LABORATORY “EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ALGOLOGY”

Leader

Assistant Professor Ivan Iliev, PhD

Building 23
Office 202, Lab 236
Phone: + 359 (2) 979 37 54,
+ 359 (2) 979 21 09
Е-mail: crazyalgae@gmail.com

Phone: +359-2-979-37 45
Е-mail: albena55@yahoo.com
Scientific interests: Quantitative and qualitative changes in the lipid and fatty acid composition of plant cells in response to the action of abiotic and biotic stress factors; Biologically active substances from algae.

Yuliana Ivanova – Associate Professor, PhD

Phone: +359-2-979-21 18
Е-mail: juivanova@yahoo.com
Professional interests: Algae cultivation, immobilization, interactions between bacteria and algae, biologically active substances from algae, purification of water and soils from heavy metals and organic pollutants.

Veronika Deleva – Assistant Professor

Phone: +359-2-979-21 82
Е-mail: delevaveronika93@gmail.com
Scientific interests: Industrial and plant biotechnology; Biochemistry; Algology; Agrobiotechnologies; Innovations in the field of ecological biotechnology; Food technologies; Mathematical models and bioinformatics.

Nadya Agayn – Assistant Professor

Phone: +359-2-979-37 44
Е-mail: nadia199000@abv.bg
Scientific interests: Cultivation of microalgae; Biochemical analysis of the accumulated biomass (content of: pigments, proteins, carbohydrates, polyphenols, flavonoids and total antioxidant activity); Application of algal biomass as a biostimulant in organic agriculture; Conducting laboratory experiments.

Liliana Gigova – Researcher, PhD

Phone: +359-2-979-21 96
Е-mail: gigova01@gmail.com
Professional interests: Biochemistry and physiology of microalgae; abiotic stress; activity of metabolic and antioxidant enzymes; antibacterial, antifungal and antitumor activity; biologically active extracts and metabolites of microalgae.

Svetlana Kamenova – Researcher, MSc

Phone: +359-2-979-21 96
Е-mail: svetla_ka@mail.bg
Scientific interests: Physiology and biochemistry of microalgae; Activity of metabolic and antioxidant enzymes; Biologically active substances from microalgae.

Tanya Toshkova-Yotova – Assistant Professor, PhD

Phone: +359-2-979-21 82
Е-mail: t_toshkova_yotova@abv.bg
Professional interests: Physiology and biochemistry of microalgae, intense cultivation of microalgae, green microalgae, isolation of new algal strains, maintenance of algae collection, biologically active substances of algae.

Zornitsa Stoyanova – Assistant Professor, PhD

Phone.: +359-2-979-37 54
Е-mail: z.b.stoyanova@abv.bg
Scientific interests: Plant diseases; Diagnosis of phytopathogenic fungi; Pathogenesis; Phenotypic, genotypic and pathogenic characteristics of fungi of the genus Colletotrichum, Phomopsis, Septoria, etc.; Plant resistance to diseases; Plant protection methods; Evaluation of biological compounds obtained from microalgae for antifungal activity; Testing of bio-preparations on vegetables; Collection, description and maintenance of pepper samples (Capsicum spp.) – old Bulgarian varieties and local forms.

Bistra Mihaylova – Researcher, PhD

Phone.: +359-2-979-37 54
Е-mail: bistrasm@abv.bg
Scientific interests: Description, storage and maintenance of a pepper collection created at the IFRG, as well as other local forms of pepper; Evaluation of the influence of microalgae extracts in laboratory and field conditions on pepper and other vegetable crop samples for the needs of organic farming; Genetic diversity of pathogens causing plant diseases; Creation of disease-resistant lines, hybrids and varieties of cultivated plants.

Denitsa Ignatova – Researcher, MSc

Phone: +359-2-979-37 54
Е-mail: ignatova_denitsa@abv.bg
Scientific interests: Physiology and biochemistry of microalgae; Preparation of nutrient media and cultivation of microalgae; Application of microalgae and herbs in medicine and their benefits for the body; Participation in field experiments.