EDUCATION

2002 – 2007           Doctorate (PhD) at the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands. Study in functional genomics, molecular biology and biochemistry of industrial enzymes at the Laboratory of Microbiology.

Thesis: Assessment of the pectinolytic network of Aspergillus niger by functional genomics – Insights  from the transcriptome. Received PhD degree in June 2008.

1992  – 1998           Master  (MSc) at Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria Specialization in molecular biology and plant biotechnology at the  Department of Biology. MSc thesis work was performed at PRI-DLO, Wageningen, The Netherlands supported by personal TEMPUS Fellowship Grant.

Thesis: Developing of hybrid B.t. genes, expression of their products in Escherichia coli and bioassay. Received MSc degree in July 1999.

EXPERIENCE

2017 –    now                     Assistant professor Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam.

2012 – 2016                     Senior Research Scientist Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

2008 – 2012                     Postdoctoral Research Scientist Department of Urology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam,  The netherlands

2002 – 2007                     PhD-student Department of Microbiology, Wageningen University.

2001  – 2002                       Collaborative Research Scientist between the Department of Microbiology, Wageningen University and Business Unit Cell cybernetics, PRI-DLO, Wageningen.

1999  – 2000                     Junior Research Scientist at University Hospital “Sv. Georgi”, Plovdiv, Bulgaria