| Dates (from – to) | 2022-2025 – Assistant of Physical Chemistry 2025 – Chief Assistant of Physical Chemistry |
| Name and address of employer | Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, 1 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Type of business or sector | University / R&D |
| Occupation or position held | 2025 – Chief Assistant in the Department of physical chemistry |
| Teaching activities | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY and Colloidal Chemistry parts I, II and III; CERAMIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS, Environment and dispersion systems |
| Еducation and training | |
| • Dates (from – to) | 2014-2018 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - BSc of Chemistry 2018-2019 Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Masters degree in Function materials |
| • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered | 2023 - 2025 PHD student in the Department of physical chemistry |
| • Title of qualification awarded | 2024 – PHD in Physical Chemistry |
| scientific skills and competences | Optical materials. Spectroscopy. Sol-gel chemistry. Aerogels. Solid state, Surface properties, Colloidal Chemistry |
| Scientific Publications |
11 publications, >10 scientific conferences, 61 citations in literature; H-index = 5 (SCOPUS) SCOPUS Author ID: 57200220320 |
5 representative new publications
S. Gutzov, D. Shandurkov, N. Danchova, V. Petrov, T. Spassov, Hybrid composites based on aerogels: preparation, structure and tunable luminescence, J. Luminescence, 251 (2022) 119 171.
Yavrukova, V.I., Shandurkov, D.N., Marinova, K.G., Kralchevsky, P.A., Ung, Y.W., Petkov, J.T. Cleaning Ability of Mixed Solutions of Sulfonated Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (2020) Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 23 (3), pp. 617-627.
Kolev, T., Danchova, N., Shandurkov, D., Gutzov, S. Preparation and spectral properties of europium hydrogen squarate microcrystals (2018) Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 194, pp. 189-193.
T. Zahariev, D. Shandurkov, S. Gutzov, N. Trendafilova, D. Enseling, T. Jüstel, I. Georgieva, Phenanthroline chromophore as efficient antenna for Tb3+ green luminescence: A theoretical study, Dyes and Pigments 185 (2021) 108890.
D. Shandurkov, P. Ignatov, I. Spassova, S. Gutzov, Spectral and Texture Properties of Hydrophobic Aerogel Powders Obtained from Room Temperature Drying, Molecules 26 (2021) 1796 https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061796