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GYotova

Galina Yotova

Email: G.Yotova@chem.uni-sofia.bg

Phone: + 359 2 8161428

Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”

Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy

1164 Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blivd.

Education

  • M. Sc. – Environmental Chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2012
  • Ph.D – Analytical chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2016

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Аnalytical chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2015-2016
  • Head Assistant Professor, Analytical chemistry, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2016 -

Research Interests

  • Chemometrics and Environmetrics
  • Environmental analytical chemistry
  • Ecotoxicity

Selected Publications (max 5)

  1. Yotova, G., Lazarova, S., Kudłak, B., Zlateva, B., Mihaylova,V., Wieczerzak, M., Venelinov, T. & Tsakovski, S. Assessment of the Bulgarian Wastewater Treatment Plants’ Impact on the Receiving Water Bodies. Molecules, 24, 2019, E2274.
  2. Yotova, G., Padareva, M., Hristova, M., Astel, A., Georgieva, M., Dinev, N. & Tsakovski, S. Establishment of geochemical background and threshold values for 8 potential toxic elements in the Bulgarian soil quality monitoring network. Science of the Total Environment, 643, 2018, 1297-1303.
  3. Yotova, G., Varbanov, M. Tcherkezova, E. & Tsakovski, S. Water quality assessment of a river catchment by the composite water quality index and self-organizing maps. Ecological Indicators, 120, 2021, 106872
  4. Yotova, G., Tsitouridou, R., Tsakovski, S. & Simeonov, V. Urban Air Quality Assessment Using Monitoring Data of Fractionized Aerosol Samples, Chemometrics and Meteorological Conditions. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 51(7), 2016, 544-552.
  5. Kudłak, B., Wieczerzak, M., Yotova, G., Tsakovski, S., Simeonov, V. & Namieśnik, J. Environmetric risk assessment of Polish wastewater treatment plants activity. Chemosphere, 160, 2016, 181-188.

List of Publications

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

  1. National Science Program "Environmental Protection and Reduction of Risks of Adverse Events and Natural Disasters", Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria, team member, 2018-2023
  2. Assessment of the chemical status of the waters and sediments of Pchelina Dam, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, team member, 2020
  3. Environmental impact assessment of wastewater treatment plants on receiving water bodies, Bulgarian National Science Fund, team member, 2017-2020
  4. An integrated approach to assess the impact of organic pollutants in wastewater on living organisms, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, team member, 2019
  5. Statistical modeling of environmental and human risk of heavy metal polluted soils, Bulgarian National Science Fund, team member, 2014-2017
  6. Metabonomic studies on neonates in Bulgarian population, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", team member, 2016

Teaching Activity

Period from - to Discipline Specialty
From 2020 Analytical chemistry Master degree Pharmacy
From 2015 Analytical chemistry

Bachelor degree Biomanagement and sustainable development

Bachelor degree Ecology and Environmental Protection

Bachelor degree Biotechnology

Bachelor degree Molecular Biology

Bachelor degree Biology

Bachelor degree Biology and Chemistry

From 2016 Applied statistics Bachelor degree Environmental chemistry
From 2016 Information technology and statistics Master degree Pharmacy
From 2017 Statistical data treatment

Bachelor degree Chemistry and Informatics

Bachelor degree Computer Chemistry

From 2017 Chemometrics

Bachelor degree Chemistry

Bachelor degree Computer Chemistry

From 2017 Environmetrics Bachelor degree Environmental chemistry