CURRICULUM VITAE:

Place of birth: Bulgaria

Date of birth: 9th of March 1961

Nationality: Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED:

1979-1985 - Higher education, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, diplomaed chemist-engineer

1989-1993 - Post-graduate student, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Dept. of Technology of inorganic substances; Thesis title: Thermal decomposition of FeSO₄.H₂O и Al₂(SO₄)₃.xH₂O.

1993 – Doctor’s degree in chemistry

ACADEMIC POSITIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

2020 - currently, Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, “Acad. Ivan Kostov”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMC-BAS)

FIELD OF INTEREST:

- Material science, Nanomaterials, Inorganic chemistry, Inorganic technologies, Engineering chemistry;

- Non-metallic structural composition materials, cement and cement solutions, cement substitutes, inert fillers, pozzolanic additives;

- Ecology, air and environmental pollution, biomass, energy from biowaste, circular economy.

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS (Last 3 years):

1. Petkova Vilma, Ventseslav Stoyanov, Bilyana Kostova, Phase transformation in the CaO-SiO2-P2O5 natural system during high temperature heat treatment, Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, ISSN: 1314-7471, 1314-7978 57, 3, 2022, 614-621, Q3

2. Serafimova Ekaterina, Vilma Petkova, Ventseslav Stoyanov, Thermochemical studies on different fuels and bio-wastes, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, ISSN: 1018-4619, 31 (08A), 2022, 8354-8357, Q4

3. Serafimova Ekaterina, Vilma Petkova, Determination of BTEX in indoor air with INTERA platform in Southeastern Bulgaria, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, ISSN: 1018-4619, 31 (08A), 2022, 8379-8384, Q4

Kostova B., V. Petkova, Vl. Kostov-Kytin, Y. Tzvetanova, G. Avdeev, TG/DTG-DSC and high temperature in-situ XRD analysis of natural thaumasite, Thermochimica Acta, ISSN: 0040-6031, 697, (2021), 178863 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tca.2021.178863

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040603121000046 IF= 2.762 за 2019 г., Q2 по JCR и SJR

4. Kostova Bilyana, Vilma Petkova, Ventseslav Stoyanov, Zh Uzunov, The effect of high energy milling and high thermal treatment on the structure and thermal decomposition of minerals from natural CaO-SiO2-P2O5 ceramic system, Materials Today Communications, ISSN 2352-4928, 26, (2021), 101983, Q2

5. Serafimova Ekaterina, Vilma Petkova, Integrated treatment of bio-wastes for circular economy, Journal of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, ISSN:1314-7471, E-ISSN:1314-7978, 56, 2, 2021, 348-352, Q3

https://dl.uctm.edu/journal/node/j2021-2/14_20-167p348-352.pdf

6. Petkova Vilma, Ventseslav Stoyanov, Bilyana Kostova, Vladislav Kostov-Kytin, Alexander Kalinkin, Irina Zvereva, Yana Tzvetanova, Crystal-chemical and thermal properties of decorative cement composites, Materials, Section “Construction and Building Materials”, Special Issue “Development and Research of Cementitious Materials”, (ISSN 1996-1944), 14 (17), (2021), 4793, Q1

7. Titorenkova R., E. Dyulgerova, V. Petkova, R.Ilieva, Carbonation and dehydroxylation of apatite during high energy milling of biphasic Ca-phosphate ceramics, Ceramics International, ISSN: 0272-8842, Volume 45, Issue 6, (2019), 7025-7033, Q1

8. Kaljuvee Tiit, Kaia Tõnsuaadu, Rainer Traksmaa, Marve Einard, Jekaterina Jefimova, Vilma Petkova, Thermal behaviour of Estonian phosphorites from different deposits, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, ISSN 1388-6150, 142(1), (2020), pp. 437-449, Q2

9. Cherkezova-Zheleva Z., D. Paneva, V. Petkova, J. Krstić, G. Stefanov, Reuse of Fe-based amorphous alloys containing CRM: study on their temperature behavior, Hyperfine Interactions, 241, 14 (2020), 23, Q3

10. Kalinkin Alexander, Basya Gurevich, Mikhail Myshenkov, Mikhail Chislov, Elena Kalinkina, Irina Zvereva, Zara Cherkezova-Zheleva, Daniela Paneva, Vilma Petkova, Synthesis of Fly Ash Based Geopolymers: Effect of Calcite Addition and Mechanical Activation, Minerals, 10, (2020), 827, ISSN 2075-163X, Q2