Biography

Education (1954 – 1960) - Higher Institute of Chemical Technology (Sofia, Bulgaria). PhD (1968) – USSR, Moscow Institute of Chemical Mechanical Engineering, PhD Thesis: "Influence of Surface Active Agents on Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in Laminar Film Flow". Doctor of Technical Sciences (1978), Higher Institute of Chemical Technology (Sofia, Bulgaria), D. Sc. Thesis: "Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in Falling Liquid Films". Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Science, since 1962. Professor in Chemical Engineering, since 1981. Head of Laboratory: "Modelling and Optimization"; "Process Systems Engineering" (1974-2010). Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Science - 2008. Professor Emeritus of Bulgarian Academy of Science – 2012; Editor-in-Chief of the “Transactions of Academenergo” (Scientific journal of the Russian Academy of Science). Member of the Editorial Board for the “British Journal of Engineering & Technology”. Member of the Editorial Board for the SOP “Transactions on Applied Chemistry”. Member of the Editorial Board for the SOP “Transactions on Physical Chemistry”. Editorial Advisory Board Member of the “Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering”. Member of the Editorial Board for the “Science Journal of Chemistry”. Member of the Editorial Board for the “Insight-Physics”.

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Research Interest

Oil, Gas & Petroleum Industry