!!!Nikolai Denkov \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Denkov_Nikolai_small.jpg' alt='Nikolai Denkov' height='230'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\%%(margin-left:23px;) %% \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2017 - present Head, Laboratory of Active Formulations and Materials, Sofia University * 2017 (January-May): Minister of education and science of Bulgaria * 2014 - 2016 Deputy minister of education and science of Bulgaria * 2008 - 2015 Head of Department of Chemical Engineering, Sofia University * 2008 - present: Professor, Sofia University, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy * 2004 - 2005 Lead Scientist, Unilever R&D Center, Edgewater, New Jersey, USA (sabbatical leave) * 1998 - 2008 Associate Professor, Sofia University, Faculty of Chemistry * 1997 - 1998 Senior Researcher, Rhone Poulenc, Saint Fons, France (sabbatical leave) * 1996 - 1998 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University * 1994 - 1995 Researcher, Nagayama Protein Array Project, Japanese Research & Development Corporation, Tsukuba, Japan \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * International **2019 Received Solvay Prize by the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) **2019 Invited member of the Physical Sciences Working Group of European Space Agency (ESA) **2018 Invited Chair of Panel of PE5 "Synthetic Chemistry and Materials" (ERC) for evaluation of ERC Consolidator Grants 2019 **2018 Elected member of the Council of the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS) **2010 The article by Denkov et al. "Mechanism of formation of two-dimensional crystals from latex particles on substrates", Langmuir (1992) 3183 ranked under number 20 in the list of "25 Most-Cited Articles Published in Langmuir" for all years. * National **2018 Elected corresponding member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences **2016 Granted with the big award for high scientific achievements of Sofia University **2013 Granted with Medal of Honor with blue ribbon by Sofia University for academic achievements. **2010 Granted by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science with the highest National award "Pythagoras" for scientific achievements \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Denkov_Nikolai/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Denkov_Nikolai/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Denkov_Nikolai/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Denkov_Nikolai/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit ndenkov}] [{ALLOW upload ndenkov}] [{ALLOW comment All}]