Nina Nikolova

Experience

2010-present

Assistant Professor, Dr., Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; Internal Auditor on management of the environment to the requirements of ISO 14001:2004 Standard; Expert on the Environment Commission of INRNE BAS; Authorized representative of the management for BEO Moussala Laboratory for Quality management system ISO 9001 and the Environmental management system ISO 14001

2005-2010

Assistant Professor, Dr., Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

2004-2005

Engineer-Ecologist, Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

2003-2004

Research Engineer, Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria

Conferences

2015

XIII National Conference “Natural Sciences 2015”, Varna, Bulgaria

2015

11th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

2015

International scientific conference “Sustainable mountain regions: make them work”, Borovets, Bulgaria

2013

Second National Congress of Physical Sciences, Sofia

2013

XI-th National Youth Science Conference, SEMIB, Federation of the Scientific-Engineering Unions in Bulgaria, Sofia

2013

IV international scientific and technical conference "Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Balkan-black sea region" Varna, Bulgaria

2012

X-th National Youth Science Conference, SEMIB, Federation of the Scientific-Engineering Unions in Bulgaria, Sofia

2010

International Symposium on In-situ nuclear metrology as a tool for radioecology, INSINUME2010, Dubna, Russia

2010

6th Summer School of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

2010

Third Student School on Nuclear Physics, Bachinovo, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2009

International Conference Sustainable development in Mountain regions in Southeastern Europe, Borovetz, Bulgaria

2008

EUSAAR WG Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2008

еARI WG Meeting, Nessebar, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2008

ITWG - 13 Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2007

BEOBAL International Workshop, Guletzitza, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2006

IAEA TCM Meeting, Sofia, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2005

BEOBAL, International Workshop, Bachinovo, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2005

SANDANSKI 3, Coordination Meeting on Nuclear Science, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

2004

INSINUME2004, Albena, Bulgaria ( member of the Organizing Committee )

Languages

English, Spanish, Russian

Societies

Member of the Union of Mining, Geology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Interests

In situ method; Natural adsorbent - Zeolite (Clinoptilolite); Waste water purification; Heavy metals; Sea and River waters; Ecotoxicological studies

Papers

1. N. Nikolova

Sorption characteristics of surface modified zeolites,

New developments in mineral processing – ІХ. Balkan Mineral Processing Congress, Istanbul, Edited by: G. Önal, S. Atak and etc., 641-644, 2001

2. Nina Nikolova

Modification of zeolites,

New developments in mineral processing – ІХ. Balkan Mineral Processing Congress, Istanbul, Edited by: G. Önal, S. Atak and etc., 645-648, 2001

3. N. Nikolova, St. Stamenov, V. Kovacheva-Ninova

Use of modified zeolites for purification of heavy metals ions from wastewater,

Annual report University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, Vol. 44-45, II, Mining and Mineral Processing, Sofia, pp. 159-162, 2002

4. V. Kovacheva-Ninova, N. Nikolova, M. Marinov

Adsorption properties study of natural adsorbents zeolite and bentonite to copper ions

Annual report University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski”, Vol. 44-45, II, Mining and Mineral Processing, Sofia, pp. 95-99, 2002

5. Nikolova N., Georgiev L.

“ζ-potential” change and particle size analysis of Bulgarian modified zeolites and their
application for purification of wastewater from industry

Second National Youth Scientific and Practical Session, FNTS, Sofia, 2004

6. O. Baicheva, A. Damianova, D. Salkova, N. Lihareva, N.Nikolova,

Vanadium and its compounds as a possible method against plants – parasites nematodes, Journal of experimental pathology and parazitology, BAS, Vol. 8, Issue 3, 2005, (03)

7. Nikolova N., A.Damianova, I.Penev, I.Sivriev, L.Georgiev

In situ application of mineral sorbent clinoptilolite as permeable barrier to radioactivity in river waters,

Symposium ”In situ Nuclear Metrology as a tool for Radioecology” 6-8 Sept., Kushadasi,Turkey, 2006

8. Jordan Stamenov, Ilia Penev, Anna Damianova, Nadejda Lihareva, Miroliuba Drenska, Nina Nikolova, Ivan Sivriev, Nina Arhangelova,

Heavy metals content in aerosols measured at peak Moussala,

ICP VEGETATION, 20th Task Force Meeting, 5th – 8th March,

2007, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russian Federation, 2007

9. A.Damianova, I.Sivriev, N.Nikolova, I.Penev,

Ecotoxicological studies at the vicinity of BEO ”Moussala”

