Daniela Miteva

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Daniela Miteva
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
1113 Sofia
Bulgaria
e-mail: daniela.miteva@abv.bg

Curriculum vitae

Date and place of birth: 5th August 1978; Sliven, Bulgaria

Education:
2001: Bachelor, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria - Biology
2014: MSc, New Bulagarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria - Ecology and Sustainable Development

Employment:
2001 - 2010: Biologist, Central Laboratory of General Ecology-BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria
2010 - present: Biologist, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research - BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria

Recent Projects:

- 2011-2014: Evaluation of soil monitoring indicators and environmental risk assessment for development of programs to sustainable land use in contaminated and anthoropogenic impacted zones. Funded by NSF (DTK 01/105 05.01.2010). Leader: Dr N. Dinev (Institute of Soil Science "N. Poushkarov"). Coordinator from IBER: Prof. Dr S. Chankova.

- 2011-2014: Complex morphometric, physiological, biochemical and molecular assessment of drought tolerance in Bulgarian common bean genotypes (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)” Funded by BFS (DDVU 02/87 02.12.2010 ) Partners: Agricultural University, Plovdiv and Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research - BAS, Leader: Prof. DSc D. Svetleva

Research interests

- Green Algae – Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Chlorella
- Genetics
- Eco-toxicology
- Induction and mechanisms of adaptive response
- Induction and Repair Double Strand Breaks
- Markers of oxidative stress
- UV-A, UV-B and UV-C stress
- Heavy metals

Publications

1. CHANKOVA, S., G. DIMOV, Z. MITROVSKA, D. MITEVA, B. NIKOLOVA, I. TSONEVA (2008) Effect of high frequency on cell survival of three strains of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Journal of Balkan Ecology, vol. 11, No 1, 75 – 82.
2. Dimova, E., M. Dimitrova, D. Miteva, Z. Mitrovska, S. Chankova (2008) Paraquat induced adaptive response in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains depends on the genotype. Compt. rend. Acad. bulg. Sci. 61(7): 911-918
3. MITEVA D., Z. MITROVSKA, M. DIMITROVA, K. CHAKALOV, S. CHANKOVA (2009) Testing of Genotoxic Potential of Bio-Transformed Duck Guano. Seminar of Ecology – 2009, Proceedings, 187 – 191.
4. Dimova, E., M. Dimitrova, D. Miteva, Z. Mitrovska, N.P. Yurina, P. E. Bryant, S. Chankova (2009) Does single-dose cell resistance to the radio-mimetic zeocin correlate with a zeocin-induced adaptive response in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains? Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 48:77-84.
5. Drought tolerance of Bulgarian common bean genotype. Characterized by some biochemical markers for oxidative stress. Diana Svetleva, Vladimir Krastev, Dotchka Dimova, Zhana Mitrovska, Daniela Miteva, Petya Parvanova, Stephka Chankova. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2012, 13(2), 349-361.
6. Chankova S.G., Mitrovska Z., Miteva D., Oleskina Y. P., Yurina N. P., (2013). Heat shock protein HSP70B as a marker for genotype resistance to environmental stress in Chlorella species from contrasting habitats. GENE 516, 184 – 189.
7. Stephka Chankova, Teodora Todorova, Petya Parvanova, Daniela Miteva, Zhana Mitrovska, Olga Angelova, Petronela Imreova, Pavel Mucaji(2013). Kaempferol and jatropham: are they protective or detrimental for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii? Comptes rendus de I`Académie bulgare des Sciences - Tome 66, No 8,
8.Stephka G. Chankova a, Evgeniya G. Dimova a , Zhana Mitrovska a, Daniela Miteva a, Dariya V. Mokerovab , Petranka A. Yonovac and, Nadezhda P. Yurinab* (2014). Single dose resistance to paraquat depends on the genotype of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strains -
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 101:131–137
9. Maria Dimitrova, Daniela Miteva, Zhana Mitrovska, Stephka Chankova. CADMIUM INDUCED STRESS RESPONSE IN DIFFERENT GENOTYPES OF CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII. Comptes rendus de l’Acad´emie bulgare des Sciences, Tome 67, No 7, 2014. ISSN: 1310–1331 (Print), ISSN: 2367–5535 (Online), IF 0.198
10.Todorova T., Miteva D., Chankova S.(2015). DNA damaging effect of zeocin methyl methanesulfonate in Saccharomyces serevisiae measured by CFGE. Comptes rendus de l’Acad´emie bulgare des Sciences
Tome 68, No 1, p. 71-78.

Affiliation

Department

Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology

Division

Environmental Mutagenesis and Genetic Risk Assessments

Research group

Environmental Mutagenesis

History

Member for

10 years 45 weeks