{"id":14305,"date":"2026-03-17T16:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/?page_id=14305"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:51:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:51:35","slug":"%d0%b7%d0%be%d1%80%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b0-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/?page_id=14305","title":{"rendered":"\u0417\u043e\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u041a\u0430\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"550\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-14311\" style=\"border: 1px solid grey; border-radius: 9px; box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #717070;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Katerova-Z-108x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Katerova-Z-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Katerova-Z-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Katerova-Z.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"310\">\n<h5>Associate Professor Zornitsa Katerova-Landzhova, PhD<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Building 21, Office 124<br \/>\nPhone.: +359-2-9792689<br \/>\n\u0415-mail: zornitsa@bio21.bas.bg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Date and place of birth<\/strong> \u2013 21.11.1975, Pleven, Bulgaria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nationality &#8211; <\/strong>Bulgarian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages &#8211; <\/strong>English<\/p>\n<h3>Education and Academic degree<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MSci<\/strong> degree in Biotechnology, <strong>1999<\/strong>, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d, Sofia, Bulgaria. Master thesis:\u00a0<strong>Antibacterial activity of strains, isolated from silage. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PhD, 2009, <\/strong>Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. PhD thesis: <strong>Physiological and biochemical changes in pea plants exposed to relatively low UV-C and UV-B doses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Background<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researcher (1999-2001), Central Laboratory of General Ecology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researcher (2001-2001), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">PhD Student (2002-2007), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researcher (2007-2009), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assistant Professor (2009-2010), Acad. M. Popov Institute of Plant Physiology \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assistant Professor (2010-2024), Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Associate Professor (2024-continue), Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics \u2013 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Department of Regulation of plant growth and development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research field<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant stress, plant physiology, plant growth regulators, UV-stress, herbicides, IAA, ABA, polyamines.<\/p>\n<h3>Publication activity and list of selected publications<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Todorova D, Vaseva I, Shopova E, Petrakova M, Iliev M, Sergiev I (2024) Effects of melatonin pre- and post-drought treatment on oxidative stress markers and expression of proline-related transcripts in young wheat plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25, 22<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jankovska-Bortkevi\u010d E, Katerova Z, Todorova D, Jankauskien\u0117 J, Mockevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117 R, Sergiev I, Jurkonien\u0117 S (2023) Effects of auxin-type plant growth regulators and cold stress on the endogenous polyamines in pea plants. Horticulturae, 9, 2<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Todorova D, Shopova E, Brankova L, Dimitrova L, Petrakova M, Sergiev I (2023) Biochemical alterations in triticale seedlings pretreated with selective herbicide and subjected to drought or waterlogging stress. Plants, 12, 15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Todorova D, Katerova Z, Shopova E, Brankova L, Sergiev I, Jankauskien\u0117 J, Jurkonien\u0117 S (2022) The physiological responses of wheat and maize seedlings grown under water deficit are modulated by pre-application of auxin-type plant growth regulators. Plants, 11, 23<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shopova E, Katerova Z, Brankova L, Dimitrova L, Sergiev I, Todorova D, Talaat NB (2021) Modulation of physiological stress response of <em>Triticum aestivum<\/em> L. to glyphosate by brassinosteroid application. Life, 11, 11<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Todorova D (2011) Effect of enhanced UV-C irradiation on the growth, malondialdehyde, hydrogen peroxide, free proline, polyamines, IAA and IAA-oxidase activity in pea plants (<em>Pisum sativum<\/em> L.). Comptes-rendus de l\u2019Acad\u00e9mie Bulgare des Sciences, 64, 11,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Todorova D, Tasheva K, Sergiev I (2012) Influence of ultraviolet radiation on plant secondary metabolite production. Genetics and Plant Physiology, 2, 3-4,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Todorova D, Sergiev I. Plant Secondary Metabolites and Some Plant Growth Regulators Elicited by UV Irradiation, Light And\/Or Shade. In: Ghorbanpour M., Varma A. (eds) Medicinal Plants and Environmental Challenges, Springer, 2017, ISBN:978-3-319-68717-9, DOI:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-319-68717-9_6, 97-121<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova ZI<strong>,<\/strong> Todorova D (2009) Endogenous polyamines lessen membrane damages in pea plants provoked by enhanced ultraviolet-C radiation. Plant Growth Regul 57(2) 145-152<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Ivanov S, Prinsen E, Van Onckelen H, Alexieva V, Azmi A (2009) Low doses of ultraviolet-B or ultraviolet-C radiation affect phytohormones in young pea plants. Biol Plant 53 (2): 365-368<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerova Z, Ivanov S, Mapelli S, Alexieva V (2009) Phenols, proline and low-molecular thiol levels in pea (<em>Pisum sativum<\/em>) plants respond differently toward prolonged exposure to ultraviolet-B and ultraviolet-C radiations. Acta Physiol Plant 31(1) 111-117<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ivanov S, Katerova Z, Ivanova E, Alexieva V (2005) Effects of long-term treatment with low concentrations of herbicides atrazine, glyphosate and 2,4D on IAA oxidase activity in young pea plants. Comptes Rendus de L&#8217;Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 58, 3, BAS, 2005, ISSN:1310-1331, 315-318<\/p>\n<h3>Participation in scientific projects<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participant of 6 financed projects by National Science Fund (NSF), Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, including 1 by OP\u201dHRD\u201d and ESF.<strong> \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Professional training<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09.2000-02.2001: Tempus (Project AC-JEP 13168-98) Fellow (Specialization in Molecular and Cellular Biology) at the Royal University of Ghent (Ghent, Belgium); Research title: Metabolic engineering in <em>E. coli<\/em>: effect of <em>aceA<\/em> and <em>acnA<\/em> genes on acetate production, Prof. Prof. dr. ir. E. Vandamme lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09.2003-07.2004: PhD Specialization Fellowship at the University of Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) from the Ministries of Bulgarian and Flemish Community, Bilateral cultural program; Research title: UV stress and Cd treatment \u2013 effect on some plant hormones, Prof. H. Van Onckelen and prof. E. Prinsen lab<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">09.2013-09.2016: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) FY2013 and FY2014 Postdoc at National Agriculture and Food Organization (NARO), Japan, Sapporo, Hokkaido\/Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefectures; Research title Nuclear poly(A)-binding protein-mediated regulation of shoot branching in Arabidopsis; Host: Senior Researcher Dr. Ryozo Imai<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"_ps2id\" href=\"#top\" data-ps2id-offset=\"300\">[ Top ]<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor Zornitsa Katerova-Landzhova, PhD Building 21, Office 124 Phone.: +359-2-9792689 \u0415-mail: zornitsa@bio21.bas.bg Date and place of birth \u2013 21.11.1975, Pleven, Bulgaria Nationality &#8211; Bulgarian Languages &#8211; English Education and Academic degree MSci degree in Biotechnology, 1999, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University \u201cSt. Kliment Ohridski\u201d, Sofia, Bulgaria. Master thesis:\u00a0Antibacterial activity of strains, isolated from silage. 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