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Contact information: Email: jromanova@chem.uni-sofia.bg Phone: +359 2 8161 799 Office: 327 Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University, 1 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, BULGARIA |
Education
2010 – Ph.D. in Chemistry, Sofia University (Bulgaria) & Université de Haute-Alsace (France)
2006 – Master in Computational Chemistry, Sofia University (Bulgaria)
2005 – Bachelor in Chemistry, Sofia University (Bulgaria)
Academic career:
2021 – Associate Professor, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University (Bulgaria)
2018 – 2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University (Bulgaria)
2016 – 2018 Maternity leave
2014 – 2016 Research fellow, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey (UK)
2012 –2014 Postdoctoral fellow, Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Namur, (Belgium)
2011 Guest scientist, Theory of Polymers, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research Dresden (Germany)
2011 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University (Bulgaria)
Research interests:
- Research interests in the field of applied computational chemistry with special focus on organic and metal-organic compounds with attractive optical, magnetic and conducting properties.
Selected Publications:
- L. Borislavov, M. Nedyalkova, A. Tadjer, O. Aydemir, J. Romanova*, Machine Learning-Based Screening for Potential Singlet Fission Chromophores: The Challenge of Imbalanced Data Sets, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2023, vol: 14, issue: 45, pages: 10103–10112, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02365 , 2023, IF (5.7 - 2022), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2023)
- J. Romanova*, R. Lyapchev, M. Kolarski, M. Tsvetkov, D. Elenkova, B. Morgenstern, J. Zaharieva*, Molecular Design of Luminescent Complexes of Eu(III): What Can We Learn from the Ligands, Molecules, vol:28, issue:10, pages:4113-0, https://doi:10.3390/molecules28104113 , 2023, IF (4.6 - 2022), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2023)
- J. Stoycheva, A. Tadjer, M. Garavelli, M. Spassova, A. Nenov*, J. Romanova*, Boron-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: A molecular set revealing the interplay between topology and singlet fission propensity, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, vol:11, issue:4, pages:1390-1396, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03406, 2020, SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2020).
- J. Romanova, Y. Sadik, M. R. Ranga Prabhath, J. D. Carey, P. D. Jarowski, Engineering tunable single and dual optical emission from Ru(II)–polypyridyl complexes through excited state design, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol:121, issue:4, 2017, pages:2333-2343, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b10263, 2017, SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2017)
- J. Romanova, M. R. Ranga Prabhath, P. D. Jarowski, Relationship between metallophilic interaction and luminescent properties in Pt(II) complexes: TD-DFT guide for the molecular design of light-responsive materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol:120, issue 3, pages:2002-2012, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12132, 2016, SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2016)
Research and teaching mobility:
2007 – 2010 Mobility grant for international joint dissertation supervision (1,5 years), Fellowship of the French Government, Université de Haute-Alsace (France)
2006 Short-term research grant for PhD students and young scientists (3 months), Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research (Germany)
Research/educational projects:
2019 – 2023 Advanced Research Project,
Role: Principle investigator
Budget: 120 000 BGN
Funding: Bulgarian Science Fund
Project number: № КП-06-H39/2 from 16.04.2019
Project: Machine learning for structure-properties relationship evaluation: the challenge in the hunt for singlet fission chromophores (https://ml4sf.chem.uni-sofia.bg/?page_id=53&lang=en)
2021 PhD supporting Project
Role: Principle investigator
Budget: 4700 BGN
Funding: Science Fund – Sofia University
Project number: № 80-10-22/22.03.2021
Project: Cumulenes – a key to the carbine structure mystery
2020 Topical Project
Role: Principle investigator
Budget: 3500 BGN
Funding: Science Fund – Sofia University
Project number: 80-10-3/18.03.2020
Project: Development of a prescreening model for the discovery of novel organic materials based on their diradical character
The project SF-SU: № 80-10-3/18.03.2020 was selected as the best project realized in the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the Sofia University for the financed year: https://www.uni-sofia.bg/index.php/bul/nauka/v_zmozhnosti_za_finansirane/programi/fond_nauchni_izsledvaniya_na_su/arhiv_konkursi/finansirane_ot_d_rzhavniya_byudzhet_konkurs_2021)
Teaching:
- Sofia University (Bulgaria), lecturer in: "General and inorganic chemistry" for specialties Biology and Ecology and Environmental Protection (Faculty of Biology), "Chemistry of the elements" and “Introductory University Chemistry” for specialty Pharmacy in English (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy), “Molecular Modeling of Excited States” for master program Computational Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy),
- Sofia University (Bulgaria), practical classes and seminars in "General and inorganic chemistry", "Chemistry of the elements", “Structure of Matter”, “Physical Chemistry” and “Molecular Design”, “Molecular Modeling of Excited States” (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)
- Sofia University (Bulgaria), PhD Supervision: Co-supervisor of the PhD student Joanna Stoycheva since 2021 (Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy)
Full list of publications
- Information system Authors
- SCOPUS ID: 36832298900
- ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6668-0879
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/J-Romanova
- LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-romanova-9386ab35/?originalSubdomain=bg