CURRICULUM VITAE

of

Dr. Miroslav Vergilov ABRASHEV, Associate Professor

 

Address: Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia,

5 James Bourchier Blvd, BG-1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone: (+359 2) 81 61 816, (+359 2) 86 88 176                Fax:  (+359 2) 96 25 276   

e-mail: mvabr@phys.uni-sofia.bg

Date of birth and birthplace: 02 May1963, Tutrakan, Bulgaria

Education: 1977-1981 High School for Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Rousse, Bulgaria

                  1983-1988  Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

Degrees:         MS, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1988

                        PhD, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1993

MS Thesis: "Microwave microstrip disc resonator with dielectric cover",

supervisor: Prof. D.Sc. Stefan Alexandrov

PhD Thesis: "Raman spectroscopy of HxRBa2Cu3O7-y (R = Y, Pr, Gd) and R2BaCuO5 (R = Y, Ho, Gd)", supervisor: Prof. D.Sc. M.N. Iliev

Affiliations:

1993 - 1994    Physicist, Department of Condensed Matter Physics,

                Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

1995 - 1997    Assistant Professor, Department of Condensed Matter Physics,

                Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria

1997 - 2003     Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Condensed Matter Physics,

                Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria

1997-             Head of the Laboratory of Spectroscopy of Solids, University of Sofia

1999 - 2003    Head of the Teaching Laboratory “Electromagnetic Phenomena”, University of Sofia

2003-             Associate Professor, Department of Condensed Matter Physics,

                Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria

2003-             Vice-Dean (Research, International cooperation, PhD students),

                Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia , Sofia, Bulgaria           

Teaching experience:

Lectures and Teaching Assistantship in General Physics (Mechanics, Electromagnetic Phenomena and Optics), Introduction in the University Physics, Condensed Matter Physics

Fields of Scientific Research:

            Raman spectroscopy of high-temperature superconductors and related materials, colossal magnetoresistive manganites and related perovskites, phonons, technology and crystallographic structure of transition metals oxides.

Publications:

            63 published scientific papers in journals, 24 presentations at international conferences, 16 papers concerning high-school education (in Bulgarian), 609 citations, total impact factor = 133, h-index = 11, *.xls table with the data

Awards and visits:

1981 -  XII International Physics Olympiad (Varna, Bulgaria) (for high-school students) – bronze medal

1985 - National Student Physical Olympiad  (Shoumen, Bulgaria) - first place

1996 - 1997  Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow (18 months) (host professor - Prof. C. Thomsen, Institut for Solid State Physics, Technical University Berlin, Germany)

1998 - Visiting Scientist, Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA (2 months) (host Profesor - Prof. M. N. Iliev)

2000 - 2001 - Guest Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden  (6 months)

(host Profesor - Prof. Lars Borjesson, Condensed Matter Physics)

2003 – XXXIV International Physics Olympiad (Taipei, Taiwan) (for high-school students) – leader of the Bulgarian team

2004 – Guest Researcher, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (1 month) (hosts – Dr. Michael Rubhausen and Dr. Joaikim Backstrom, Institute for Applied Physics)

2004 – XXXV International Physics Olympiad (Pohang, Korea) (for high-school students) – leader of the Bulgarian team

2005 – XXXVI International Physics Olympiad (Salamanka, Spain) (for high-school students) – leader of the Bulgarian team

2006 – XXXVII International Physics Olympiad (Singapore, Singapore) (for high-school students) – leader of the Bulgarian team

2007 – XXXVIII International Physics Olympiad (Isfahan, Iran) (for high-school students) – leader of the Bulgarian team

Scientific projects:

        Participation in 5 scientific projects, funded by the Bulgarian National Science Fund

1991-1994  project No.F1

1994-1997  project No. F413

1995-1998  project No. F530

2004-2007  project No. F1301

2007-2008  project No. IRNI21

Languages: English (good), Russian (very good), German (poor), Bulgarian (mother language) 

Family status: married (1999), wife Antonia Petkova Abrasheva, daughter Maria (1988), son Nikolay   (1993), daughter Emiliana (2002), dog Herta.   

 

last revised: March 2008