Mariyana Lyubenova

Mariyana Ivanova Lyubenova, Professor, PhD

Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental  Protection

Education

1984 – 1988, PhD, Institute of Botanic and Mycology, Bulgarian Academy of Science

1973 – 1978, MSc, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Teaching experience – 9 courses for bachelors (“Ecology and environmental protection”, “Bio resources and their protection”, “Methods of ecological researches”, “Ecological monitoring”) and masters degree (“Functional biocoenology”, “Phytoecology”, “Ecotoxicology”, “Chronoecology”, “Natural ecosystems”).

Head of 53 masters – graduates and 5 PhD students. Reviewer of Doctoral Dissertations, Habilitation Works to Specialized Scientific Councils, books and articles in international journals.

Main research area and subareas

Forest ecology, Dendrochronology, Functional Biocenology, Plant monitoring, Ecosystem Services

Additional research areas and subareas

Ecotoxicology, Modeling of Forest Ecosystems, Plant Resources Protection,

Н index (according to Scopus or Web of Science): 4

Total number of scientific publications: 162, from which 9 books and 3 handbooks

From them with impact factor or impact rang: 30

Number of citations of the scientific publications: 220

Scientific awards and membership in scientific societies

Certificate for Excellence in Competition, Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, 2013 г.

Member of 4 international and Bulgarian scientific organizations, member of 3 editorial boards, 4 public organizations and scientific committees.

EGU – European Geoscience Union

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Section Biology

AASCIT(American Association for Science and Technology)

Bulgarian Geographic Society

Editorial board of International Journal of Ecological Science and Environmental Engineering

Editorial board of Journal of Balkan Ecology

Editorial board of Botanic Section of Yearbook of Sofia University, and others.

E-mail address: ryann@abv.bg  ryana_l@yahoo.com

http://forestforwater.e-ecology.org/

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maryiana_Lyubenova

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