Milena Popova is the Head of the Lab “Chemistry of Natural Products” at the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Chair of its Scientific Council. She has been a coordinator of scientific projects financed by the Bulgarian Science Fund and a participant in a number of international and national projects. For 2021 and 2022, she was among the top 2% in the Stanford University worldwide citation ranking of all scientists and scientific disciplines. Her main research interests include chemical profiling and characterization of bee products (with special attention to propolis), medicinal plants and mushrooms; isolation and structural characterization of biologically active compounds; and standardization and quality control of natural products. She is a co-author of 100+ papers, including review articles and book chapters that have been cited over 3,800 times.
