Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
The department of “Mineralogy and mineral resources” was established half a century ago by the distinguished Bulgarian mineralogist and crystallographer, co-founder and president (1982-1986) of the International Mineralogical Association and indisputable creator of the Bulgarian mineralogical school, Acad. Ivan Kostov. During the times past, emblematic for the Bulgarian mineralogy scientists like Prof. Yordanka Mincheva-Stephanova, Prof. Peter Dragov, Assoc. Prof. Georgi Terziev and Assoc. Prof. Liuben Vassilev, Prof. Ivan Bonev, Assoc. Rumen Petrounov, etc. have been working in this department.
Main fields of scientific and applied scientific research
- Crystal structures, Rietveld refinement, crystallochemistry
- Crystal morphology, growth and dissolution of minerals
- Defining ore-forming processes: paragenetic analysis, chemical and isotope composition of minerals and fluid inclusions, microthermometry of fluid inclusions, mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermal alteration, ore-genetic models. Study of different types of mineral deposits.
- Environmental mineralogy
Fundamental and applied scientific projects funded by the National Science Fund, Swiss Science Fund, Austrian Science Fund, industry funded studies by Euromax Services Plc., Assarel-Medet JSC, Geotechmin, Interoceanmetal JO, etc. are developed by the department researchers.
Състав на секцията
Prof. THOMAS KERESTEDJIAN, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Assoc. Prof. DIMITRINA DIMITROVA, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Assoc. Prof. RADOSTINA ATANASSOVA, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Assoc. Prof. ROSSITSA VASSILEVA, Ph.D.
Head of Department
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Senior Res. Assist. ELITSA STEFANOVA, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Senior Res. Assist. MILOSLAV KATSAROV, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
Senior Res. Assist. SYLVINA GEORGIEVA, Ph.D.
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
ANTOANETA PENEVA
technician
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
GEORGI MILENKOV
geologist
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
IVANINA SERGEEVA
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
MARTIN DIMITROV
PhD student
Mineralogy and Mineral Resources
