{"id":69722,"date":"2026-11-03T10:22:59","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T08:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=69722"},"modified":"2026-11-04T10:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:23:54","slug":"a-phd-student-from-the-institute-of-general-and-inorganic-chemistry-is-awarded-by-the-union-of-chemists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/?p=69722&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A PhD student from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry is awarded by the Union of Chemists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69702 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-200x120.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-400x240.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-768x460.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-800x479.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-1200x719.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165528-1-1536x921.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PhD student Katerina Tumbalova from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at BAS was awarded the \u201cProf. Christo Balarew\u201d Prize by the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria. She won the award in the \u201cOutstanding Young Scientist in the Field of Inorganic Chemistry\u201d category for 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was presented in recognition of PhD student Tumbalova\u2019s 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 \u2013 Elzhana Encheva-Mircheva and Trajche Tushev \u2013 were also honoured for their achievements in the field of inorganic chemistry and inorganic materials.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69700 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_20261102_165615-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD student Katerina Tumbalova from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at BAS was awarded the \u201cProf. Christo Balarew\u201d Prize by the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria. She won the award in the \u201cOutstanding Young Scientist in the Field of Inorganic Chemistry\u201d category for 2026. The award was presented in recognition of PhD student Tumbalova\u2019s 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 \u2013 Elzhana Encheva-Mircheva and Trajche Tushev \u2013 were also honoured for their achievements in the field of inorganic chemistry and inorganic materials. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":69703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1484],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nanosciences-new-materials-and-technologies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69723,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69722\/revisions\/69723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bas.bg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}