科斯托娃, 艾琳娜

Prof. Irena Kostova is one of the World’s Top 1% of scientists according to Stanford University's ranking of scientists with the greatest contribution to the development of modern science. Irena Kostova is a full Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University in Sofia, Bulgaria. Received her BSc and MSc in chemistry with the highest grade from Russian University of Chemical Technology “D.I. Mendeleev”, Moscow, Russia. After graduation, she has been appointed as a research scientist and senior researcher at Scientific Research Centre of Ministry of Environmental of the Republic of Bulgaria. Graduated her second specialization “Theoretical bases of medical chemistry” in Medical University-Sofia. Her PhD and DSc Theses in Chemistry have been awarded by Medical University-Sofia. Established, promoted and maintains relationships with many European Universities through joint research projects and European programs. She has led several national and international projects. Delivered lectures and took courses at various institutions in Europe and Asia. She has been a member of advisory and organizing committees of many international conferences. Prof. Kostova has been an Editor of Metal-Based Drugs; Asian Chemistry Letters; International Journal of Drug Discovery; International Journal of Current Chemistry; Recent Patent Reviews on Anti–Cancer Drug Discovery and a Member of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry; World Journal of Virology; Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics; The Open Cancer Journal; Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery; Infection & Drug Resistance; British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research; International Journal of Chemistry; International Journal of Environmental Sciences; Dataset Papers in Chemistry; Makara of Technology Series, Peertechz Journal of Medicinal Chemistry and Research. Prof. Kostova has been a Guest Editor of several special issues for international journals and a Section Editor of “Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins” (Springer-Verlag GmbH). Irena Kostova has intensive fruitful scientific collaboration with universities of India, Germany, Austria, Italy, Romania, Spain, Slovakia etc. She has been a reviewer for many high ranking journals and international projects for FWF (Austrian Science Fund); INCA (French National Cancer Institute); FHB (Food and Health Bureau) of the Hong Kong SAR Government; FWF "Hertha Firnberg-Program"; SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation); Ministry of Education of Slovakia, Poland, Bulgaria etc. Prof. Kostova has published hundreds of publications with more than 6000 citations (IF > 200; h-index 35). She has published several scientific book chapters and books for students. She has presented many invited talks at international scientific conferences and research institutions. Her research interests include the developmental work of coordination chemistry, theoretical chemistry, vibrational spectroscopy, pharmacological investigations on biologically active compounds etc. More details, including her publications, can be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Irena_Kostova2 http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?origin=resultslist&authorId=7004126316&zone= https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PPateJQAAAAJ&hl=en