Peter Kralchevsky#
| Membership Number: | 5324 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BULGARIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/p_a_kralchevsky_cv.xhtml |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-3942-1411 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017,11 - present Head, Laboratory of Complex fluids, Sofia University, Faculty of Chemistry & Pharmacy: Sofia, BG
- 2015,06 - 2019,06 Dean, Faculty of Chemistry & Pharmacy: Sofia University, Sofia, BG
- 2002,03 - present: Full Professor, Faculty of Chemistry & Pharmacy, Sofia University, Sofia, BG
- 1999,12 - 2008,01 Head, Laboratory of Chemical Physics and Engineering, Sofia University, Sofia, BG
- 1998,09 - 1999,05 Visiting Professor, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- 1993,04 - 1999,12 Head, Laboratory of Thermodynamics & Physicochemical Hydrodynamics, Sofia University, Sofia, BG
- 1991,12 - 1992,12 Senior Research Associate, Japan Science and Technology Agency: Tokyo, Tsukuba Science City, Japan
- 1991,12 - 2002,03 Associate Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University, Sofia, BG
- 1987,08 - 1987,11 Senior Research Associate, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago, IL, USA
- 1985,07 - 1991,12: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University, Sofia, BG
Fields of Scholarship
- Capillarity, contact angles, thin liquid films, surface forces
- Colloidal Dispersions: foams, emulsions, suspensions
- Particles at fluid interfaces and capillary forces
- General curved interfaces, bending moments, biointerfaces
- Colloid and interface science
- Micelles, micelle growth, rheology, solubilization
- Surfactant adsorption: thermodynamics, kinetics and detergency
Honours and Awards
- 2016 The Highest National Award "Pythagoras" for scientific achievements of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science
- 2012 Fellow of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Sofia, BG
- 2008 Best Professor Award, Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, Sofia, BG
- 2006 Blue Ribbon Medal for Achievements in Science, Sofia University: Sofia, BG
- 2004 Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Sofia, BG
- 1995 Diploma by the Science and Technology Agency of Japan (the former JRDC)
- 1990 Zlatarov National Award for Chemical Sciences, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: Sofia, BG
