CURRICULUM VITAE:

Place of birth: Ruse, Bulgaria

Date of birth: 1993

Nationality: Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED:

2021 - PhD in Mineralogy and crystallography at Institute of Mineralogy and crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2017 - MSc in Fine organic chemistry at University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM), Sofia

ACADEMIC POSITIONS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS

2021 – currently, Assistant Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, “Acad. Ivan Kostov”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 

FIELD OF INTEREST:

- Synthesis of organic compounds  with biological properties;

- Purification and crystallization of DNA and proteins;

- Determination of the crystal structure of solids by single crystal or powder X-ray diffraction analysis;

- Study of the physical properties of organic and inorganic compounds;
LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS:

1. Gerova, M.S, Stateva, S.R., Radonova, E.M., Kalenderska, R.B., Rusew, R.I., Nikolova, R.P., Chanev, C.D., Shivachev, B.L., Apostolova, M.D., Petrov, O.I.. Combretastatin A-4 analogues with benzoxazolone scaffold: Synthesis, structure and biological activity. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 120, 14, 2016, 121-133. 

2. Todorov, P, Peneva, P, Georgieva, S., Rusew, R, Shivachev, B, Georgiev, A. Photochromic and molecular switching behaviour of new Schiff bases containing hydantoin rings: synthesis, characterization and crystal structures. New Journal of Chemistry, 47, 6, 2019, 2740-2751. 

3. Rusew, R., Kurteva, V., Shivachev, B.. Novel quaternary ammonium derivatives of 4-pyrrolidino pyridine: Synthesis, structural, thermal, and antibacterial studies. Crystals, 10, 5, 2020, 1-14. 

4. Todorov, P., Georgieva, S., Peneva, P., Rusew, R., Shivachev, B., Georgiev, A.. Experimental and theoretical study of bidirectional photoswitching behavior of 5,5′-diphenylhydantoin Schiff bases: synthesis, crystal structure and kinetic approaches. New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 35, 2020, 15081-15099. 

5. Atanasov, G., Rusew, R. I., Gelev, V. M., Chanev, Ch., Nikolova, R., Shivachev, B., Petrov, O., Apostolova, M. New Heterocyclic Combretastatin A-4 Analogs: Synthesis and Biological Activity of Styryl-2(3H)-Benzothiazolones. Pharmaceuticals, 14, 1331, 2021, 1-32

6. Kurteva, V., Nikolova, R., Petkova, Z., Rusew, R., Shivachev, B., Todorova, S.. Acylpyrazolones possessing heterocyclic moiety in the acyl fragment: intramolecular vs intermolecular zwitterionic structure. New Journal of Chemistry, 2021.