Prof. Nevena Ilieva, PhD
Scientific Computations Department
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Personal data: Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, married, two children.
Education
- 1972 - 1975 High School "G.S. Rakovski", Sofia
- 1975 - 1980 MSc in Physics (atomic and nuclear physics), Faculty of Physics,
University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski"
- 1988 PhD (theoretical and mathematical physics), Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, JINR - Dubna, Russia
- 2003 Habilitation (theoretical and mathematical physics), INRNE - BAS
Fellowships
- 1992 - 1993 ÖAAD Fellowship, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Vienna University (with Walter Thirring)
- 1994 - 1995 Lise-Meitner PostDoc Fellowship, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Vienna University (with Walter Thirring)
Career Path
- since April 2015 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies - BAS (Sofia), Professor (till Oct. 2019 - Associate Professor)
- 2003 - 2007 CERN (Geneva, Switzerland), Corresponding Associate & Unpaid Associate
- 2001 - 2003 International Erwin Scrödinger Institute for Mathematical Physics (Vienna, Austria), Visiting scientist
- 1996 - 2001 Institute of Theoretical Physics, Vienna University (Vienna, Austria), Project Associate
- 2003 - 2015 Institute for Nulcear Research and Nuclear Energy - BAS (Sofia), Associate Professor
- 1988 - 2003 Institute for Nulcear Research and Nuclear Energy - BAS (Sofia), Assistant Professor
- 1982 - 1990 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR - Dubna, Russia), Junior Associate - Associate - Senior Associate
Research Interests
- Quantum Field Theory
- topological properties, anomalies and quantization of gauge theories;
- group-theoretical methods in QFT;
- algebraic approach in QFT;
- Bose - Fermi duality and fractional statistics at finite temperature.
- Field-theoretical methods in soft condensed matter physics
- fractional quantum Hall effect;
- high-temperature superconductivity.
- Physics problems in biomolecule interaction modelling
- protein folding;
- methods for geometrical analysis of MD-data for macromolecules;
- binding and interactions in immunoactive complexes;
- antimicrobial peptides (AMP);
- topological aspects in protein structure and dynamics;
- enhanced sampling techniques.
- High-performance computing
- HPC tools and techniques;
- application enabling and support.
- History and Philosophy of Science
Conference experience
Talks and invited talks at International Conferences,
Workshops and Seminars in Austria, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, (former) Yugoslavia.
International projects
- Fractional statistics in QFT and soft condensed-matter theory (Austria - Bulgaria, 1996-2000; PI);
- Theoretical and experimental study of one- and two- dimensional nanostructures (Austria - Ukraine, 2001-2003; PI);
- Basics of Relativity and Quantum Theory in and from Vienna (2007-2009, City of Vienna - MA7; PI);
- Establishment of particle physics in Austria (2008-2010, Austrian Academy of Sciences; PI);
- PRACE - PR, 1IP, 2IP: Programming techniques for high-performance computing (2009-2013, co-funded by EU/FP7);
- PRACE - 3IP: Application Enabling and Support (2012-2014, funded by EU/FP7; Bulgarian Team Leader in WP7);
- PRACE - 4IP; RI-653838 (2015-2017, Horison 2020; MB Member & Deputy Team Leader of Bulgarian Team);
- Supercomputer simulations of immune system activity (Bulgaria - Austria, 2013-2018; PI);
- Multiscale modular modeling approach towards new generation antivirals and antibacterials (Bulgaria - China, 2014-2018; PI);
- PRACE - 5IP; RI-730913 (2017-2019, Horison 2020; MB Member & Deputy Team Leader of Bulgarian Team);
- PRACE - 6IP; RI-823767 (2019-ongoing, Horison 2020; MB Member & Deputy Team Leader of Bulgarian Team);
- Symbolic and numerical methods, algorithms and their parallel realisation for problems in mathematical physics (Bulgaria - Russia, 2018-2021);
- COST Action CA 17139 European Interdisciplinary Topology Action (EUTOPIA) (2019-2022; Member of the MC from Bulgaria);
- A new method for in silico peptide drug design based on cyclotide scaffolds (Bulgaria - China, 2020; PI);
Crossdisciplinary projects
- Virtual screening and in-silico drug design (2008-2011, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science);
- Development of detector technology for PET compatible with MRI (2009-2013, National Science Fund);
- Center of Excellence on Supercomputing Applications (SuperCA++): supercomputer simulations of biological molecules and complexes (2009-2014, National Science Fund);
- A complex approach to engineering of novel immunomodulating biologicals (2018-2020, National Science Fund; Team Leader);
- Development and validation of in silico method for identification of biologicals in peptide substances of natural origin (2019-2022, National Science Fund; PI);
- Study on HELP mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement by application of advanced powerful hybrid computer architectures: model simulations and their experimental verification
(2019-2021, National Science Fund; Team Leader)
- National Research Programme "Inovative low-toxic biologically active substances for precision medicine" (BioActiveMed) (2019-2022, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science;
WP Leader);
- Topological aspects of biomolecular dynamics (2019-2021, National Science Fund; PI);
- Search for ligands unblocking the innate immune response in cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus (2020-2023, National Science Fund; Team Leader).
Science- and information-management experience
- Co-responsibility for the annual review of Bulgarian participation in the complete JINR programme (1984-1990);
- President of the Young Scientists Council at JINR, Dubna (1988-1990);
- Scientific secretary of the Council in Theoretical Physics at INRNE (1991-1993);
- Participation in patent assesment;
- Coordinator of a linkage project of Austrian ministry for culture, science and education between Austria (Vienna and Leoben) and Ukraine (Chernovits) in soft condensed-matter physics (nanostructures) (2000-2003);
- Participation in the preparation of status reports and presentations about CERN co-operation with the SEE Non-Member States and Russia (2004-2006);
- Conceptual design of the exhibitions Bulgaria and CERN (2005) and 60 years CERN (2014);
- Organization of International Workshops Trends in Particle Physics (Primorsko, Bulgaria) 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014;
- Co-organization of the exhibition Women at LHC (Sofia, Bulgaria, 2011);
- Member of the Programme Committee of the International Conferences BIOMATH'14, BIOMATH'15, BIOMATH'16, BIOMATH'18;
- Member of the Board of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NCSA (from 2014);
- Expert-reviewer for the PRACE Project Calls (since 2012);
- PhD Jury Member at Uppsala University (in 2013 and 2014);
- Member of the Organising Committee of the International Conferences "Large Scale Scientific Computations" - LSSC'2017, LSSC'2019, LSSC'21;
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference "High Performance Computing - Bulgaria 2019"
- Chair of the Scientific and Organising Committees of the International Workshop "Mathematics of Life" (Bulgaria, 2021).
Membership in professional organizations
- Bulgarian Physicists Union
- Union of Bulgarian Mathematicians
- SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
- Particle-Physics Section of Austrian Physical Society (associate member)
Foreign languages
- Fluency in English, German, Russian
- Working knowledge of French