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Rumyana Djingova Email: RDjingova@chem.uni-sofia.bg Phone: + 359 2 8161298 Fax: + 359 2 96 25 438 University of Sofia „St. Kliment Ohridski” Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy 1164 Sofia, 1 James Bourchier Blivd.

Education

M. Sc. – Radiochemistry, University of Sofia „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 1975

Ph.D – Radiochemistry, University of Sofia „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 1982

DSc - Analytical Chemistry, University of Sofia „St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2003

Professional Experience

• Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Sofia „ St. Kliment Ohridski”, 2004-
• Assoc. professor, University of Sofia „ St. Kliment Ohridski”,1990 - 2004
• Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Sofia „ St. Kliment Ohridski”, 1984 -1990

Specializations and Visiting Researcher at:

• KFA Juelich, Germany, 1982- 1983, IAEA fellowship
• KFA Juelich, Germany, 1990 – 1993, visiting scientist
• IHI Zittau, Germany, 2000 – 3 months, DAAD fellowship
• IHI Zittau, Germany, 2002 – 2003, DAAD visiting professor

Research Interests

• Environmental analytical chemistry; Instrumental methods of analyses. Biomonitoring; Radioecology; Archaeometry

Selected Publications (max 5)

1. R. Djingova, H.Heidenreich, P. Kovacheva, B.Markert, On the determination of platinum group elements in environmental materials by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and microwave digestion, Analytica Chimica Acta,480 (2003)245-251.
2. R.Djingova, I.Kuleff, B. Markert, Chemical Fingerprinting of plants, Ecological Research, 19 (2004) 3-11.
3. V. Ljubomirova, R. Djingova, Speciation of inorganic platinum-chloride complexes in environmental samples by SPE and ICP-AES, Analytica Chimica Acta, 614 (2008) 119-126
4. V. Lyubomirova, R. Djingova, Mass spectrometric techniques for characterisation of platinum–humic substance complexes in soil and street dust samples Chemical Speciation and Bioavailability, 25 (2013) 223-234
5. R. Djingova, V. Mihaylova, V. Lyubomirova, D.Tsalev, Multielement Analytical Spectroscopy in Plant Ionomics Research, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 48 (2013) 384 -424.

List of Publications

Project Activity – (Research Projects in the last 5 years) (full list or selected projects)

“Radiochemical investigation of the content and behaviour of radionuclides after their transfer from liquid radioactive waste to the environment“, VUH-208/06 - 2012- National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

“Environmental pollution impact on the ionome of natural populations of dandelion for monitoring purposes.” DDVU 02/61- , National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

“Influence of the climate changes on the migration and bioaccumulation of natural and technogenic radionuclides” DDVU 02/60- 2014, National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

“Archaeometric investigation of the golden artefacts from the the Varna Chalcolithic necropolis and determination of the provenance of the gold finds.“ DО 02-60- 2012 - National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

“Evaluation of the migration and transformation of nanoparticles of platinum, palladium and rhodium in the environment.” DMU 03/54 2011 -, National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

"Application of Analytical Chemistry Methods for Quantification of Neutron Tomographic Data from Cultural Heritage Objects" – IAEA, Vienna, 2012 – 2014.

“Creation of Specialized Electronic Library for Art Investigation, Identification and Conservation of Bulgarian Cultural Heritage”. 2014 -2016, National Science Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Science, Bulgaria.

Teaching Activity

External Scientific Service Activities

Editorial board of J. Nuclear Chemistry

Reviewer of Manuscripts for:

• International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
• Analytica Chimica Acta
• Environmental Pollution
• Talanta
• Pedosphere
• Journal Environmental Radioactivity
• Journal Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Authored Books and Books Chapters

• I.Kuleff, R.Djingova, Activation analysis in archaeology, in. Z.Alfassi (ed) Activation Analysis, vol. 2, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1990, p.427.
• R.Djingova, I.Kuleff, Monitoring of heavy metal pollution by Taraxacum officinale, in B.Markert (ed) Plants as Biomonitors, VCH publisher, Weinheim, 1993, p. 435.
• R.Djingova, I.Kuleff, On the sampling of vascular plants for monitoring of heavy metal pollution, in B.Markert (ed) Environmental Sampling for Trace Analysis, VCH publisher, Weinheim, 1994, p. 395
• R. Djingova, I.Kuleff, Instrumental Techniques for Trace Analysis, in B.Markert, K.Friese ,(Eds) Trace Elements.Their Distribution and Effects in the Environment, Elsevier Sci. B.V., Amsterdam , 2000,137-185
• R. Djingova, P. Kovacheva Analytical problems and validation of methods for determination of Palladium in environmental materials, In: "Palladium Emissions in the Environment: Analytical Methods, Environmental Assessment and Health Effects", F. Zereini and F. Alt (Eds.), Springer Verlag, 2005, 145-162.
• I.Kuleff, R. Djingova , Mass spectrometry, in Vandenabeele P. and Edwards H.(Eds.) Analytical Archaeometry, RSC, 2012 , 163 – 209
• V. Lyubomirova. R. Djingova. Accumulation and distribution of Pt and Pd in roadside dust. Soil and vegetation in Bulgaria. in F. Zereini and C. Wiseman (Eds) Platinum metals in the Environment, Springer, 243 – 256.