{"id":2186,"date":"2020-02-06T10:37:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T08:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=2186"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:10:00","slug":"georgi-bonchev","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=2186","title":{"rendered":"Georgi Bonchev"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"550\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13997 size-medium\" 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\/01\/Bonchev-Georgi-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"310\">\n<h5>Associate professor Georgi Bonchev, PhD<\/h5>\n<p>Building 21<br \/>\nOffice 106, Lab 211, 221<br \/>\nPhone: +359 (2) 979 2678; +359 2 8722678<br \/>\n\u0415-mail: <a href=\"mailto:bonchevg@mail.bg\">bonchevg@mail.bg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scopus Author ID: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scopus.com\/authid\/detail.uri?authorId=6505600938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6505600938<\/a><br \/>\nORCID: <a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6059-8003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">0000-0002-6059-8003<\/a><br \/>\nResearch Gate: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Georgi_Bonchev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Georgi Bonchev<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Birth date: 1971<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Birth place: Sofia, Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Research interests<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant molecular genetics, transposable elements, population genetics and evolution, development of DNA molecular markers for assessment of natural and stress-induced genetic diversity in plants .<\/p>\n<h3>\u0415ducation and academic qualifications<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2017 Group leader, Laboratory of Genome Dynamics and Stability, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2015-present Assistant professor, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2012-2013 Postdoctoral grant, Sciex fellowship of the Swiss Government, Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2011 PhD in Genetics, Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">1999-2011 Research assistant, Institute of Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">1993-1995 M.S., Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Biotechnology &amp; Biotechnological Equipment with specialization Gene and Cell Engineering<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">1990-1992 St. Petersburg State University, Department of Plant Genetics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fellowships<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sept 2018-June 2019 Fellowship of the Ministry of Education of Bulgaria for education, specialization and research abroad, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2014-2017 SAIA Fellowship under the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sept 2012-Aug 2013 Postdoctoral study, SCIEX fellowship (Switzerland), Laboratory of Evolutionary Botany, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sept 2015-Feb 2016 Marie-Curie fellowship, Sussex University, Brighton, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Participation in projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2019-2023 Bilateral research project between Bulgaria and Turkey: \u201cDetermination of nuclear DNA content and ploidy level of wild sunflower species and their interspecific hybrids utilizing flow cytometry and their evaluation based on some yield traits\u201d IPPG &#8211; partner<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2019-2022 National Research Program: \u201eHealthy nutrition for a strong bioeconomy and quality of life\u201c project coordinator IPPG \u2013 BAS<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2016-2018 National TC Projects of IAEA, Vienna, BUL 5\/014 \u201cScreening of cereal germplasm stress response and adaptation potential by advanced nuclear, omics and physiological approaches\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">April-June 2018 Project BG05M2OP001-2.002-0001, Studentski praktiki \u2013 Phase 1, Operational Programme \u201cScience and Education for Smart Growth 2014-2020\u201d, Student\u2019s mentor<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">2012-2015 Project BG051PO001-3.3., Operational Programme \u201cHuman Resources Development \u201cSupport for training and development of young competitive research experts in the field of physiology, phytochemistry, genomics, proteomics and biodiversity of eukaryotic organisms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Extracurricular activities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organization and participation in events for promotion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) \u2013 open and educational research, ethics in science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participation in 1th, 2d and 3th Social Labs on Responsible Research and Innovations (RRI), Madrid (March 2018), Prague (November 2018) and Novi Sad (October 2019), organizer R&amp;I center Tecnalia.<\/p>\n<h3>Selected publications<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev G.<\/strong>, Du\u0161insk\u00fd R., Hauptvogel H., Gaplovsk\u00e1-Kysel\u00e1 K., \u0160vec M. (2019) On the diversity and origin of the barley complex agriocrithon inferred by iPBS transposon markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 66, 7, Kluwer Academic Publishers<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev G.<\/strong>, Vassilevska-Ivanova R. (2019) Fingerprinting the genetic variation and intergeneric hybrid dynamics in the family Asteraceae (genera Helianthus, Echinaceae, Tagetes and Verbesina) using iPBS markers. Biologia, Springer, (Online)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev G<\/strong>, Y. Willi (2018) Accumulation of transposable elements in selfing populations of Arabidopsis lyrata supports the ectopic recombination model of transposon evolution, New Phytologist, 219, 767-778<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev G.<\/strong>, Dusinsk\u00fd R., Hauptvogel P., \u0160vec M. (2017) Patterns of evolutionary trajectories and domestication history within the genus Hordeum assessed by REMAP markers, Journal of Molecular Evolution, 84, 116-128<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev G.<\/strong> Parisod C. (2013) Transposable elements and microevolutionary changes in natural populations, Molecular Ecology Resources, 13, 765-775<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev<\/strong><strong> G<\/strong>., L. Stoilov, Z. Angelova, S. Georgiev (2012) Genomic diversity of Ac-like transposable elements in sphaerococcum mutant forms of common wheat (T. aestivum L.) and triticale (X Triticosecale Witt.), Journal of Applied Genetics, 53(1), 9-17<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bonchev<\/strong><strong> G<\/strong>., S. Pearce, S. Georgiev (2010) Retrotransposons and ethyle methanesulphonate induced genetic diversity in sphaerococcum mutant forms of hexaploid wheat and Triticale, Central European Journal of Biology , 5(6), 765-776<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\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 Georgi Bonchev, PhD Building 21 Office 106, Lab 211, 221 Phone: +359 (2) 979 2678; +359 2 8722678 \u0415-mail: bonchevg@mail.bg Scopus Author ID: 6505600938 ORCID: 0000-0002-6059-8003 Research Gate: Georgi Bonchev Birth date: 1971 Birth place: Sofia, Bulgaria Research interests Plant molecular genetics, transposable elements, population genetics and evolution, development of DNA molecular markers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":237,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2186"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2192,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2186\/revisions\/2192"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}