Professional record

Work experience:

Aug 2019 - ... Britanica Park School, Teacher in Mathematics
Apr 2015 - Jul 2019 IICT - BAS, Associate professor
Jul 2010 - Mar 2015 IICT - BAS, Assistant professor
Jan 2007 - Jun 2010 IPP-BAS, research assistant I
Jul 2006 - Dec 2006 IPP-BAS, research assistant II
Jul 2005 - Jun 2006 RICAM, Linz, Austria, Junior Scientist in the group "Computational Mathematics for Direct Field Problems" of Prof. U. Langer (on leave from IPP-BAS)
Jan 2005 - Jun 2005 IPP-BAS, research assistant II
Jun 2002 - Dec 2004 IPP-BAS, research assistant III
Jan 2000 - May 2002 IPP-BAS, mathematician
Jan 1998 - Dec 1998 IPP-BAS, programmer

Academic qualifications and degrees (years when attained)

  • Research assistant I, IPP-BAS, 2007
  • PhD in Computational Mathematics, IPP-BAS, 2005
  • Research assistant II, IPP-BAS, 2005
  • Research assistant III, IPP-BAS, 2002
  • MSc in Numerical Methods and Algorithms, SU, FMI, 1998

Fields of research:

Numerical Methods for Differential Equations; Fast (Direct) Elliptic Solvers; Iterative Methods and Algorithms, Preconditioning, Sparse Matrix Computations; Large-Scale Scientific Computations and Parallel Algorithms; Mathematical Modelling and Applications in Computational Biology and Medicine.

Scientific Awards:

  • Award of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists for 2001.
  • Nominated for John Atanasoff Presidential Award for 2006 and distinguished with diploma (second place).

Participation in research projects:

International
  • COPERNICUS KIT 97-706 -- High Performance Computing in Geosciences II.
  • Bulgarian Information Society Center of Excellence BIS-21, WP3.
  • Interacademy exchange grant ,,Large Scale Scientific Computing in Geomechanics`` between Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic and Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Interacademy exchange grant ,,Reliable Modelling and Large Scale Computing in Geosciences`` between Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic and Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Collaboration research project ,,Robust Scientific Computing Methods and High Performance Algorithms`` between Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences (AAS) and Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Project p2004009 ,,Parallel computing in Geosciences``, supported by the Uppsala Multidisciplinary Center for Advanced Computational Science (UPPMAX).
  • Bulgarian IST Centre of Competence in 21 Century (BIS-21++)
  • Joint US-American - Austrian Research Project "Fast Solvers for Computational Pharmacy, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Environmental Modeling" supported by the NSF under the grant OISE-0405349 (2005-2006).
  • Joint research project with Eotvos Lorand University ,,High-performance methods for solution of nonlinear large scale problems``
  • Interacademy exchange grant ,,Reliable modeling and large scale computing in geosciences`` between Institute of Geonics, Academy of Sciences Czech Republic and Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.
  • Joint research project with Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBS PAN): Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices
  • EC-FP7 Grant #261499, High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for South East Europe's Research Communities (HP-SEE) (2010 - 2013)
  • FP7-REGPOT-2012-CT2012-316087-AcomIn Grant AComIn: Advanced Computing for Innovation
  • EC H2020 Grant #664406, Centre of Excellence for Mathematical Modeling and Advanced Computing", (MMAC)
Domestic

Scientific visits:

2012 -- Switzerland, University of Fribourg, Department of Mathematics (2 weeks)
2010 -- Germany, Heidelberg University, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) (1 week)
2008 -- Germany, Stuttgart University, HLRS, HPC-Europa visit with host Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation (6 weeks)
2006 -- Hungary, Eotvos Lorand University, Department of Applied Analysis and Computational Mathematics (2 weeks)
2005 -- Sweden, Uppsala University, Department of Information Technology (1 week)
2004 -- Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Institute of Geonics (2 weeks)
2003 -- USA, Texas A&M University, Department of Mathematics (5 weeks)
2002 -- Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Institute of Geonics (2 weeks)
2001 -- The Netherlands, University of Nijmegen, Department of Mathematics and Informatics (2 weeks)

Teaching activities