CV

Vyara Velcheva Email: ahvnv@chem.uni-sofia.bg Phone: + 359 2 8161345 Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski” Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy 1164 Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blvd.

Education

• Ph.D – Chemical Sciences (Analytical chemistry), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", 2023
• M. Sc. – “Medicinal Chemistry”, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2014
• B. Sc. – “Computer Chemistry”, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2012

Professional Experience

• Head Assistant Professor (Analytical Chemistry, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (15. 2024 - present)
• Assistant Professor (Analytical chemistry), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (11. 2017 - present)
• Assistant Professor (Analytical chemistry), Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (10.2015 – 07.2016)

Specializations

• 2-weeks specialization, project “MODERN-A: Modernization in partnership through digitalization of the Academic ecosystem” as part of activity short-term specialisation at associated partner institutions BG05M2OP001-2.016-0018, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 02.12-15.12.2023
• 3th Summer School of Bioinorganic Medicinal Chemistry, 2017, Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy, 28.08-02.09.2017
• 3-weeks spetialization in Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany; 05-22.12.2016
• International School on Introduction in the Rietveld structure refinement, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 28.09-03.10.2015
• International School on Fundamental Chrystallography: Introduction on the international tables for Chrystallography, Sofia-Gyulechitsa, Bulgaria, 30.09-05.10.2013.
• Second Balkan School on Fundamental Crystallography and Workshop on Magnetic Symmetry, Energy Institute, Istanbul Technical University Campus, Istanbul, Turkey, 13-19.07.15

Research Interests

• coordination compounds, anticancer activity, IR-spectroscopy, UV-VIS-spectroscopy, NMR-spectroscopy, X-ray analysis

Publications

• Velcheva, Vyara, Hegetschweiler, Kaspar and Gencheva, Galina. "Crystal structure of all-cis-2,4,6-trihydroxycyclohexane- 1,3,5-triaminium chloride sulfate, C6H18ClN3O7S" Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - New Crystal Structures, vol. 236, no. 6, 2021, pp. 1319-1321. https://doi.org/10.1515/ncrs-2021-0324
• Velcheva, V.; Hegetschweiler, K.; Momekov, G.; Ivanova, S.; Ugrinov, A.; Morgenstern, B.; Gencheva, G. Platinum(IV) Complexes of the 1,3,5-Triamino Analogue of the Biomolecule Cis-Inositol Designed as Innovative Antineoplastic Drug Candidates. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14 (10). DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102057

Project Activity

• Scientific Project “Synthesis, Structure and properties of Pt(IV) complexes with mono-, di- and tricarbamate derivatives of the ligand 2,4,6-triaminocyclohexane-1,3,5-triol (taci), 2024, NSF-SU, 80-10-167/2024
• Project for Financial Support for Scientific Publication “ „Platinum(IV) Complexes of the 1,3,5-Triamino Analogue of the Biomolecule Cis-Inositol Designed as Innovative Antineoplastic DrugCandidates. Pharmaceutics 2022, 14, 2057“, NSF - SU, 80-10-99/2022
• Rational Design of New Metal-Based Antitumor Agents”, National Science Fund, Ministry of Education and Science, 2016-, Head of Project- assoc. prof. PhD G. Gencheva.

Teaching Activity

Conferences

1. Vyara Velcheva, Kaspar Hegetschweiler, Angel Ugrinov, Georgi Momekov and Galina Gencheva, Platinum(IV) complexes of the 1,3,5-triamino-1,3,5-trideoxy-cis-inositol- synthesis, structure and antiproliferative properties, Eleventh International Conference on Radiation, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Technology and Ecology, Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 19 – 23.06.23, p. 135.
2. Vyara N. Velcheva, Georgi T. Momekov, Angel G. Ugrinov, Nikola T. Burdjiev and Galina G. Gencheva, Studies on the Solution Behavior of Novel Platinum(IV) Complexes with a N,O- Chelating Ligand Designed as Potential Cytotoxic Agents, 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design, Renaissance Barcelona Fira Hotel, Barcelona, Spain, 19 - 20.08.19, p 42.

External Scientific Activities

• Member of the National commission for organizing the National Olympiad in Chemistry and Environmental Protection - from 2017 to the present