Aneliya Bobeva

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Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2 Yurii Gagarin Street,
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail: aneliabobeva@gmail.com

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth:
25 July 1983, Sofia, Bulgaia

Education:

2014: PhD in Ecology; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem research - Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Thesis: "Molecular studies of the specificity of avian malaria parasites (Haemosporida) to the vectors of the genus Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae; Supervisiors: Prof. Boyko Georgiev, Assoc. Prof. Pavel Zehtindjiev

2010: MSc in Human and Animal Phyziology; Department of Human and Animal Phyziology; Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"; Thesis: Diamine Oxidase activity in rat liver and kidney with different substrates. Effects of androgens
Supervisor: Prof. Ognian Dimitrov, DSc

2007: BSc in Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Research Visits:

January - February 2011: Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
February 2012: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
February 2012: Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden

Participation in scientific meetings:

Bobeva, A., D. Dimitrov, M. Marinov, M. Ilieva, P. Zehtindjev, S. Bensch. Association of Vectors and Bird Malaria in Wetland Territories of Bulgaria: Preliminary Results. International Conference Wetlands: Functioning, Management and Restoration, 16-19 October 2011, Varna, Bulgaria.

Zehtindjev, P., S. Hahn, V. Amrhein, M. Ilieva, D. Dimitrov, A. Križanauskiene, A. Bobeva, M. Marinov, S. Bensch. Connectivity of Bulgarian Wetlands: Outcomes from Bird Malaria Research and High Technology in Bird Migration Studies. International Conference Wetlands: Functioning, Management and Restoration, 16-19 October 2011, Varna, Bulgaria.

Research interests

Avian malaria parasites: vector-parasite-host specialization, specificity, vectors of genus Culicoides

Publications

Bobeva A, Zehtindjiev P, Bensch S, and Radrova J. 2013 A survey of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille,1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in NE Bulgaria, with respect to transmission of avian haemosporidians. Acta Parasitologica, 2013, 58(4), 585–591; ISSN 1230-2821, DOI: 10.2478/s11686-013-0185-z

Bobeva A, Ilieva M, Dimitrov D, Zehtindjiev P. 2014 Degree of associations among vectors of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and host bird species with respect to haemosporidian parasites in NE Bulgaria. Parasitology Research, DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4140-1

Bobeva A., Zehtindjiev P., Ilieva M., Dimitrov D., Mathis A., Bensch S. 2015. Host preferences of ornithophilic biting midges of the genus Culicoides in Eastern Balkans with respect to transmission of haemosporidian parasites. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 29(3), 290-296, DOI: 10.1111/mve.12108

Marinov M., Zehtindjiev P., Dimitrov D., Ilieva M., Bobeva A., Marchetti, C. Haemosporidian infections and host behavioural variation: a case study on wild-caught nightingales (Luscinia megarhynchos). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2015.1102776

Dimitrov D., Iezhova T., Zehtindjiev P., Bobeva A., Ilieva M., Kirilova M., Bedev K., Sjöholm C., Valkiūnas G. 2016. Molecular characterization of three avian haemoproteids (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae), with description of Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) palloris n. sp. Systematic Parasitology, DOI: 10.1007/s11230-016-9638-8

Affiliation

Department

Animal Diversity and Resources

Division

Biodiversity and Ecology of Parasites

Research group

Avian Blood Parasites

History

Member for

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