BEOBAL International Workshop “Global Changes, Environment, Sustainable Development of the Society and High Mountain Observatories Network , March 21 - 25, Gyuletchitsa, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, 2007

10. A.Damianova, I.Penev, N.Uzunov, N.Lihareva, N.Nikolova, I.Sivriev,

Monitoring of some trace elements in the air aerosols and environmental samples from peak Mussala area,

BEOBAL Project conference “Global Changes, Environment, Sustainable Development of the Society and High Mountain Observatories Network”, Gyuletchitsa, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, March, 21 – 25, Pros. OM2, issue 12, p.199, 2007

11. Ch. Angelov, I. Angelov, A. Antonov, D. Belokapov, A. Damianova, K. Georgiev, M.Gelev, E. Hristova, P. Ivanov, I. Kalapov, I. Kirov, A. Mishev, A. Nishev, N. Nikolova, I. Sivriev, J. Stamenov, S. Todorov, B.Vachev

BEO Moussala – a site for integrated environmental studies – first results,

BEOBAL Project conference “Global Changes, Environment, Sustainable Development of the Society and High Mountain Observatories Network”, Gyuletchitsa, Rila Mountain, Bulgaria, March, 21 – 25, OM2, issue 12, p. 9, 2007

12. S.Lavrova, A.Damianova, I. Sivriev, N.Nikolova,

Compatarive assessment of water pollution from different water basins,

Second Workshop on Biological Activity of Metals and Metal Components, 19-20 November 2007

13. N. Nikolova, A. Damianova, I. Penev, I. Sivriev, L. Georgiev

“In-situ application of mineral sorbent clinoptilolite as permeable barrier to radioactivity in river waters”

Annual report of the University of Mining and Geology “St. Ivan Rilski” Vol. 52, Part I, Geology and geophysics, 2009, pp. 181-183

14. Jordan Stamenov, Nina Nikolova, Luchezar Georgiev

“Correlation between cosmic rays intensity variation and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere”, Proc. on the International Workshop: Innovative approaches to physical investigations, pp. 134-140, April 12-15, Bachinovo, Blagoevgrad, 2010

15. J.Stamenov, N.Nikolova, L. Georgiev, I. Angelov, Ch.Angelov, I. Kalapov, T. Arsov, A. Tchorbadjieff, A. Nishev

“Correlation between gamma-background monitoring and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere”

International Symposium on in-situ nuclear metrology as a tool for radioecology, INSINUME2010, Book of Abs., pp.89, October 20-23, Dubna, 2010

16. J.Stamenov, Ch. Angelov, Ivo Angelov, T.Arsov, I.Penev, A. Damianova, I. Kalapov, A. Boyukliiski, N. Arhangelova, M. Drenska, K. Georgiev, A. Nishev, N.Nikolova, A. Tchorbadjieff, B. Vachev, B. Boyuklieva, A. Boyadjieva, I. Pavchinska

“Basic Environmental Observatory (BEO) at Moussala peak – High mountain station for complex monitoring studies”

Journal of Balkan Ecology, Volume 13, No 2, 2010, IF, 2010

17. Ch. Angelov, I. Angelov, T. Arsov, N.Archangelova, A.Boyukliiski, A.Damianova, L.Drenska, K.Georgiev, I. Kalapov, A.Nishev, N.Nikolova, I.Penev, I.Sivriev, J.Stamenov, A.Tchorbadjieff, S.Todorov, B.Vachev

“BEO Moussala – a new facility for complex environmental studies”

G. Zhelezov (ed.), Sustainable development in Mountain regions in Southeastern Europe, © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011, DOI 10.1007//978-94-007-0131-1_11, pp.123-139, 2011

18. L. Georgiev, N. Nikolova,

“Modern methods and approaches for monitoring the sites for CO₂ storage in the ground”,

X-th National Youth Science Conference,

SEMIB, Federation of the Scientific-Engineering Unions in Bulgaria, April 23-24, Sofia, ISSN: 1314-0698, 72-76, 2012

19. Assen Tchorbadjiev, Ivo Angelov, Christo Angelov, Nina Nikolova, Todor Arsov, Ivo Kalapov, Ani Boyadjieva,

“Detection of Solar particle events in March 2012 at Moussala”,

Bulgarian Astronomical Journal, 18(2), 2012, IF, 2012

20. Nina Nikolova, Luchezar Georgiev, Miloslav Katzarov,

“Methodology for the modifying the Bulgarian natural zeolites – clinoptilolite”,

Publishing "Geology and Mineral Resources" Ltd., Journal of science and technology in practice, Year XIX, 9, 2012, pр.36-40, ISSN 1310-2265, 2012

