Vassya Bankova#
| Membership Number: | 5604 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BULGARIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vassya-Bankova |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003, 11, - present, Full professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2008 - 2016, Head of laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Products, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1996 - 2003, Associate Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
- 1985, 03 - 1986, 03, Guest Scientist, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
- 1984 - 1996, Assistant Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Sofia, Bulgaria
Fields of Scholarship
- Biologically active natural compounds
- Metabolic profiling
- Medicinal plants
- Chemistry of natural products
- Structural elucidation
- Bee products
- Propolis
- Phytochemical analysis
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Elsevier Award for excellence in global research, in research topics in which Bulgaria has a significant and growing global impact
- 2014 Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- 2005 Honorary Member of the Scientific Committee of the Greek Scientific Apitherapy Centre
- 2003 Honorary Member of the Japanese Propolis Researchers' Association
