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Vasil Atanasov Email: vatanasov@chem.uni-sofia.bg Phone: + 359 2 8161-609 Fax: + 359 2 9625-438 Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy 1164 Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blivd. |
Education
- B. Sc. – Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2004.
- M. Sc. – Medical Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2005.
- Ph.D. – Analytical Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2009
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor in Medicine (Toxicology), Military Medical Academy, 2012 -
- Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2009 –
- Assistant Professor in Toxicology of CWA, Military Medical Academy, 2010-2012
- Chemist, Analytical Toxicology Lab., Military Medical Academy, 2006-2008
Specializations and Visiting Researcher at:
- Advanced Laboratory Course on Analyses of CWA, Slovakia, October 2012.
- Biochemistry of Toxins, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia, December, 2011.
Research Interests
- Analytical Toxicology (biochemical assays and instrumental chromatographic analyses of poisons in biosamples)
- Forensic Toxicology (diagnostics of poisoning in the emergency medicine; postmortem toxicology; DRUID)
- Toxins in viper’ venom (phospholipase A2; hemotoxins).
Selected Publications (max 5)
- V.N. Atanasov, I. Petrova, C. Dishovsky. In vitro investigation of new reactivators on OPC inhibited rat brain acetylcholinesterase. Chem. Biol. Interact., 203(1), 139-143, 2013.
- V. N. Atanasov, S. Stoykova, A. Runiov, T. Dimitrova, D. Aleksandrova, S. Tsakovski, M. Mitewa. Stability of diazepam in blood samples at different storage conditions and in the presence of alcohol. Forenscic Sci. Int. 215, 159-163, 2012.
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I. Marinov, V. N. Atanasov, E. Stankova, D. Duhalov, S. Petrova and
A. Hubenova, Severe coagulopathy after Vipera ammodytes ammodytes snakebite in Bulgaria: a case report. Toxicon, 56 (6), 1066-1069, 2010. - V. N. Atanasov, D. Danchev, M. Mitewa and S. Petrova.. Hemolytic and anticoagulant study of the neurotoxin vipoxin and its components – basic phospholipase A2 and an acidic inhibitor. Biochemistry (Moscow) 74 (3), 339-345, 2009.
Project Activity – (Research Projects in the last 5 years)
Participant in local projects funding by National Science Fund and by Sofia University in the field of biochemistry, pharmacology and experimental toxicology. (Detailed list in Bulgarian).
Teaching Activity
Period from - to | Discipline | Specialty |
2008 – | Analytical Chemistry | Molecular Biology, Biology (Faculty of Biology) |
2009 - | Analytical Chemistry | Chemistry (FCF) |
2010 - | Analytical Toxicology | Medical Chemistry (FCF) |
2012 - | Forensic Toxicology | Medicine / Pharmacy |
2014 - | Analytical Chemistry | Pharmacy (FCF) |
External Scientific Service Activities
Member of Editorial Board of:
- Bulgarian Journal for Chemistry
- MD Medical Data (Belgrade)