CURRICULUM VITAE: 
Place of birth: Khaskovo, Bulgaria

Date of birth: 01.11.1985

Nationality: Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED:

2004-2008 Higher education – bachelor of Geology and Geoinformatics; 

Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski "- Sofia

2009-2011 Higher education – master of Geoinformatics;

Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski "- Sofia

2012-2017 PhD student, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Acad. Ivan Kostov ", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMC-BAS)

2017 – Doctor’s degree in mineralogy and crystallography

ACADEMIC POSITIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Geologist – October 2017 – August 2018

Senior Assistant Professor – August 2018 – at the moment;

Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Acad. Ivan Kostov ", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMC-BAS)

FIELD OF INTEREST:

- zeolite synthesis, modification and application;

- synthesis of zeolites from alternative sources of silica (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3) – coal fly ash, rice husk ash, perlite etc.

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS:

1. Kalvachev, Yu., Zgureva, D., Boycheva, S., Barbov, B., Petrova, N.. Synthesis of carbon dioxide adsorbents by zeolitization of fly ash. Journal Thermal Analysis Calorimetry, 124, 1, Springer, 2016, ISSN:1388-6150, DOI:10.1007/s10973-015-5148-1, 101-106. SJR:0.599, ISI IF:1.953

2. Barbov B., Kalvachev Yu.. Seed-assisted synthesis of nanosized Beta zeolite. Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci., 68, 8, 2015, ISSN:13101331, 983-990. SJR:0.21, ISI IF:0.307

3. Barbov, B. Z., Kalvachev, Yu. A.. Green seed - assisted fly ash zeolitisation at room temperature. Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 50, H, Union of Chemists, 2018, ISSN:0324-1130, 151-155. SJR:0.16, ISI IF:0.238

4. Todorova, S., Barbov, B., Todorova, T., Kolev, H., Ivanova, I., Shopska, M., Kalvachev, Y.. CO OXIDATION OVER Pt-MODIFIED FLY ASH ZEOLITE X. Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis, 129, Springer, 2020, ISSN:1878-5190, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-020-01730-x, 773-786. JCR-IF (Web of Science):1.52