CURRICULUM VITAE:

Place of birth: Sofia

Date of birth: 1999

Nationality: Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED:

2018 – 2022 – Bachelor of Science "Geology", Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

2022 – present – Master of Science "Geology and Paleontology",  Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

ACADEMIC POSITIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

2020 - currently, Technician-Geology – Experimental Mineralogy, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography "Acad. Ivan Kostov", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

FIELD OF INTEREST:

- experimental mineralogy (lead: experimental setups with magnesium salts and their processing with carbamide);

- powder X-ray diffraction analysis;

- chemistry of inorganic matter and trace elements in coals and in dispersed organic matter in sedimentary rocks

1. I. Kostova, D. Apostolova, J. Kuncheva, G. Velyanova“Selenium concentrations in coals and fly ashes from coal fired thermoelectric power plants in Bulgaria”. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, Short communications of the National Scientific Conferenceof the BGS with international participation “GEOSCIENCES 2022”, 83, 3, 101-104, 2022

2. I. Kostova, R. Sabeva, G.Velyanova, E. Isaeva “Cadmium concentrations in coals and fly ashes from coal fired thermoelectric power plants in Bulgaria”. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, Short communications of the National Scientific Conferenceof the BGS with international participation “GEOSCIENCES 2022”, 83, 3, 105-108, 2022

3. V. Nikolov, D. Dochev, L. Metodiev, D. Dimitrov, G. Velyanova and L. Hristova, 2021. “Triassic marine reptiles and other fossil vertebrates from the area of Godech, Western Bulgaria”. Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, “GEOSCIENCES 2021”, 82, 3, 118-120, 2021. 

4. K. Bogdanov, S. Velev, Ya. Georgieva and G. Velyanova, 2021. “Remote sensing, SWIR, Raman and XRD applications in Pesovets epithermal system mapping, Panagyurishte ore district, Bulgaria”  Review of the Bulgarian Geological Society, “GEOSCIENCES 2021”, 82, 3, 137-139, 2021.