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Professional Experience

  • Professor in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011 -
  • Associate Professor in Theoretical Chemistry, University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 2000 2010
  • Visiting Professor in Structure of Molecules, South-Western University, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 1995- 2011

Visiting Researcher at:

  • University of Torino, Italy, 2014
  • University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 2006
  • University of Gröningen, Gröningen, The Netherlands, 2002
  • Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany, 1998
  • University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, 1989
  • Quantum Theory Project, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 1985
  • Post-doc in Quantum Chemistry at the Jones Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Invited by Dr. Joyce Kaufman, 1984
  • University of Leipzig, 1982

Research Interests

  • Structure and Properties of Extended Organic p-Electronic Molecular Systems (1D-Polymers, Dyes, Molecular Crystals, Graphene Sheets, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)); Conducting and High-Spin States; Defect States; Doped PAHs.
  • Behaviour of Non-Ionic Surfactants in Solution and at Interfaces; Surfactant Monolayers at the Gas/Liquid and Liquid/Liquid Interfaces; Surfactant Selfassembly at Different Surface/Bulk Concentration – Structure and Electro-optical Properties; Effect on Water Molecules Organization.
  • Organic and Hybrid Systems for Application as Molecular Devices and Non-Traditional Conducting, Magnetic and Optical Materials for the Novel Technologies; Alternative Energy Sources; Media for Light Elements Storage.
  • Design of Bioactive Agents – Antioxidants, Antiinflammatory and Antitumor Therapeutics; Drug Delivery Containers and Cell Penetrating Vectors.

Teaching Experience

Subjects taught:

B.Sc. level

  • Structure of Matter
  • Theoretical Chemistry
  • Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
  • Quantum Chemistry and Chemical Bonding
  • Molecular Design
  • Computer Simulations of Molecular Structure and Properties
  • Quantum Chemistry

M.Sc. Level

  • Quantum Chemistry for Molecules

Recent National Research Grants

  • Theoretical Study of Insoluble Monolayers at Molecular Level, University of Sofia, 2002-2003, project leader
  • Structure and Dielectric Properties of Monolayers – Factors in Monitoring of Water Basins Contamination, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2003-2006, project leader
  • Model Study on the Mechanism of Li-Intercalation of Anode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2004-2006, consultant
  • Polyaniline as a Component in a Broad Range of Modern Nanomaterials – a Challenge to Theory and Experiment, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2006-2010, project leader
  • Reversible Nanotransporters across Fluid Interfaces, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2008-2011, project leader
  • Computer Complex for Advanced Studies in Molecular Design, New Materials and Nanotechnologies MADARA, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2008-2011, Board member
  • Integrated Research Center for Computational Sciences in the Microworld, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2008-2011, Board member
  • National Center for Advanced Materials UNION, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, 2008-2011, Board member

International Collaborative Research Grants

  • COST P-12 “Structuring of Polymers”, EU Sixth Framework Programme, 2004-2007
  • Erasmus/Erasmus+

External scientific service activities

Member of editorial board of

  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  • ARKIVOC

Reviewer of Manuscripts for

  • International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
  • Oxidation Communications
  • Bulgarian Chemistry and Industry
  • Annuaire de l’Universite de Sofia
  • Bulgarian Chemical Communications
  • Polymer
  • Langmuir
  • Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling
  • Arkivoc
  • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry A, B
  • Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
  • Fluid Phase Equilibria
  • Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics

Organized Scientific Events:

QSCP XX, Twentieth European Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, Varna, Bulgaria, 2015

Size-dependent Effects in Materials for Environmental Protection and Energy Application, Nessebar, Bulgaria, 2010

QSCP VI, Sixth European Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2001

Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth National Conferences on Spectroscopy with International Participation, Bulgaria, 1974 – 87

Authored Books and Book Chapters

  1. POLYMETHINE DYES / Structure and Properties, N.Tyutyulkov, J.Fabian, A.Mehlhorn, F.Dietz, A.Tadjer, St.Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, 1991 (in English)
  2. Influence of the Level of Protonation on the Geometry and the Electronic Structure of Emeraldine Oligomers, J. Petrova, J. Romanova, G. Madjarova, A. Ivanova, A. Tadjer in: Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, 20, Advances in the Theory of Quantum Systems in Chemistry, P. Piecuch et al. (eds.), pp. 219-251 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2985-0_11, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009
  3. Systematic derivation and testing of AMBER force field parameters for fatty ethers from quantum mechanical calculations; M. Velinova, Y. Tsoneva, Ph. Shushkov, A. Ivanova, A. Tadjer in: Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics, 22, Advances in the Theory of Quantum Systems in Chemistry, P.E. Hoggan et al. (eds.), Chapter 26, pp.461-480 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2076-3_26, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011

Textbooks and Teaching Aids

  1. English Translation of High School Textbooks in Chemistry and Environmental Protection, IX and X grade, Anubis, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003
  2. E-lectures (in Bulgarian) for the BSc and MSc levels

 

List of publications

 

Contact information:

Email: tadjer@chem.uni-sofia.bg

Phone: + 359 2 8161374

Fax: + 359 2 9625438

University of Sofia

Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, room 527

1 J. Bourchier Ave.

1164 Sofia

BULGARIA