Blagovesta Dimitrova

Personal information

Contacts

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
1. Tzar Osvoboditel blv., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

e-mail: besta.dimitrova@gmail.com
GSM: +359888702838

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth:
25 March 1996, Sofia, Bulgaria

Nationality:
Bulgarian

Education:
2022-present - PhD student at IBER - BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Topic: Effects of pesticides on amphibian species from water bodies with different levels of anthropogenic interference in Central Bulgaria

2017-2019 - MSc in Evolution, Ecology and Systematics from the Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. Master thesis: "Counteracting deceptive partners: exploring the role of previous experience on female mate choice"

2014-2017 - BSc in Zoology, Dept. of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham, England, UK. Bachelor thesis: "A morphological phylogeny of the Limacoidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)"

2009-2014 - The American College of Sofia, Bulgaria

Knowledge and Skills:
Languages: English - excellent; German - very good

Computer skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Paint; Adobe (Acrobat Reader, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator); Java (FigTree); Tree Explorer; RCommander; SigmaPlot; JMP; ArcGIS.

Driving license: Category B

ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Blagovesta-Dimitrova-3

Research interests

Conservation biology, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology

Publications

Lukanov, S., Lazarkevich, I., & Dimitrova, B. (2021). Persistent winter activity in Triturus ivanbureschi Arntzen & Wielstra, 2013 (Amphibia: Caudata). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, (July), 1–6. http://www.acta-zoologica-bulgarica.eu/2021/002573

Affiliation

Department

Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology

Division

Community Ecology and Conservation Biology

History

Member for

3 years 27 weeks