Проф. д-р Владислав Костов
Институт по минералогия и кристалография
"Акад. Иван Костов"
Българска академия на науките
"Акад. Иван Костов"
Българска академия на науките
Place of birth: Sofia, Bulgaria
Date of birth: 1963
Nationality: Bulgarian
Date of birth: 1963
Nationality: Bulgarian
Education
1995 – Doctor’s degree in mineralogy and crystallography
1991-1994 Post-graduate student, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Dept. of Mineralogy, Cristallography and Economic Geology; Thesis title: Synthesis and crystal-chemical peculiarities of lead-antimony chlorine sulphosalts.
1984-1989 Higher education, Moscow Geological Prospecting Institute, diplomaed engineer-geologist
Academic positions
2018 – Assistant Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Acad. Ivan Kostov", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMC-BAS)
2022 – Currently Assoc. Professor, Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Acad. Ivan Kostov", Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IMC-BAS)
Field of interests
-synthesis of new materials (lead-antimony chlorine sulphosalts, microporous and layered titanosilicates, zirconosilicates, stannosilicates, and alkaline silicates);
-powder X-ray diffraction analysis and attendant software products (Rietveld refinement);
-mineralogical diversity of Bulgaria.
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