Dimiter Ivanov

Name Ivanov, Dimiter Asenov
Address Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

15 November Str., 1, BG-1040 Sofia, Bulgaria

Telephone +35929795227
E-mail dimiter@bio.bas.bg; dimiter@gbg.bg

 

Nationality Bulgarian

 

Date of birth 01.09.1960
Place of birth Oryahovo, Bulgaria

 

Work experience
Name and address of employer Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Occupation or position held Professor

Scientific Secretary, Biological Sciences

Name and address of employer Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Acad. G. Bonchev Str., 23, BG-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Occupation or position held Professor

Head of Lab. of Palynology

 

Education and training
• Date 2009
• Title of qualification awarded Doctor of Sciences (DSc)
• Name and type of organization providing education and training Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Botany
• Date 1995
• Title of qualification awarded PhD
• Name and type of organization providing education and training Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Botany
• Date 1985
• Title of qualification awarded MSc
• Name and type of organization providing education and training University of Sofia “St. Kl. Ohridski”
• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Biology, specialist in Botany

 

Organizational skills

and competencies

 

Administration: Vice Director, Scientific Secretary, Head of Department

Projects: Lieder of National and International Scientific Projects;

Leader of International Working Group on Taxonomy of Neogene Palynomorphs (NECLIME)

Co-Leader of Working Group “Detailed and high-resolution records”

Professional Communities: Member of the Governing Board of Bulgarian Botanical Society; Union of Scientists in Bulgaria: Head of Div. Theoretical and Evolutionary Biology.

 

Technical skills and competencies

 

Very good Computer skills: Windows, Ms Office, Corel Draw, Corel Photo paint, Statistics, Specialized software for palynological data, Databases, Climate reconstructions etc.

 

Membership in Scientific and Professional Institutions, Bodies, and Organizations Bulgarian Botanical Society (Governing Board)

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

Bulgarian Geological Society

International Society of Environmental Micropalaeontology, Microbiology and Meiobentology

Cenozoic Pollen database and Climatic values– Lyon, France, Member of Advisory Board, since  2002

Photopal database – Lyon, France, Member of Advisory Board, since  2004

 

 

Fields of Scientific Research

interest and competencies

 

Plant science, Evolutionary biology, Palynology, Taxonomy, Systematics, Biological diversity, Ecology and paleoecology, Paleoclimatology, Climate change, Climate dynamics and models, Plant evolution, Ethics in science, Biostratigraphy, Computer models

 

Member of Editorial Boards

 

2010 – Phytologia Balcanica, Sofia – Editor-in-Chief

2016 – Taeckholmia, Cairo, Egypt – Editorial Board

2011 – Acta palaeobotanica, Cracow, Poland – Editorial Board

2009 – Studia Geologia, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania – Editorial Board

2005 – Phytologia Balcanica, Sofia – Editorial Board

1999 – European Bibliography of Palaeobotany and Palynology, National Museum Wales, Cardiff – coordinator for Bulgaria

Driving licence(s) Yes

 

Additional information Research activity:

Leader of 5 international projects and participant in 7 international projects

Leader of 7 national projects and participant in 9 national projects.

 

Publication activity:

Ca. 80 scientific papers, published in international and national journals.

On-line published databases: 9.

Popular science and review papers: 7.

Citations: ca. 600.

Reports on international and national symposia and conferences: ca. 80.

 

Peer review activity:

Reviews of PhD thesis, projects, reports  and scientific papers for Phytologia Balcanica, review of Bulgarian Geological Society, Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenber, Geologica Carpathica, Comptes Rendues BAS, Journal of BAS, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences and others.

 

 

 

Sofia,

March 18, 2018