CURRICULUM VITAE:

• Nationality: Bulgarian

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC DEGREES OBTAINED:

• University education: 1984-1989, Sofia University, Department of Physics, Division of Solid State Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria
• M.Sc. in Physics, 1989, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria, Thesis title: Vibronic two-level systems in high-temperature superconductors.
• Ph.D. in Physics, 1997, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, Thesis title: Vibrational spectra of silicon-oxygen rings in silicate materials

• Solid state physics, Raman and IR spectroscopy, modelling, materials sciencelocal structure and dynamics in complex oxide materials (silicate glasses, microporous and mesoporous materials, doped bismuth oxides, mixed-valence perovskites)

• Wenner-Gren Center Foundation, 1998,1999, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
• Alexander von Humbold-Stiftung / Foundation, 2000-2001, 2002, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

1. B. Mihailova, N. Zotov, M. Marinov, J. Nikolov and L. Konstantinov: Vibrational spectra of rings in silicate glasses, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 168 (1994) 265-274

2. B. Mihailova, M. Marinov and L. Konstantinov: Infrared absorption spectra of rings of SiO₄ tetrahedra with imposed boundary conditions, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 176 (1994) 127-132

3. S. Mintova, B. Mihailova, V. Valtchev and L. Konstantinov: The degree of crystallinity of ZSM-5 determined by Raman spectroscopy, Journal of Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, (1994) 1791- 1792

4. B. Mihailova, L. Konstantinov and E. Dinolova: Cluster-approximation modelling of infrared and Raman spectra of crystalline and vitreous CaSiO₃, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 191 (1995) 79-84

5. B.Mihailova, V.Valtchev, S. Mintova and L. Konstantinov: Vibrational spectra of ETS-4 and ETS-10, Zeolites16 (1996) 22-24

6. B. Mihailova, B. Gasharova and L. Konstantinov: Influence of non-tetrahedral cations on Si-O vibrations in complex silicates, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 27 (1996) 829-833

7. B. Mihailova, S. Stoyanov, V. Gaydarov, M. Gospodinov and L. Konstantinov: Raman spectroscopy study of pyrochlore Pb₂Sc_0.5Ta_1.5O _6.5 crystals, Solid State Communications 103 (1997) 623-627

8. B. Mihailova and L. Konstantinov: Vibrational spectra of rings in continuous Si-O networks, Physics and Chemistry of Glasses, 38 (1997) 27-32

9. B. Mihailova and L. Konstantinov: Dependence of vibrational spectra of rings of SiO₄ tetrahedra on their structural parameters, Solid State Communications, 101 (1997) 163-166

10. B. Mihailova, D. Nihtianova and L. Konstantinov: Raman spectroscopy study of Pb₅MoO₈ crystals, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 29 (1998) 405-410

11. B. Mihailova, V. Engström, J. Hedlund, A. Holmgren and J. Sterte: Infrared spectroscopic study of a g-mercaptopropyl-trimethoxysilane monolayer on a gold surface, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 9 (1999) 1507-1510

12. B. Mihailova, D. Toncheva, M. Gospodinov and L. Konstantinov: Raman spectroscopic study of Mn-doped Bi₄Ge₃O₁₂, Solid State Communications 112 (1999) 11-15

13. B. Mihailova, M. Gospodinov and L. Konstantinov: Raman spectroscopy study of sillenites. I. Comparison between Bi₁₂(Si,Mn)O₂₀ single crystals, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 60 (1999) 1821-1827

14. B. Mihailova, G. Bogachev, V. Marinova and L. Konstantinov: Raman spectroscopy study of sillenites. II. Effect of doping on Raman spectra of Bi₁₂TiO₂₀., Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 60 (1999) 1829-1834

15. B. Mihailova, V. Engström, J. Hedlund, A. Holmgren and J. Sterte: Vibrational spectroscopy study of the structure of silicalite-1 films on a gold surface, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 32 (1999) 297-304

16. L. Tosheva, B. Mihailova, V. Valtchev and J. Sterte: Silicalite-1 macrostructures - preparation and structural features, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 39 (2000) 91-101

17. Q. Li, B. Mihailova, D. Creaser and J. Sterte: The nucleation period for crystallization of nanosized TPA-Silicalite-1 with varying silica source, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 40 (2000) 53-62

18. B. Mihailova, I. Savatinova, I. Savova and L. Konstantinov, Modeling of Raman spectra of H:LiNbO₃. Solid State Communications 116 (2000) 11-15

19. B. Mihailova, B. Kolev, Ch. Balarew, E. Dulgerova and L. Konstantinov: Vibrational spectroscopic study of hydrolyzed starting materials for preparation of calcium phosphate bio-ceramics, Journal of Materials Science, 36 (2001) 4291-4297

20. B. Mihailova, U. Bismayer, A. Engelhardt and B. Güttler, Wall-related Raman scattering in ferroelastic lead phosphate Pb₃(PO₄)₂, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 13 (2001) 9383-9392

21. B. Mihailova, U. Bismayer, B. Güttler, L. Tosheva and J. Sterte. Raman scattering in locally inhomogeneous oxide crystals. Phase Transitions (2002) in press

22. D.D. Radev, B. Mihailova and L.Konstantinov, Raman spectroscopic study of metal-containing boron carbide-based ceramics, Solid State Sciences 4 (2002) 37-41

23. A. Ilieva and B. Mihailova, Structural state of opal in opal siliceous rocks, Eastern Rhodopes, Comptes rendus de l'Academie bulgarie des Sciences 2 (2002) 65-70

24. B. Mihailova, U. Bismayer, B. Güttler, M. Gospodinov and L. Konstantinov, Local structure and dynamics in relaxor-ferroelectric PbSc_1/2Nb_1/2O₃ and PbSc_1/2Ta_1/2O₃ single crystals. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 14 (2002) 1091-1105

25. M. Tarasov, B. Mihailova, E. Tarasova and L. Konstantinov, Chemical composition and vibrational spectra of tungsten-bearing goethite and hematite from Western Rhodopes, Bulgaria, European Journal of Mineralogy (2002) in press