PhD student Katerina Tumbalova from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at BAS was awarded the “Prof. Christo Balarew” Prize by the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria. She won the award in the “Outstanding Young Scientist in the Field of Inorganic Chemistry” category for 2026. The award was presented in recognition of PhD student Tumbalova’s research into innovative porous ceramic layers for use as catalysts in the purification of waste gases containing volatile organic compounds. The award ceremony took place on 2 November. Two other candidates – Elzhana Encheva-Mircheva and Trajche Tushev – were also honoured for their achievements in the field of inorganic chemistry and inorganic materials.  

Prof. Dr Daniela Karashanova begins her term today as Director of the “Academician Jordan Malinowski” Institute of Optical Materials and Technologies (IOMT) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (2026–2030). She has held the post of Deputy Director of IOMT since April 2025, and has headed the Institute’s “Electron Microscopy” Laboratory since 2010. She served as Chair of the IOMT Scientific Council from 2019 to 2025. Prof. Karashanova’s research interests lie in the fields of materials science, electron microscopy and the study of the structure–property relationship in thin films and nanomaterials. In the programme for the management and development of IOMT which Prof. Karashanova presented, the main objective is set out as maintaining the high standard of scientific research at IOMT, its excellent facilities, and the [...]

  Researchers from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, visited the Institute of Chemical Engineering at BAS from 12 to 20 August. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nan Zhang and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zhaoli Zhang were visiting as part of a joint research project on “High-efficiency solar thermal systems integrated with engineered phase-change materials”. The team comprises researchers from the “Transfer Processes in Multiphase Media” laboratory, headed by Prof. Daniela Dzhonova-Atanasova, and colleagues from the Central Laboratory for Solar Energy and New Energy Sources of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. During the visit, the guests were introduced to the research activities of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and toured the laboratories where they had the opportunity to see the prototypes and experimental [...]

The 22nd International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (22ISSP) opened today in Sofia. The international scientific forum is taking place until 3 September at the National Centre of Excellence in Mechatronics and Clean Technologies, Geo Milev Campus. The conference is attended by scientists, researchers and specialists from 18 countries, including Germany, Spain, Portugal, the USA, Australia, Brazil and others. The symposium is organised by the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of BAS in collaboration with “Prof. Dr Assen Zlatarov” State University - Burgas and is included in the official calendar of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The programme of 22ISSP covers a wide range of contemporary scientific issues relating to the phenomena of solubility, phase equilibria, the [...]