Ivan Dimitrov

Professional experience

18/11/2022 – until now – Assistant – Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
14/10/2019 – 04/10/2020 – Technological engineer, printing production, Printing Works of the Bulgarian National Bank Corp. 117 Tsarigradsko Shouese Blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria
14/11/2013 – 14/10/2019 – Senior Machine Operator, Printing, Oberthure Fiduciaire AD, 117 Tsarigradsko Shouese Blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria
12/04/2010 – 14/11/2013 – Machine operator, printing, Printing Works of the Bulgarian National Bank Corp. 117 Tsarigradsko Shouese Blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria
03/11/2008 – 01/06/2009 – Print quality specialist, Arbilis OOD, Sofia, Bulgaria

Education and training

15/09/2006 – 28/11/2008 – Master, Polygraphy specialist, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
29/09/2003– 28/07/2006 – Bachelor, major Materials Science, specialization Semiconductor Materials and Technologies, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
15/09/2011 – 26/09/2003 – Specialist, specialty Materials Technology and Materials Science, Specialization Polymer Materials, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Main research interests

• Preparation, modification and physicochemical generation of mesoporous silicates, zeolites and nanostructured metal oxides.
• Modification and physicochemical characterization of activated carbons.
• Physicochemical display and catalytic properties of zeolite in the hydrogenation reaction of levulinic acid.

Selected publications

Author of 2 research papers

Total citations (excluding self-citations): 1, h-index – 1

• Popova, M., Dimitrov, M., Boycheva, S., Dimitrov, I., Karashanova, D., Szegedi, Á, Ni-Cu and Ni-Co-Modified Fly Ash Zeolite Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Levulinic Acid to γ- Valerolactone, Molecules, 2024, 29(1), 99 Link: https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85181878312&origin=resultslist
• Martin Šťastný, Dmytro Bavol, Jakub Tolasz, Petr Bezdička, Jan Čundrle, Martin Kormunda, Ivan Dimitrov, Pavel Janoš, Kaplan Kirakci a and Jiří Henych, Interfacial behavior of ceria grown on graphene oxide and its use for hydrolytic and photocatalytic decomposition of bisphenols A, S, and F, Environmental Science Nano, Royal Society of Chemistry 2024, link https://pubs.rsc.org/th-th/content/articlehtml/2024/en/d4en00787e?page=search

Latest projects

Member of the research team

• National Center for Mechatronics and Clean Technologies, procedure Building and development of centers of excellence under the operational program, Science and education for intelligent growth, BG05M2OP001-1.001-0008, 2018-2023
• COMPETITION FOR FUNDING FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH – 2022, КП-06-H69/3/08.12. 2022 Project title: 3D printed catalysts based on waste materials for sustainable production of synthetic fuels and valuable chemicals
• International cooperation within the framework of inter-academic contracts and agreements, 2022 (ЕБР with Italy, 2022), IC-IT/04/2023-2025. Project title: Obtaining value-added materials by converting platform molecules from lignocellulosic biomass utilization
• Investment under C2I2 “Increasing the innovation capacity of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in the field of green and digital technologies” from the Recovery and Sustainability Plan – BGRRP-2.011-0021-C01 from 29.05.2024 Project title: Carbon dioxide capture technology from biomass burning on adsorbent derived from waste materials
• COMPETITION FOR FUNDING FUNDAMENTAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH – 2022, (КП-06-H59/12 from 22.11.2021). Project title: Advanced catalytic systems for complete oxidation of organic pollutants in water and air