FISSION 2024 Jury


Physical Sciences & Engineering

Evgenia Benova, PhD

Evgenia Benova, PhD

University of Sofia

Clean&Circle Center of Competence

Scientific Manager

Head of Plasma Technology Laboratory

Assoc. Professor of Physics, PhD

Ekaterina Yordanova, PhD

Ekaterina Yordanova, PhD


Biological, Biomedical & Chemical Sciences

Desislava Mantovska, PhD

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

Kolyo Dankov, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University


Computer Sciences

Serge Ovanesyan

Serge Ovanesyan

VP of Engineering, Dext

Olga Georgieva

Olga Georgieva

Professor in computer science at Department of "Software Engineering" of FMI, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"


Mathematics

Katerina Velcheva, PhD

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

Dimitar Djilianov, PhD

Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader

Ilina Angelova

Ilina Angelova

Drug safety and quality control specialist


Junior Category

Vanya Angelova

Vanya Angelova

Former Physics Teacher, American College of Sofia

Blagoy Uzunov, PhD

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

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

Nikola Karavasilev

Physics and Astronomy Teacher, Izzy Science for Kids

Master of Astrophysics, Sofia University




FISSION 2023 Jury


Physical Sciences & Engineering

Miroslav Abrashev

Miroslav Abrashev

Faculty of Physics

University of Sofia

Professor of Physics, PhD, DSc

Viktoriya Dimov

Viktoriya Dimov

Space System Engineer

EnduroSat


Biological, Biomedical & Chemical Sciences

Desislava Ivanova Mantovska, Assistant PhD

Desislava Ivanova Mantovska, Assistant PhD

Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Kolyo Dankov, PhD

Kolyo Dankov, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University

Aleksandriya Gendjova

Aleksandriya Gendjova

Associate Professor, Laboratory of Chemical Education, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia University

Dimitar Djilianov, PhD

Dimitar Djilianov, PhD

Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader


Computer Sciences

Serge Ovanesyan

Serge Ovanesyan

VP of Engineering, Dext


Mathematics

Katerina Velcheva, PhD

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

Desislava Ivanova Mantovska, Assistant PhD

Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Kolyo Dankov, PhD

Kolyo Dankov, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics and Radiobiology, Biological Faculty, Sofia University

Dimitar Djilianov, PhD

Dimitar Djilianov, PhD

Professor, Agrobioinstitute, Abiotic Stress Group Research Leader


Junior Category

Vanya Angelova

Vanya Angelova

Former Physics Teacher, American College of Sofia

Diana Vladimirova

Diana Vladimirova

Department Chair and Chemistry Teacher, American College of Sofia




FISSION 2022 Jury


Physical Sciences & Engineering

Christina Andreeva, PhD

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

Vladimir Tsvetkov

Teacher at private primary school Ronald Lauder

Assistant in Sofia University

Miroslava Zhiponova, PhD

Miroslava Zhiponova, PhD

Docent, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University


Computer Sciences

Docent Zlatogor Minchev

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

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

Kalina Pachedjieva, PhD

Main Assistant, Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection

Biological Faculty in Sofia University


Junior Category

Nikola Karavasilev

Nikola Karavasilev

Physics and Astronomy Teacher, Izzy Science for KidsMaster of Astrophysics, Sofia University