Education:

2018 Bachelor of Chemistry, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

2020 M.Sc. in Computational Chemistry, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski

Since 2020 PhD student in Theoretical Chemistry, Sofia university St. Kliment Ohridski

Membership in administrative organisations:

2021 – 2023: Faculty student council of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Scientific interests:

• Structure and molecular-level mechanism of action of components for drug delivery systems
• Structure and physical chemical properties of alkane-containing systems during and after phase transition from liquid to solid state
• Development of specialized procedures for analysis of complex model systems

Publications:

1. Tsibranska, S.; liev, S.; Ivanova, А.; Aleksandrov, N.; Tcholakova, S. and Denkov, N. (2024): Types of phases obtained by molecular dynamics simulations upon freezing of hexadecane-containing systems. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 697, 134466.
2. Iliev, S.; Tsibranska, S.; Ivanova, А.; Tcholakova, S. and Denkov, N. (2023): Computational assessment of hexadecane freezing by equilibrium atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 638, 743-757
3. Iliev, S.; Tsibranska, S.; Kichev, I.; Tcholakova, S.; Denkov, N. and Ivanova, A. (2023): Computational Procedure for Analysis of Crystallites in Polycrystalline Solids of Quasilinear Molecules. Molecules 28, 2327.
4. Iliev, S.; Gocheva, G.; Ivanova, N.; Atanasova, B.; Petrova, J.; Madjarova, G. and Ivanova, A. (2018): Identification and Computational Characterization of Isomers with cis and trans Amide Bonds in Folate and Analogues. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20, 28818-28831
5. Schaber, E. N.; Ivanova, N.; Iliev, S.; Petrova, J.; Gocheva, G.; Madjarova, G. and Ivanova, A. (2021): Initial stages of spontaneous binding of folate-based vectors to folate receptor-α observed by unbiased molecular dynamics. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, 7598-7612
6. Gocheva, G.; Ivanova, N.; Iliev, S.; Petrova, J.; Madjarova, G. and Ivanova, A. (2020): Characteristics of a folate receptor-α anchored into a multilipid bilayer obtained from atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 16, 749-764

Contacts:

Email: fhsi@chem.uni-sofia.bg

Тел: +359 02 8161 276

Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University,

1 J. Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, BULGARIA