| Prof. Stoyan Gutzov Tel.: 02 / 8161 281 E-mail: sgutzov@chem.uni-sofia.bg |
| • Dates (from – to) | 2015 – Professor of Physical Chemistry |
| • Name and address of employer | Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, 1 James Bourchier Blvd., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria |
| • Type of business or sector | University / R&D |
| • Occupation or position held | 2016 – Head of Department of physical chemistry |
| • Teaching activities | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I and II part; CERAMIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL MATERIALS |
| Еducation and training | |
| • Dates (from – to) | 1984 – 1989 University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, MSc. of Chem. Eng, Semiconductor Materials and Technology 1991 - 1995 Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry , PhD |
| • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered | PhD Thesis ”Preparation, structure and properties of doped tin and zirconium oxides” |
| • Title of qualification awarded | 1996 PhD Degree in physical chemistry |
| Social skills and competences
| Specializations abroad: 1992-1993: OAAD Grant, Univesity of Vienna, Austria 1994-1995: DAAD University of Cologne, Germany 1998-2000 Roman Herzog Grant (AvH Foundation) University of Würzburg, Germany 2000-2001 Visiting Professor, FH Münster, Germany 2002-2003 Visiting Scientist, TU Berlin, Germany 2006-2007 Visiting professor, TU Braunschweig, Germany |
| Organisational skills | Head of Laboratory of Functional Optical Materials, (2006 - 2012); and Functional colloids and surfaces (2012 – 2016). Supervisor of research projects (NSFB, FP7). Participation in international and national projects as a group leader. |
| scientific skills and competences | optical materials. Spectroscopy. Sol-gel chemistry. aerogels. solid state |
| Scientific Publications
| >50 publications, >50 scientific conferences, >500 citations in literature; 2 patents (BG), H-index = 15 (SCOPUS) 3 PhD students, 3 MSc students, 4BSc Students SCOPUS Author ID: 6602183864 |
5 representative new publications
S. Gutzov, D. Shandurkov, N. Danchova, V. Petrov, T. Spassov, Hybrid composites based on aerogels: preparation, structure and tunable luminescence, J. Luminescence, 251 (2022) 119 171.
J. Donėlienė, E. Fataraitė-Urbonienė, N. Danchova, S. Gutzov, J. Ulbikas, The Influence of the Precursor’s Nature and Drying Conditions on the Structure, Morphology, and Thermal Properties of TiO2 Aerogels, Gels, 2022, 8(7), 422.
V. Petrov, N. Danchova, S. Gutzov, Temperature dependent optical spectroscopy: A study of holmium diphenanthroline nitrate in DMF, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 227 (2020), DOI 10.1016/j.saa.2019.117527.
T. Zahariev, D. Shandurkov, S. Gutzov, N. Trendafilova, D. Enseling, T. Jüstel, I. Georgieva, Phenanthroline chromophore as efficient antenna for Tb3+ green luminescence: A theoretical study, Dyes and Pigments 185 (2021) 108890.
D. Shandurkov, P. Ignatov, I. Spassova, S. Gutzov, Spectral and Texture Properties of Hydrophobic Aerogel Powders Obtained from Room Temperature Drying, Molecules 26 (2021) 1796 https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26061796