FISSION 2024 Jury
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Evgenia Benova, PhD
University of Sofia
Clean&Circle Center of Competence
Scientific Manager
Head of Plasma Technology Laboratory
Assoc. Professor of Physics, PhD
Biological, Biomedical & Chemical Sciences
Desislava Mantovska, PhD
Assistant professor in Plant physiology and Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Kolyo Dankov, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University
Computer Sciences
Serge Ovanesyan
VP of Engineering, Dext
Olga Georgieva
Professor in computer science at Department of "Software Engineering" of FMI, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Mathematics
Katerina Velcheva, PhD
Teaches advanced mathematics at the American College of Sofia
Assistant Prof. at Stanford, PhD in Mathematics from Stanford
Undergraduate degree from MIT
Major: Mathematics
Ecology & Environmental Science
Dimitar Djilianov, PhD
Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader
Ilina Angelova
Drug safety and quality control specialist
Junior Category
Vanya Angelova
Former Physics Teacher, American College of Sofia
Blagoy Uzunov, PhD
PhD in Natural Sciences from the Institute of Botany at the University of Innsbruck, Austria
Associate Professor at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Participated in the 21st National Antarctic Expedition
Arash Arjomand, PhD
Biology teacher, American college of Sofia
Postdoctoral research fellow at Venetian Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Nikola Karavasilev
Physics and Astronomy Teacher, Izzy Science for Kids
Master of Astrophysics, Sofia University
FISSION 2023 Jury
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Miroslav Abrashev
Faculty of Physics
University of Sofia
Professor of Physics, PhD, DSc
Viktoriya Dimov
Space System Engineer
EnduroSat
Biological, Biomedical & Chemical Sciences
Desislava Ivanova Mantovska, Assistant PhD
Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Kolyo Dankov, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University
Aleksandriya Gendjova
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Chemical Education, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University
Dimitar Djilianov, PhD
Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader
Computer Sciences
Serge Ovanesyan
VP of Engineering, Dext
Mathematics
Katerina Velcheva, PhD
Teaches advanced mathematics at the American College of Sofia
Assistant Prof. at Stanford, PhD in Mathematics from Stanford
Undergraduate degree from MIT
Major: Mathematics
Ecology & Environmental Science
Desislava Ivanova Mantovska, Assistant PhD
Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
Kolyo Dankov, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University
Dimitar Djilianov, PhD
Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader
Junior Category
Vanya Angelova
Former Physics Teacher, American College of Sofia
Diana Vladimirova
Department Chair and Chemistry Teacher, American College of Sofia
FISSION 2022 Jury
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Christina Andreeva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Assistant Prof. Faculty of Physics, Sofia University
Biological, Biomedical & Chemical Sciences
Vladimir Tsvetkov
Teacher at private primary school Ronald Lauder
Assistant in Sofia University
Miroslava Zhiponova, PhD
Docent, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University
Computer Sciences
Docent Zlatogor Minchev
Associate Professor (2010) at the Institute of ICT, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, IT for Security Department Head (2016)
Mathematics
Katerina Velcheva, PhD
Teaches advanced mathematics at the American College of Sofia
Assistant Prof. at Stanford, PhD in Mathematics from Stanford
Undergraduate degree from MIT
Major: Mathematics
Ecology & Environmental Science
Kalina Pachedjieva, PhD
Main Assistant, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection
Biological Faculty in Sofia University
Junior Category
Nikola Karavasilev
Physics and Astronomy Teacher, Izzy Science for KidsMaster of Astrophysics, Sofia University