Curriculum Vitae
Assoc. Prof. Borjana V. Donkova, Ph.D.
Mailing address:
Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy (former name Faculty of Chemistry),
University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1, J. Bourchier blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
tel. + 359 2 8161 214
e-mails:
Education and professional realization:
1988 M.Sc. in Chemistry (Specialty “Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry”) Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1988–1989 Chemist-researcher at Institute of high purity substances,
Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia
1989–1994 Ph.D. student at Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia
1994–1998 Fellow Assistant Professor at Department of General and
Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia
1998–2003 Assistant Professor in General and Inorganic Chemistry
2003–2006 Senior Assistant Professor
2006 Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (University of Sofia)
Thesis: Investigation of inclusion mechanism of 3d-elements in ZnC2O4.2H2O precipitate and its application for obtaining of oxide materials.
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. M. Djarova
2006-2014 Chief Assistant Professor
Since 2014 Associate Professor in Inorganic Chemistry
Teaching activities:
Lectures: General chemistry (since 2007), Inorganic chemistry –Ist part/Chemistry of elements (since 2011), Inorganic chemistry –IInd part/Advanced chemistry (since 2014), High-purity substances (since 2005), Methods for preparation and purification of Inorganic substances (since 2009).
Laboratory exercises and seminars: General chemistry, Chemistry of elements, Advanced Chemistry, Methods for preparation of High-purity substances, Low-dimensional systems.
Administrative duties:
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia
Research interests:
Crystallization and cocrystallyzation processes at moderately and sparingly soluble compounds; Thermal decomposition; Catalysis and photocatalysis; Nanoscale materials and composites; Ecotoxicity.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
I. Scientific papers
1. Minkova, N., D. Todorovsky, B. Donkova. Synthesis and Purification of La2Si2O7. - Lant. Act. Research 3 (1991) 349-355.
2. Minkova, N., D. Todorovsky, B. Donkova. Synthesis of La2SiO5 and its Separation from La2O3. - Lant. Act. Research 3 (1991) 391-395.
3. Kirkova, E., M. Djarova, B. Donkova. Inclusion of Isomorphous Impurities during Crystallization from Solutions. - Prog. Crystal Growth and Charact. 32 (1996) 111-134.
4. Donkova, B., J. Pencheva, M. Djarova. Influence of Complex Formation Upon Inclusion of Mn(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) in ZnC2O4.2H2O. – Cryst. Res. Technol. 39 (3) (2004) 207-213.
5. Donkova, B., D. Mehandjiev. Mechanism of decomposition of manganese (II) oxalate dihydrate and manganese (II) oxalate trihydrate. – Thermochim. Acta 421 (1-2) (2004) 141- 149.
6. Pencheva, J., B. Donkova, M. Djarova, S. Maksimova. Adsorption of 3d-elements onto zinc oxalate dihydrate in aqueous oxalate solutions. - Cryst. Res. Technol. 40 (4-5) (2005) 370-379.
7. Donkova, B., D. Mehandjiev. Thermal-magnetic investigation of the decomposition of copper oxalate – precursor for catalysts. - J. Mater. Sci. 40 (15) (2005) 3881-3886.
8. Nickolov, R.N., B.V. Donkova, K.I. Milenova, D.R. Mehandjiev. Porous texture of CuO prepared from copper oxalate precursos. - Adsorption Science & Technology 24 (6), (2006) 497-505.
9. Donkova, B.V., K.I. Milenova, D.R. Mehandjiev. Investigation on the catalytic activity of doped low-percentage oxide catalysts Mn/ZnO obtained from oxalate precursor. - Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 6 (1), (2008) 115-124.
10. Donkova, B., B. Kotseva, P. Vasileva, D. Mehandjiev. Thermal magnetic investigation of the decomposition of NixMn1-xC2O4.2H2O –Thermochim. Acta 481 (1-2) (2009) 12–19.
11. Donkova, B.V., K. I. Milenova, D. R. Mehandjiev. Catalytic activity of doped low percentage oxide catalysts Cu/ZnO obtained from oxalate precursor. – Oxid. Commun. 32 (3) (2009) 579–592.
12. Donkova, B., D. Dimitrov, M. Kostadinov, E. Mitkova, D. Mehandjiev. Catalytic and photocatalytic activity of lightly doped catalysts Me:ZnO (Me = Cu, Mn). – Mater. Chem. Phys. 123 (2-3) (2010) 563-568.
13. Vasileva, P., B. Donkova, I. Karadjova, C. Dushkin. Synthesis of starch-stabilized silver nanoparticles and their application as a surface plasmon resonance-based sensor of hydrogen peroxide. – Coll. Surf. A: Phys. Eng. Aspects 382 (1-3) (2011) 203–210.
14. Donkova, B., P. Vasileva, D. Nihtianova, N. Velichkova, P. Stefanov, D. Mehandjiev. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of Au/ZnO nanocomposities, prepared by coprecipitation. – J. Mater. Sci. 46 (22) (2011) 7134-7143.
15. Donkova, B., D. Mehandjiev. In situ thermal magnetic investigation of γ-MnC2O4.2H2O decomposition. – Compt. Rend. Acad. Bul. Sci. 66 (7) (2013) 983-990.
16. Pronin, I.A., B.V. Donkova, D.Tz. Dimitrov, I.A. Averin, J.A. Pencheva, V.A. Moshnikov. Relationship between photoluminescent and photocatalytic properties of zink oxide doped with coper and manganese. – Semiconductors 48 (7) (2014) 842-847.
17. Donkova, B., G. Avdeev. Synthesis and decomposition mechanism of γ-MnC2O4·2H2O rods under non-isothermal and isothermal conditions. – J. Therm. Anal. Calorim. 121 (2015) 567–577.
18. Nedyalkova, M.A., B.V. Donkova, V.D. Simeonov. Chemometric expertise of the ecotoxicity/physicochemical features links of silver nanoparticles - environmental aspects. – Journal of AOAC International 100 (2) (2017) 369-364.
19. Nedyalkova, M, B. Donkova, J. Romanova, G. Tzvetkov, S. Madurga, V. Simeonov. Iron oxide nanoparticles - In vivo/in vitro biomedical applications and in silico studies. – Adv Colloid Interface Sci. (2017) (accepted).
II. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY
1. Donkova, B. Professor Dimitar Balarev. – Ann. Univ. Sofia, Fac. Chem. 97 (2004) 31-42.
2. Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Bibliography (1891-2004). Compilers: A. Bojinova, Sv. Vankova, B. Donkova, Sn. Dochevska, G. Ivanova, T. Ivanova, P. Kovacheva, V. Mavrodiev, V. Pelova, D. Todorovsky. Edts. D. Tododrovsky, B. Donkova, Yu. Ivanova., St. Kl. Ohridski Univ. Press., Sofia, 2007, pp. 212. ISBN 978-954-07-2499-7.
3. Donkova, B., G. Ivanova, D. Todorovski. The contribution of the Department of Inorganic chemistry to the Annuaire de l’Universite de Sofia. - Ann. Univ. Sofia, Fac. Chem. 100, (2008) 145-152.
4. Donkova, B., G. Ivanova. Literature heritage of academician Georgi Bliznakov (bibliography). Compiler: D. Todorovsky. Edt. S. Tudzharova, St. Kl. Ohridski Univ. Press., Sofia, 2008, pp. 199, (p. 24-52). ISBN 978-954-07-2748-6.