vitae
Citizenship: Bulgarian and USA
Academic Record
- M.Sc. - Chemical Engineering - 1962
Higher Institute of Chemical Technology of Sofia (Bulgaria)
(Thesis: Syntheses of Some Ester Lubricants)
- Ph.D. - Organic Chemistry - 1971
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(Thesis: Coking Coal Structure and Thermoplasticity Phenomena)
- D.Sc. - Coal Chemistry - 1988
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(Thesis: Structural Aspects of Coalification and Carbonization)
Research Positions
- 1979-1990 Associate Professor
Institute of Organic Chemistry of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
- 1992-1996 Senior Research Associate
Ohio University, Chemical Engineering Department, Athens, Ohio
Visiting
- 1974-1976 Max-Planck Institut fuer Kohlenforschung, Muelheim, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1987-1988 Bergbau Forschung GmbH, Essen, Germany
Visiting Senior Researcher
- 1990-1992 Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Visiting Professor
Member
American Chemical Society
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Languages
English, German, Russian, Polish, Bulgarian