Assist. Prof. Dessislava Gerginova
Assist. Prof. Dessislava Gerginova
(room 103)
Name: Dessislava Gerginova
Phone: +3592 9606 120
E-mail: Dessislava.Gerginova@orgchm.bas.bg
ORCID: 0000-0002-1194-0925
Scopus ID: 57214776328
Research interests/Area of expertise:
NMR metabolomics, food chemistry, carbohydrates, chemometrics
Academic career:
2023 – present Assistant Professor, Bulgarian NMR Centre, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemsitry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2021 – 2023 Assistant, Bulgarian NMR Centre, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemsitry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2016 – 2021 Chemist, Bulgarian NMR Centre, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemsitry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2014 – 2016 Technician, Bulgarian NMR Centre, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemsitry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Education:
2022 PhD in Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
Thesis: “NMR metabolomics of honey and wine”, supervisors Prof. DSc Svetlana Simova and Assist. Prof. PhD Yavor Mitrev
2017 MSc in Modern spectral and chromatographic analytical methods, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2016 BSc in Inorganic chemical technologies, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Sofia
Awards:
- Best poster award at the Annual Poster Sessions of the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry (IOCCP), BAS in 2015, 2017, 2019;
- Best oral presentation award at 2nd Interdisciplinary Doctoral Forum, 2021, Borovets, Bulgaria
- Best poster award at 4th International Conference of Natural Product Utilization: From Plants to Pharmacy Shelf (ICNPU), 2019, Albena, Bulgaria
- Grant for 47th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress – IUPAC 100, 2019, Paris, France
- “Best diploma thesis” award of the Union of chemists in Bulgaria in 2017
- Best paper award of the IOCCP, BAS in 2021.
Selected publications:
2022 Gerginova, D., Kurteva, V., Simova, S. “Optical Rotation—A Reliable Parameter for Authentication of Honey?”, Molecules 27(24),8916 (link)
2021 Popova, M., Gerginova, D., Trusheva, B., Simova, S., Tamfu, A., Ceylan. O., Clark, K., Bankova, V. “A preliminary study of chemical profiles of honey, cerumen, and propolis of the african stingless bee meliponula ferruginea”, Foods 10(5), 997 (link)
2021 Atanassova, M., Angelov, R., Gerginova, D., Karashanova, D., “Neutral organophosphorus ligands as a molecular lab for simultaneous detecting of Ag (I) ions”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 335, 116287 (link)
2020 Gerginova, D., Simova, S., Popova, M., Stefova, M.,, Stanoeva, J.P., Bankova, V., “NMR profiling of North Macedonian and Bulgarian honeys for detection of botanical and geographical origin”, Molecules 25(20), 4687 (link)
2020 Dimitrova, P., Alipieva, K., Grozdanova, T., Leseva, M., Gerginova, D., Simova, S., Marchev, A.S., Bankova, V., Georgiev, M.I., Popova, M.P., “Veronica austriaca L. Extract and Arbutin Expand Mature Double TNF-α/IFN-γ Neutrophils in Murine Bone Marrow Pool”. Molecules, 25, 3410 (link)
Active projects:
- Creation And Development Of Centres Of Competence „Sustainable utilization of bio-resources and waste of medicinal and aromatic plants for innovative bioactive products” BG05M2OP001-1.002-0012-C01
- EthnoHERBS (Conservation of European Biodiversity through Exploitation of Traditional Herbal Knowledge for the Development of Innovative Products)
- National Programme “Young scientists and postdoctoral researchers – 2” – “NMR profiling of jams“
- The National Scientific Program “Healthy Foods for a Strong Bioeconomy and Quality of Life”
- INFRAMAT: Distributed infrastructure of centers for synthesis and characterization of new materials and conservation of archeological and ethnographic artefacts’, part of the Bulgarian National Roadmap for Research Infrastructure Programme.
