Chief Assist. Prof. Eng. Ivaylo Naydenov, PhD

Professional experience:

• Chief аssistant professor in the Department of Industrial Economics and Management since January 2026. Lecturer in the Master’s programmes in Energy Markets and Services and Nuclear Technologies, Innovations, and Management (in English);
• Guest lecturer in the Department of Industrial Economics and Management (2021 – 2025);
• Executive Director of the Bulgarian Federation of Industrial Energy Consumers (2019 – 2025);
• Assistant professor and Chief assistant professor in the Department of Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering, Technical University of Sofia (2014 – 2019);
• Guest lecturer in the Department of National and Regional Security, University of National and World Economy (2018 – 2024);
• Managing board member of the Scientific and Technical Union of Power Engineers in Bulgaria (since 2017).

Education:

• 2018 – PhD in Nuclear Power Installations and Systems, Technical University of Sofia
• 2013 – Master in Nuclear Power Engineering , Technical University of Sofia
• 2010 – Bachelor in Thermal and Nuclear Power Engineering , Technical University of Sofia
• 2026 – Certification in Industrial Systems Energy Efficiency Auditor, Technical University of Sofia

Participation in projects:

• 2024 – 2025: "Roadmap for energy-intensive industry decarbonization", BFIEC Association
• 2020 – 2021: "Small modular reactors from American developers, Client: "Kozloduy NPP - New Build" EAD
• 2017: COST Action CA15102 (COST-STSM-ECOST-STSM-CA15102-010217-085290), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) – Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017, Project: “Studies on the Importance of Critical Raw Materials for Long-term and Safe Operation of Nuclear Power Plants“
• 2017: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), IAEA Research Contract No: 19182, 2017, IAEA Coordinated Research Project L53003 "Sustainable Education in Nuclear Science and Technology"

Other participations:

• Member of the Energy Transition Commission (2022 – 2023);
• Member of the Independent Bulgarian Energy Exchange (IBEX) Advisory Board (2024 – 2026);
• Member of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria Energy Committee (2019 – 2025);
• Member of the Working Group Electricity in IFIEC Europe (2019 – 2025);
• Member of the Advisory Board for Economic Stability and Growth to the Minister of Economy and Industry (2019 – 2025).

Awards:

• 2019: Bulatom Award in the "Expert Analysis" category for the article in the magazine "Utilities" "Development of Nuclear Energy in the Context of Decarbonization", Bulgarian Atomic Forum
• 2017: 1st place in the best young author competition, Bulgarian Nuclear Society, Topic: "Change in the isotopic factors of the intrinsic barrier of plutonium, obtained in pressurized water power reactors by burning uranium and uranium-plutonium fuels, over the decay period"
• 2015: 3rd place for the best student paper at the IV Student Scientific Session in Physics and Engineering Technologies, Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Topic: "Material Balance of Transmutation Nuclear Fuel Cycles"
• 2011: 1st place in an international competition for student research papers in the field of nuclear energy, TVEL Fuel Company, Moscow, Russia, Topic: "Actinides Recycling in Nuclear Power Reactors"

CV

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivaylo-naydenov-ph-d-b6323b19/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivaylo-Naydenov?ev=hdr_xprf

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6065-9223

GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=J3Z7prsAAAAJ

email: i.naydenov@feb.uni-sofia.bg