N.Velitchova Drgrees

Education and professional positions:

1993 - 1998 - Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
1998, M.Sc. in Chemistry, specialization - Chemical Ecology, M.Sc. Thesis: “Problems for representative sampling of plant materials: Daily variations of chemical elements in plants”
2001 - 2006 correspondence Ph.D. Student at the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry (IGIC), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) Sofia, Bulgaria
2007, Defence of PhD Thesis, Dissertation Abstract Nikolaya Velitchkova 2007
Ph.D. Thesis in Analytical Chemistry Title “Investigations on the possibilities of improvement of the analytical characteristics of ICP-OES in the analysis of environmental and geological materials" Ph.D. Thesis Nikolaya Velitchkova 2007
Professional Positions and Experience:
Apr. - Sept. 1999 - Chemist, Institute of Polymers, Bulgarian Academy of Science;
Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2008 Chemist, Research Geological Laboratory “GEOLAB”, Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Laboratory (ICP-OES), Geological Institute GI-BAS;
Oct. 2008 - Oct. 2014 Assistant Professor, Research Geological Laboratory “GEOLAB”, GI-BAS;
Oct. 2014- till now, Associated Professor, Research Geological Laboratory “GEOLAB”, GI-BAS;
Specializations and Courses:
16 Oct. - 24 Nov. 2006, Nuclear Research Center SCK-SCN - Mol, Belgium, Batch sorption experiments; Leaching experiments; Clay pore water chemistry, Determination of Partitition Coefficient (Kd) in clays;
12 - 14 Oct. 2006, Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy, Training Course on “Analytical Quality Control and method validation in support of the Water Framework Directive - TAQC-WFD”;
10 - 11 Oct. 2006, Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Italy, Screaming methods for Water data InFormaTion in support of the Implementation of the Water Framework Directive (SWIFT-WDF) Laboratory training course T05 on: “Quality Assurance and Quality Control of Monitoring River Basins Involving Screening Methods”;
19 - 20 Dec. 2005, Sofia, Bulgaria, Training in Metrology in Chemistry - TrainMic, training course “Principles and Applications of Metrology in Chemistry;
14 - 19 Apr. 2003, Wacker Chemie, Kempten, Germany, Training on the Electro - thermal vaporization Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ETV-ICP-OES);
19 March - 14. Apr. 2003, University of Antwerp, Belgium, UIA-Micro and Trace Analysis Center, training on HYPERLINK "https://www.google.bg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjsn-K0s-7QAhVHthQKHVdBAkEQFggpMAI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gbcscientific.com%2Ficptofs.html&usg=AFQjCNEo-ioybsaPVAn4pwcsApIeQHAmvw&sig2=I5QIIMgPwKZBQzaIEF1fuw&bvm=bv.141320020,d.d24" Inductively Coupled Plasma Time-of-Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometry ( ICP-TOF-MS);
01 Sept. 2002, Athens, Greece, Training Course of the 8th FECS Conference “People in the Environment: Human Exposure and Susceptibility”, Federation of the European Chemical Societies Division of the Chemistry and the Environment;
15 - 25 Feb. 2002, Orleans, France, Bureau de recherches geologiques et minieres BRGM, ICP-OES training;
04 - 08 Feb. 2002, Jobin Yvon, Longjumeau, France, ICP-OES user training course on Jobin Yvon spectrometers;
04 June - 02 July 2001, University of Antwerp, Belgium, UIA-Micro and Trace Analysis Center, ICP-OES training;
Oct. 1999 - Apr. 2001, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Laboratory “Emission Spectral Analysis” ICP-OES training;
12. March 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, American Chemical Society, PITCON 2000, ACS Short Course in Analytical Inductively Coupled Plasma: Emission and Mass Spectrometry;

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