Svetozara Petrova

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Previous Affiliation	Affiliation
Institute for Parallel Processing	University of Applied Sciences
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences	Department of Mathematics
Acad. G. Bontchev Str., Block 25A	Am Stadtholz 24
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria	D-33609 Bielefeld, Germany
Tel: (+359)-2-979-6629	Tel: (+49)-521-106-7410
Fax: (+359)-2-872-2349	Fax: (+49)-521-106-7176
E-mail: zara@parallel.bas.bg	svetozara.petrova@fh-bielefeld.de

Education

1987 - M.Sc., Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

1993 - Ph.D., Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

Thesis title: "Iterative methods for solving differential equations on grids with local refinement"

Professional Record

1987-1988 Specialization, Laboratory of Numerical Methods, Institute of Mathematics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1988-1991 Ph.D. student, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics.
1992 Visiting research, Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA (2 months)
1992-2010 Research Associate, Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
1993-1994 PostDoc, Department of Mathematics, Technical University Leoben, Austria (18 months)
1994-1995 Visiting research, Department of Nuclear Metrology, ULB, Brussels, Belgium (10 months)
1996 Visiting research, Department of Mathematics, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany (3 months)
1999-2000 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institute of Mathematics, University of Augsburg, Germany (18 months)
2000-2008 Research Associate, Institute of Mathematics, University of Augsburg, Germany (DFG Project)
2003, 2007, 2008 Research Fellowship, Mathematical Section, ICTP, Trieste, Italy (1 month)
2008-present Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences, Bielefeld, Germany

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