Софийски университет "Св. Климент Охридски"

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Education

• M. Sc. – cybernetics, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski”
• Ph.D – Analytical chemistry, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski

Professional Experience

• Professor , analytical chemistry, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski”, 2012 -
• Associate professor, analytical chemistry, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski”, 2004-2012.
• Chief Assistant professor, analytical chemistry, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski”, 1992-2012.
• Assistant professor, analytical chemistry, University of Sofia “St Kliment Ohridski””, 1987-1992.

Specializations and Visiting Researcher at:

• 2007–2008 Visiting scientist, EPFL Lausanne, Swiss – Black sea ecotoxicity assessment. Bioanalogical sensors for Black sea water monitoring.
• 2005 Exchange programme, Ecole des Mines d’Alès, Ales, France – Development of Screening for quality control of surface waters.
• 2003–2004 Research scientist, CNR, Pisa, Italy – Hydride generation in the analysis of beverages.
• 2001–2002 Research scientist, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey – Fractionation and determination of chemical species of Zn, Cu and Fe in wines.
• 1996–1997 - Research scientist, Department of Analytical chemistry, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece – Development of analytical procedure for the determination of microelements in olive oils and its implementation in analytical practice.

Research Interests

• Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy.
• Speciation analysis.
• Methods for separation and concentration.
• Analysis of environmental samples, biological samples, food samples and beverages. Development of analytical procedures.
• Ecolegislation.

Selected Publications (max 5)

1. Pavlova D, Karadjova I, Bani A, Element accumulation by the holoparasitic species Cuscuta planiflora from serpentines in Bulgaria , Ecological Research, 2024, pages:1-13, doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12440 , Ref, IR , SCOPUS, SJR (713 - 2023), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2024).
2. Dakova, I. Karadjova, Ionic Liquid Modified Polymer Gel for Arsenic Speciation, Molecules, vol:29, 2024, pages:898-0, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29040898, Ref, IF, IF (4.6 - 2022), Web of Science Quartile: Q1 (2024), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2024)
3. I. Dakova, P. Vasileva, I. Karadjova, Cr(III) Ion-Imprinted Hydrogel Membrane for Chromium Speciation Analysis in Water Samples, Gels, vol:8, issue:11, 2022, pages:757-0, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8110757, Ref, Web of Science, IF (4.6 - 2022), Web of Science Quartile: Q1 (2022), SCOPUS, SJR (0.548 - 2022), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2022)
4. Pavlova D, Atanassova J, Karadjova I, Bani A, Pollen and chemical content of beebreads from serpentine areas in Albania and Bulgaria, Biological Trace Element Research, vol:200, issue:1, 2022, pages:413-425, ISSN (print):0163-4984, ISSN (online):1559-0720, doi:10.1007/s12011-021-02638-w , Ref, Web of Science, IF (4.081 - 2021), Web of Science Quartile: Q1 (2022), SCOPUS, SJR (0.649 - 2021), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2022).
5. V. Georgiev, I. Dakova, I. Karadjova, Uranium Determination in Waters, Wine and Honey by Solid Phase Extraction with New Ion Imprinted Polymer, Molecules, vol:27, issue:17, 2022, pages:5516-0, doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27175516, Ref, Web of Science, IF (4.927 - 2021), SCOPUS, SJR (0.705 - 2021), SCOPUS Quartile: Q1 (2022), PhD

List of Publications

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

• “New composite materials for selective determination of toxic chemical species in environmental samples”, European Union-NextGenerationEU, through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, project SUMMIT BG-RRP- 2.004-0008-C01, member of research group, 2023 – 2025.
• “Excellence in colloid and interface research & innovations for better quality of life“, Ministry of Education and Science under the National Program “European Science Networks”.
• MODERN-A: MODERNIZATION in partnership through digitization of the Academic Ecosystem, BG05M2OP001-2.016-0018, Operational Programme "Science and Education for Smart Growth", co-financed by the European Social Fund
• National Research Programme "Healthy Foods for a Strong Bio-Economy and Quality of Life" approved by DCM # 577/17.08.2018
• New priority pollutants according to Directive 2013/39/EC – systemic information concerning obligations of Danube River Basin in the frame of the requirements of Naredba по paragraph 3в, point(2)

Teaching Activity

External Scientific Service Activities

Member of Editorial Board of:

• Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
• Molecules (two special issues)

Reviewer of Manuscripts for:

• Microchemical Journal
• Microchimica Acta
• Talanta
• Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Food Control
• Journal of Environmental Analytical chemistry