21. Assen Tchorbadjieff, Ch. Angelov, I. Angelov, T. Arsov, I. Kalapov, Nina Nikolova, A. Boyadjieva,

"Detection of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the period of March-May 2012 at Moussala peak",

Comptes rendus de l’Academie bulgare des Sciences, vol 66, №5, pp. 659-666 IF, 2013

22. L. Georgiev, Nina Nikolova, M. Katsarov, A. Georgieva,

“Application of the linear programming by forecast of the oil production from oil fields”,

Proceedings of the IV international scientific and technical conference "Geology and hydrocarbon potential of the balkan-black sea region",

11 - 15 september 2013, Varna, Bulgaria, 230-237, ISBN: 978-954-92738-5-4, 2013

23. Luchezar Georgiev, Nina Nikolova, Miloslav Katsarov,

“Modeling and experimental research in Forbush-effect on the radiation background on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria”,

XI-th National Youth Science Conference, Federation of the Scientific-Engineering Unions in Bulgaria,

April 25-26, Sofia, 2013, ISSN: 1314-0698, 2013

24. Christo Angelov, Nina Nikolova, Ivo Kalapov, Todor Arsov, Assen Tchorbadjieff, Aneta Boyadjieva,

“BEO Moussala (2925 m) - High Altitude Observatory for measuring pollutants in the atmosphere”,

Second National Congress of Physical Sciences, September 25-29, Sofia, 2013, pages CD– 2014

25. Assen Tchorbadjieff, Jordan Stamenov, Ivo Angelov, Todor Arsov, Ivo Kalapov, Christo Angelov, Nina Nikolova, Aneta Boyadjieva,

„Moussala station (2925m a.s.l.) – a High Mountain point for cosmic ray measurements”,

Proc. Second National Congress of Physical Sciences, September 25-29, Sofia, 2013, pages CD– 2014

26. Christo Angelov, Nina Nikolova, Ivo Kalapov, Todor Arsov, Assen Tchorbadjieff, Aneta Boyadjieva, Stefan Tsakovski, Petra Pribylova, Petr Kukucka, Jana Boruvkova, Jana Klanova,

“High-mountain monitoring of persistent organic pollutants at the basic environmental observatory Moussala”,

Comptes rendus de l’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, Tome 67, No 8, 1129-1136, IF, 2014

27. Nina Nikolova, Christo Angelov, Assen Tchorbadjieff, Todor Arsov, Ilia Penev, Ivo Kalapov,

“High-Mountain Air Monitoring at the Basic Environmental Observatory Moussala”,

E-book International scientific conference “Sustainable mountain regions: make them work”,

Borovets, Bulgaria, 14-16 May 2015, pp.60-67, 2015

28.. A. Tchorbadjieff, Ch. Angelov, T. Arsov, Nina Nikolova, I. Kalapov, A. Boyadjieva,

“Sahara dust events over south-western Bulgaria during the late spring of 2013”,

Comptes rendus de l’Acade'mie bulgare des Sciences, Vol 68, No10, pp.1229-1234, IF, 2015

29.Nina Nikolova,Paskal Nikishanliev,

“Perspectives for potential development of uranium mining in Bulgaria”,

Annual’2015, Department of Natural Sciences, New Bulgarian University, 120-126,

ISSN 2367-6302, 2016

30. Christo Angelov, Todor Arsov, Ilia Penev, Nina Nikolova, , Ivo Kalapov, Stefan Georgiev,

Aerosol and gamma background measurements at Basic Environmental Observatory “Moussala”,

XIII National Conference “Natural Sciences 2015”, September, Varna,

ASN, Vol 3, No 1, Pages 33-38, DOI: 10.1515/asn-2016-0005, IF, 2016

31. Ch. Angelov, Nina Nikolova, T. Arsov, I. Kalapov, A.Tchorbadjieff, I.Penev, I. Angelov,

„BEO Moussala: Complex for environmental studies”,

G. Zhelezov (ed.), Sustainable development in Mountain regions in Southeastern Europe,

Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016, DOI 10.1007//978-3-319-20110-8_24, pp.349-365, 2016

Bilateral Projects

- Joint Research Project –“Preliminary Spatio-Temporal Survey of Radiological and Chemical Pollution in Transboundary Rivers between Turkey and Bulgaria”, INRNE, BAS – Institute of Nuclear Science (Ege University) TUBITAK, Turkey (2007-2010),

- Joint Research Project - “Study of Radiation and selected environmental characteristics at two high mountain stations (Moussala and Lomnicky stit)”, INRNE, BAS- Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences (2007-2010)