Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Head of Department: Assoc. Prof. Desislava Sopotlieva, PhD

Division of Flora and Vegetation
Head: Prof. Iva Apostolova, Ph.D.

Flora and Florogenesis RG
Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Vladimirov, PhD (RG Leader)
Prof. Svetlana Bancheva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Anna Ganeva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Rayna Natcheva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Elina Yankova-Tsvetkova, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Stoyan Stoyanov, PhD
Chief Assistant Daniela Ivanova, PhD
Biologist Valeri Georgiev
Biologist Galin Gospodinov
Assistant Aneta Lambevska-Hristova
Agronomist Boryanka Traykova
Stoyan Nikolov, PhD student
Biologist Rozaliya Nikolova
Agronomist Tatyana Stefanova
Technitian Nadezhda Hristova
Technitian Zoya Mitrinska

Vegetation and Habitats RG
Prof. Iva Apostolova, PhD (RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Kiril Vassilev, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Desislava Sopotlieva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Velev, PhD
Biologist Tsvetelina Terziyska, PhD
Chief Assistant Magdalena Valcheva, PhD
Momchil Nazarov, PhD student

Division of Paleobotany and Palynology
Head: Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Bozukov, PhD

Prof. Dimiter Ivanov, DSc
Assoc. Prof. Detelina Belkinova, PhD
Chief Assistant Mila Andonova-Katsarski, PhD
Biologist Yoanna Katreva
Technician Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Division of Applied Botany
Head: Prof. Marina Stanilova, Ph.D.

Resource assessment and monitoring of rare, medicinal and aromatic plants RG
Chief Assistant Malina Delcheva, PhD (Acting RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Ina Aneva, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Antonina Vitkova, PhD (volunteer)
Chief Assistant Boryana Sidjimova, PhD
Denitsa Kancheva, PhD student

Plant biotechnology and ex situ conservation of rare, medicinal and aromatic plants RG
Prof. Marina Stanilova, PhD (RG Leader)
Chief Assistant Iva Doycheva, PhD
Biologist Asya Kozhurahova
Biologist Ina Ivanova
Biologist Nadezhda Mihaleva
Technician Valentina Yamelieva
Silviya Gosheva

Chemoecology and natural products RG
Prof. Strahil Berkov, PhD (RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Milena Nikolova, PhD
Biologist Borislav Georgiev
Chemist Marina Dimitrova
Rumen Denev, PhD student
Gabriela Haist, PhD student

Plant diversity and local development RG
Assoc. Prof. Desislava Petkova-Varadinova, PhD (RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Vladimir Valchev, PhD(volunteer)
Chief Assistant Teodora Ivanova, PhD
Biologist Chavdar Gussev
Biologist Sonya Tsoneva-Neykova
Technician Yulia Boseva

Division of Mycology
Head: Prof. Cvetomir M. Denchev, PhD

Taxonomy and phylogeny of fungi RG
Prof. Cvetomir M. Denchev, PhD (RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Teodor T. Denchev, PhD
Chief Assistant Veselin Shivarov, PhD
Technician Mladenka Atanasova

Ecology and conservation of fungi RG
Assoc. Prof. Boris Asyov, PhD (RG Leader)
Assoc. Prof. Dimitar Stoykov, PhD