Education: Higher medical school - doctor; 1986 - Medical Academy, Sofia
Specialty: 1990 - Medical Microbiology
Specializations and training: 1997 - 1998 - Universidad de Navarra, Spain
2009 - Robert-Koch Institut, Germany
2011 - WHO - Biorisk Management Training Program, Czech Republic
2012 - Instituto Nacional de Saude Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), PortugalProfessional experience: 1986-1989 - microbiologist at the Hygienic and Epidemiological Inspectorate, Blagoevgrad
1989-1995 - microbiologist at the Metropolitan Hygienic and Epidemiological Inspectorate, Sofia
1995 - to the present - Head of the Reference Laboratory at the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Position: Physician in the Microbiological Laboratory at the St. Naum Hospital
Memberships: Bulgarian Association of Microbiologists; Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
Scientific publications: 30 issues in foreign and Bulgarian journals
Participation in international scientific projects:
- 2008-2011 ã. - EU BT project Establishment of Quality Assurance Schemes for the Detection of Highly Pathogenic Bacteria - EQADeBa
- 2011-2014 ã. - Quality Assurance Exercises and Networking on the Detection of Highly Infectious Pathogens - QUANDHIP
- 2015-2018 ã. - Efficient response to highly dangerous and emerging pathogens at EU level - EMERGE
Languages: English, Russian
