New academicians of BAS elected
Four new full members (academicians) in the field of biological and engineering sciences have been elected today by the Assembly of Academicians of BAS. No academician has been elected in the scientific area of Earth Sciences. In the Biological Sciences Branch, the following have been elected academicians: Academician Rumen Georgiev Pankov. He was born in 1955. He is a world-renowned scientist in the field of cell and molecular biology. He works at the Faculty of Biology of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 2012, he was elected a corresponding member of BAS. Academician Draga Ivanova Toncheva. She was born in 1950. She is a world-renowned specialist in the field of medical genetics and genomics. She works at the Medical Faculty of the Medical University - [...]