Born 1953 in Sofia, Bulgaria; 1977 Diploma in synthetic organic chemistry at the Technical

University Leuna-Merseburg, Germany (now Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg);

1981 Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg with

K.-H. Thiele; 1982-88 Independent research at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, since 1985 group and project leader; 1989-90 Fellow of

the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung

Mülheim/Ruhr with H. Lehmkuhl; 1991-98 Group leader at the Institute of Organic

Chemistry of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (since 1997 Associate Professor);

1999-2001 Senior research fellow at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Zürich

with M. Hesse; 2001-2004 Associate Professor at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of

the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Dr.sc.nat. (2002); Since 2003 Deputy Director of

the Institute; Since november 2004 Professor at the Institute;

Member of European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS),

Division of Organometallic Chemistry; Member of the American Chemical Society;

President of the non-profit non-governmental legal entity "Bulgarian Society for Organic

and Organometallic Chemistry" founded in March 2004 with the purpose of dissemination

of scientific information, support of young scientists and organization of conferences;

Since 2005 head of Laboratory of Organic Synthesis and Stereochemistry at the institute.