Curriculum Vitae

Born: 1974
Education and professional realization:

• Diploma in Chemistry, M. Sc. (Sofia University, 1997);
• Ph.D. (Sofia University, 2003);
• Assist. Prof. of Radiochemistry (2001 - 2003);
• Senior Assist. Prof. of Radiochemistry (2003 - 2005);
• Chief Assist. Prof. of Radiochemistry (2005 - current);

Publications

I. SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

1. R. Djingova, P.Kovacheva, I.Kuleff, On the use of Taraxacum officinale Web. and Populus nigra 'Italica' for the evaluation of heavy metal pollution risk in urban ecosystems, Phytologia Balcanica, 5(2/3) (1999) 123-129.
   a. R. Djingova, P. Kovacheva, I. Kuleff, Risk assessment of the accumulation of heavy metals in park ecosystems, In: Proceedings of the Int. Conf. "Instrumental Methods of Analysis. Modern Trends and Applications", 19-22 Sept. 1999, Chalkidiki, Greece, Vol II (1999), 570-574.
2. P. Kovacheva, R.Djingova, I.Kuleff, On the representative sampling of plants for multielement analysis, Phytologia Balcanica, 6(1) (2000) 91-102.
3. P. Kovacheva, R.Djingova, Use of agricultural plants for environmental monitoring of heavy and toxic elements, In: Proceedings of the Fifth Int. Symp. "Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe", Prague, 12-14.09.2000, (2000) CD-ROM.
4. P.Kovacheva, R.Djingova, Ion – exchange method for separation and concentration of Platinum and Palladium for analysis of environmental samples by ICP-AES, Analytica Chimica Acta, vol. 464/1 (2002) 7-13.
5. P. Kovacheva, Determination of platinum metals and some essential and toxic elements by ICP-AES and ICP-MS and their distribution in various ecosystems, Ph. D. Thesis. Sofia University, Sofia, (2002), pp.190 (in Bulg.).
6. R. Djingova, P. Kovacheva, G. Wagner, B. Markert, Distribution of Platinum Group Elements and other Traffic Related Elements among Different Plants along some Highways in Germany. The Science of the Total Environment, 308 (1-3) (2003) 235-246.
7. R.Djingova, H. Heidenreich, P. Kovacheva, B. Markert, On the Determination of Platinum Group Elements in Environmental Materials by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Microwave Digestion, Analytica Chimica Acta, 489 (2003) 245-251.
8. R. Djingova, P.Kovacheva, I. Kuleff, On the introduction of bioconversion factors in the risk characterization for the environment, Ann. Univ. Sofia, Fac. Chim., 96 (2003) 261-267.
9. P.Kovacheva, R.Djingova, I. Kuleff, Quick Risk Assessment of Metal Pollution in Agroecosystems using Bioconversion Factors, In: Proceedings of the Sixth Int. Symp. “Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States“, 1-4.09.2003, Prague, Czech Republic, (2003).
10. P. Kovacheva, D. Todorovsky, D. Radev, V. Mavrudiev, R. Petrov, D. Kovacheva, K. Petrov, Mechanochemical effects at U3O8, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 262, 3 (2004) 573-578.
11. P. Kovacheva. 40 years Radiochemical Investigations in the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. Ann. Univ. Sofia, Fac. Chim., 97, 1 (2004) 83-104.
12. R. Djingova, D. Todorovsky, L. Tsankov, K. Staevski, P. Kovacheva, I. Kuleff, R. Tsenov, Historical review, present status and perspectives of nuclear science education at the Sofia University. In: Proceeding of the Int. Workshop “Education and Knowledge Preservation in Nuclear Sciences in the Balkan Countries” P. Kovacheva & D. Todorovsky (Eds.), Theta Consult Ltd., Sofia, I.1 (2004) CD-ROM.
13. R. Djingova, P. Kovacheva, B. Todorov, B. Zlateva, I. Kuleff, On the influence of soil properties on the transfer of 137Cs from two soils (Chromic Luvisol and Eutric Fluvisol) to wheat and cabbage, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 82 (2005) 63-79.
14. R. Djingova, P. Kovacheva, Analytical problems and validation of methods for determination of Palladium in environmental materials, In: "Palladium Emissions in the Environment: Analytical Methods, Environmental Assessment and Health Effects", F. Zereini and F. Alt (Eds.), Springer Verlag, (2005) 145-162.
15. P. Kovacheva, Nuclear Chemistry Education in St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, In: Proceedings of the School of Nuclear Knowledge Management, 18-22 September 2006, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Miramare – Trieste, Italy, (2006) CD-ROM.
16. P. Kovacheva, N. Minkova, D. Todorovsky, D. Radev. Mechanochemistry of the 5f-elements compounds. 2. Mechanochemicaly induced change in coordination mode of UO2(CH3COO)2.2H2O, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 274 (3) (2007) (accepted).
17. P. Kovacheva, N. Minkova, D. Radev, D. Todorovsky. Mechanochemistry of the 5f-elements compounds. 3. Mechanochemicaly stimulated formation of nitrosyl uranyl nitrate, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 274 (3) (2007) (accepted).
18. P. Kovacheva, D. Todorovsky, D. Radev, N. Minkova. Mechanochemistry of the 5f-elements compounds. 4. Mechanochemistry of uranium (IV and VI) oxides, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 274 (3) (2007) (accepted).