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NAME: |
Boyko Milkov MIHOV |
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BIRTHDATE: |
October 29-th, 1969 |
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Sofia, Bulgaria |
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NATIONALITY: |
Bulgarian |
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Institute of Astronomy and Nationa Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
E-mail: bmihov {at} astro {dot} bas {dot} bg
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EDUCATION:
- 1996-2000: Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - PhD in Astronomy, 2001,
thesis title: "Astrophysical applications of gravitational lensing", thesis supervisor: Dr. G. Petrov (IA, BAS)
- 1990-1995: "St. K. Ohridski" University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics, Department of Astronomy - MSc in Astronomy, 1995,
thesis title: "A model of the gravitational lens 2237+0305", thesis supervisor: Dr. A. Strigachev (IA, BAS)
- 1984-1988: Technical School "A. S. Popov", Radio & TV Devices
POSITIONS HELD:
- 2012-now : Institute of Astronomy and NAO, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor
- 2002-2012: Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor
- 2000-2002: Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Research Fellow
- 1996-2000: Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, PhD Student
- 1995-1996: Institute of Astronomy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Research Fellow
FIELDS OF RESEARCH:
- Activity in galactic nuclei and related phenomena
- Astrophysical applications of gravitational lensing
- Astronomical image processing
TECHNICAL AND SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
- Optical telescopes: 2-m and 50/70-cm telescopes of the Rozhen NAO, Bulgaria
- Auxiliary equipment: CCD cameras, two-channel focal reducer, UAGS grating spectrograph
- Astronomical software packages and programming languages:
MIDAS, IRAF, IDL 7, GALFIT v.3, DAOPHOT II, AGNFitter, PixeLens, Python
TEACHING:
- 2010: Lecture course on "CCD devices and their application in astronomy" before the young scientists involved in the project
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY THINKING AND TRAINING OF YOUNG SCIENTISTS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS
The project is financed by the General directorate "Structural funds and international educational programmes" of the
Ministry of education, youth and science under the frames of Operative Programme "Human Resources Development" of the European Social Fund.
Operation scheme BG051PO001-3.3.04 "Support of PhD students, post-doctors and young scientists' development",
as a part of Priority axis 3 "Improving the quality of education and training in correspondence with the labour
market needs for building a knowledge-based economy"
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
- English - good
- Russian - good
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