Assoc. Prof.
Dr. Rangel Georgiev Dragov has been head of the Department of Breeding and Technology of Cereal Crops at the Field Crops
Institute - Chirpan, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria since 2023.
2020 – 2023 – Chief Assistant Professor PhD - Field Crops Institute - Chirpan,
Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2012 – 2020
– Assistant Professor - Field Crops Institute - Chirpan, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014 – 2018
– PhD student - Field Crops Institute - Chirpan,
Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2011 – 2012
– Master (MSc) student - Decorative plants and landscape design,
Agricultural University, Plovdiv (Bulgaria).
2007 – 2011 – Bachelor student -
General Agronomy, Agricultural
University, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Chief Assistant Professor PhD Krasimira Kostadinova Taneva has been
working in the Department of Breeding and Technology of Cereal Crops at the Field Crops Institute - Chirpan, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria since 2010.
2020 –
at present - Chief Assistant
Professor PhD, Field Crops
Institute, Agricultural academy, Bulgaria
2010 - 2019 - Assistant - Field Crops Institute, Agricultural
academy, Bulgaria
Work experience:
Breeding research and creation
of new varieties of durum wheat. Study of traits related to grain quality.
Current position held and other previous
positions if available
Chief Assistant Professor PhD at the Field Crops Institute,
Chirpan – at present
Her work is focusing on the
current project “Smart Crops” approved by the Decision of the
Bulgarian Ministry Council №866/26.11.2020, which is aiming to improve the yield and
other agronomic traits of wheat, using remote sensing and classical breeding approaches.
Prof. Dr.Violeta
Zlateva Bozhanova has been President of the Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria since November 2023. Violeta Bozhanova has been a Prof. Dr. at the Field Crops Institute (FCI), Agricultural academy, Chirpan,
Bulgaria from 2018 to the present. 2003 - 2018 – Associate professor PhD, Field Crops Institute, AA,
Bulgaria 1998 - 2008 - Chief
Assistant Professor PhD, Field Crops Institute, AA, Bulgaria1995 - 1998 - PhD student – Plant breeding, Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural
University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1978 – 1983 – MSc student in
Agronomy, Faculty of Agronomy, Agricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Prof.
Dr. V. Bozhanova is responsible for WP3 of Component 2 of the
ongoing project “Smart Crops” which was approved by the Decision of the
Bulgarian Ministry Council №866/26.11.2020 and is aiming to improve the yield
and other agronomic traits of wheat using remote sensing and classical breeding
approaches.
Prof. Dr. Elena Georgieva Todorovska has been Chief Scientific Secretary of the Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria since March 2019. Prof. Dr. Elena Georgieva Todorovska has been a Prof. Dr. at the Department of Functional Genetics, Abiotic, and Biotic Stress, AgroBioInstitute, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria from 2021 to the present. She was the Head of the group Functional Genetics—Cereals. Prof. Dr. at Functional Genetics— Cereals from 2003-10-01 to 2021-10.Prof. Dr. Elena Georgieva Todorovska received a Ph.D. in molecular genetics from the AgrobioInstitute: Sofia, Bulgaria in 2002. Prof. Dr. Elena Georgieva Todorovska is focusing on the current Project “Smart Crops”, which was approved by the Decision of the Bulgarian Ministry Council №866/26.11.2020, and is aiming to improve the yield and other agronomic traits of wheat using remote sensing and classical breeding approaches.
