Kalinka Markova

Kalinka Markova - CV

Kalinka Ivanova Markova
Prof., Dr. Sc.,
Sofia University St.Kliment Ohridsky

Office: Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridsky
Faculty of Geology and Geography
15, Tzar Osvoboditel Blvd.

1504 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone: (+359 2) 9308 370; Fax: (+359 2) 446 487; E-mail:markova@gea.uni-sofia.bg

Born: May 07, 1940, Varna, Bulgaria

Education: Higher School, Chemical-ingineer; Higher Institute of Chemical Technology, Sofia

Degrees: PhD- 1977 ; Dr. Sc.- 2001; Prof.-2002

Key research topics:
* Fuel Technology;

* Chemistry and Geochemistry of Solid Fuels;

* Autoxydation Processes;

* Coal Selfignition;

* Organic Petrology;

* Environment;

* Dispersed Organic Matter;

* Organic Geochemistry.

Fellowships:
Freiberg, Germany

Teaching Experience: Sofia University St. Kl. Ochridski: (1979-1995)-seminars on Coal geology and Petrology, (1979-1989)-seminars on Geology of Oil and Gas, lectures on Organic Chemistry for geologists - bachelors, lectures and seminars on Chemistry for geographers-bachelors, lectures on Organic Geochemistry for geologist masters, lectures on Industrial Ecology for geologist and geographers-masters, lectures on Ground of Organic Chemistry, Geochemistry and Processing of Oil and Gass, Geochemical Methods of Studing of Organic Matter, Geochemistry and Processing of Solid Fuel for masters in Applied Geochemistry; (1994-2001) - lectures in HMGU St. I. Rilski on Geochemistry of Coal and Bitumolites.

Msc and phD students: from Sofia University St. Kl. Ochridski and HMGU St. I. Rilski

Administrative responsibilities:

Chief of Laboratory on Chemistry and Geochemistry of Organic Matter (1975-2008); Member of Scientific and Research Laboratory of Petrographic on Coal Petrology
Participation in Biographical Editions: Who is Who in the World; Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge; Who is Who in Bulgaria;
Professional and Scientific Awards:

1993-Union of Bulgarian Scientists Award for Great Achievements in the Field of Nature Sciences;

1997 –Annual Award of the National Fund for Scientific Research in the Field of Earth Sciences;

2003 – Honorary Badge of Sofia University- First Degree

Membership of Scientific Councils:

Scientific Council of department and faculty

International projects after 2000: Comparative Petrology Characterization of the Bulgarian and Greek Neogene Coal Basins. Evaluation of Their Enviromental Impact- Bilateral Cooperation between Sofia University St Kl. Ohridski and Aristotelis University in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001-2003; Distribution and Origin of Sulphurr in Some Bulgarian and Greek Neogene Coal Basins - Bilateral Cooperation between Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski and Aristotelis University in Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004-2005; Project on Studying of Mercury in Coal, Ashes and Smoke Emissions of Thermoelectric Power Stations in Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece: Estimation of Mercury Influence on Environment and Human Health, Fund for Scientific Studies, Ministry of Education, 2008.

Membership of Professional Societies:

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria; Bulgarian Geological Society; Society of Thermal Analyses; Bulgarian Humic Substances Society; International Humic Substances Society (IHSS); Member of New York Academy of Sciences; National Geographic Society

Communication Languages: Russian, German

Publications: 179 Scientific publications in journals and proceedings of conferences, coauthor of one monograph and an author of one monograph

Selected papers:

Markova, K. 1990. About changes of oxygencontaining functional groups during storage of coal from Dobrudza basin, Bulgaria (NRB). Himiya Tverdogo Topliva,4, 39-44 (in Russian).

Markova, K., N. Shopova. 1993. Investigation of low temperature autooxidation processes of low coal lithotypes by DTA and TGA. Journal of Thermal Analysis, 39, 6,771-775.

Markova, K., D. Rustschev. 1994. The application of thermal analysis to the study of the ignition processes of solid fuels. Thermochimica Acta, 234, 85-94.

Markova, K., J. Kortenski. 2001. Oxidation level of Maritza West basin lignites, Bulgaria. Oxidation Communications, 244, 3, 352-363.

Markova, K., V. Sallabasheva, V. Vuchev, S. Lefterova. 2002. Molecular structural studies of oxygen in coal: II. Geochemical bonds of oxygen in Carboniferous coal. Geol. Balc., 32, 1, 51-58.

Markova, K., J. Kortenski. 2005. Autoxidation processes in bituminous coal from mine “Kachulka”, Balkan Basin (Bulgaria). Journal of Enviromental Protection and Ecology, 6, 22, 377-391.

Stefanova, M., K. Markova, S. Marinov, B. Simoneit. 2005. Molecular indicators for coalforming vegetation of the Miocene Chukurovo Lignite, Bulgaria. Fuel, 84, 1830-1838.

Markova, K., M. Stefanova, M. Ivanov, S. Valceva, Ch. Pimpirev, S. Marinov. 2007. Characterization of organic matter of the Miers Bluff Formation sediments Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctice, by rock-eval pyrolysis. Comptes rendus de l’ Academie bulgare des Sciences, 60, No 11, 1183-1186.

Sapunov V. A. (Ed.). Oxydation and Selfignition of Solid Fuel. 1994. Kiev, Naukova Dumka, p.264.

Markova, K.,Coal Autoxidation, 2002. Sofia, Sci Bul Com Ltd., p. 320.

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