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Education

• B. Sc. – Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2004
• M. Sc. – Medical Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2005
• Ph. D. – Chemical sciences (Analytical chemistry), Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2009
• Medicinal specialty in Тoxicology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2017
• Ph. D. – Medicine (Toxicology), Military Medical Academy, 2019

Professional Experience

• Professor, Medicine (Toxicology), Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2021 – present
• Professor, Medicine (Toxicology), Military Medical Academy, 2020 – present
• Associate Professor in Medicine (Toxicology), Military Medical Academy, 2012 – 2020
• Assistant Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2009 – 2021
• 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)

1. 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) 2009; 74 (3): 339-345. DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909030055
2. 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. Forensic Science International 2012; 215: 159-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.04.005
3. I. Ivanov, S. Stoykova, E. Ivanova, A. Vlahova, N. Burdzhiev, I. Pantcheva, V. N. Atanasov. A case of 5F-ADB / FUB-AMB abuse: drug-induced or drug-related death? Forensic Science International 2019; 297: 372-377. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.005
4. Y. Goranova, S. Stoykova, I. Samnaliev, V. N. Atanasov. Effect of Vipoxin (V. amm. meridionalis) and its components on neuromuscular transmission. Interdisciplinary Toxicology 2020; 13(1): 21-27. DOI: 10.2478/intox-2020-0003
5. I. D. Ivanov, S. S. Stoykova, N. T. Burdzhiev, I. N. Pantcheva, V. N. Atanasov. Synthetic cannabinoids 5F-QUPIC and MDMB-CHMICA in plant material – Identification and quantification by gas chromatography – mass spectrometry (GC-MS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). Analytical Letters 2021; 54(16): 2600-2610. DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2021.1879109

Project Activity – (Research Projects in the last 5 years)

• Analysis of "herbal mixtures" containing synthetic cannabinoids applied, Research Fund of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski ", manager, contract number: 80-10-23, 2018
• New horizons for natural ionophore antibiotics, Ministry of Education and Science Research Fund, member of the research team, contract number: KP-06-H29/3, 2018
• Rotator phase transitions in drops: new approach for creating multi-active micro- and nanoparticles, Ministry of Education and Science Research Fund, ROTA-Active, 2020
• Excellence in colloid and interface research & innovations for better quality of life, Ministry of Education and Science, National Program “European Science Networks”, EXTREME, 2021
• Evaluation of the activity of polyether ionophores and their metal derivatives against Human Herpes Viruses (HHVs), Research Fund of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski ", manager, contract number: 80-10-168, 2022
• Combinatorial approach to evaluate the coordination behaviour of natural antibiotics, project № BG-RRP-2.004-0008-C01 SUMMIT, financied by the European Union-NextGenerationEU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2024

Teaching Activity

External Activities

• Chair, Expert Council on Drugs
• National Expert on Drug-related deaths, European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)
• Chair, Forensic Toxicology Section, Balkan Association of Forensic Sciences
• Vice-President, Bulgarian Society on Clinical Toxicology
• Expert (toxicology of NPS), European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA)
• Member of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT)
• Member, Expert Council of Toxicology, Ministry of Health

Member of Editorial Board of:

• Journal of Faculty “Police” (MOI Academy)
• MD Medical Data (Belgrade)