Education:

• 2006, Workshop-0601 “Characteristics of and Exploration for Epithermal Deposits: Background, and Relation to the Porphyry Environment” by J.W. Hedenquist, Sofia, 12-13th January 2006
• 1999, post-doctoral specialization, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, ITC-WGT, Theme: Secondary Minerals in Surface Lignite Mining Pits: Their influence on the contamination of groundwater and surface water. I. Mineralogical stock-taking in Maritza East Basin (Bulgaria), supervisor Dr. Joerg Goettlicher, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) grant
• 1996, PhD, Sofia University, PhD Thesis: Lithology of the volcano-sedimentary complex between the villages Kralevo,M.Izvor and D.Botevo, Haskovo district (Bulgaria), supervisor Prof. Boyan Aleksiev
• 1983, MSc, Sofia University, Diploma Thesis: Rare elements in the amphibolites from Central Rhodope metamorphic complex (Bulgaria), supervisors Prof. Greta Eskenazi, Assoc. Prof. K. Kolcheva
  Foreign Language Ability:Bulgarian (mother tongue), English (fair), German (basic), Russian (fluent)