| Head Assistant Professor Kandinska-Vasileva, Meglena Ilieva, PhD Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry and pharmacy Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, room 246 1 J. Baurchier blvd, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria Phone: +359 2 8161 220 e-mail: ohmk@chem.uni-sofia.bg |
Education and academic degrees
2007 – PhD in Organic chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
1999 – M.Sc. in Chemistry, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Professional experience
2008 – Head Assistant Professor, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
2005 – 2008 Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
2002 – 2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Organic chemistry and pharmacognosy, Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”
Additional academic positions, awards and guest professorships:
Fellowships and research visits abroad
Max Plank Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany (2012-2013, 2014)
Research interests
Organic synthesis – design and synthesis of heterocyclic compounds with complex structure and potential biological activity; design and synthesis of functional dyes
Selected publications (up to 5)
1. Stoyanova, D., Kitova, S., Dikova, J., Kandinska, M., Vasilev, A., Zhivkov, I.,Kovalenko, A., The impact of active layer nanomorphology on the efficiency of organic solar cells based on a squaraine dye electron donor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 700 (1) (2016), 012052
2. Kitova, S., Stoyanova, D.,Dikova, J., Kandinska, M., Vasilev, A., Angelova, S., Optical modeling of bulk-heterojunction organic solar cells based on squarine dye as electron donor, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 558 (1) (2014), 012052
3. Akkurt, M., Karaca, S., Bogdanov, M.G., Kandinska, M.I., Büyükgüngör, O., Methyl trans-(±)-1-oxo-2-phenethyl-3-(thio-phen-2-yl)-1,2,3,4-tetra-hydro- isoquinoline-4-carboxyl-ate, Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, Vol. 65 (6) (2009), o1287-o1288
4. Kandinska, M.I., Kozekov, I.D., Palamareva, M.D., Synthesis of new trans-2-benzyl-3-(furan-2-yl)-4-substituted-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroisoquinolinones, Molecules, Vol. 11 (6) (2006), 403-414
5. Palamarev, Ch.E., Kandinska, M.I., Palamareva, M.D., Automatic selection of mobile phases. IV. Thin-layer chromatography on silica of simple and complex organic compounds, Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies, Vol. 27 (13) (2004), 2003-2018
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Projects (last 5 years)
2016-2019, HypoSens, Project ID: 732794, H2020 – team member
2017, Sofia University Science Fund, Grand № 80-10-115/21.04.2017, Synthesis and photophysical properties of new polycationic styryl dyes for fluorescent detection of DNA – project leader
2014 – 2017, National Science Fund, Grand DFNIE 02/11.2014, SunStore – team member
Other professional activities
Editorial board memberships:
Referee of publications in: Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Co-authorships in books or chapters in books:
Textbooks and manuals:
Teaching
Lectures:
Organic chemistry I and II – Bachelor programme Biology, 60 h
Organic chemistry – Bachelor programme Biotechnologies, 38 h
Organic chemistry – Bachelor programme Optometry, 30 h
Methods of Organic Analyses – Bachelor programme Chemistry (specialization Organic chemistry), 45 h
Practicums:
Seminars and practical exercises in Organic chemistry I and II – all bachelor programmes in FCP and FB
Practical exercises in Methods of Organic Analyses – Bachelor programme Chemistry (specialization Organic chemistry)