Education and post graduated degrees:

Ph.D. of the University of Amsterdam (Faculty of Medicine); Habilitation in Biochemistry (VAK, Sofia); Dissertation in Biochemistry (VAK, Sofia); Diploma in Theoretical Medical Chemistry (Medical Academy, Sofia); M.Sc. in Chemistry (Spectroscopy) of the Technical University of Dresden.

Fellowships and employment:

Guest scientist activities at the Institute of Pharmacology of the University of Heidelberg (DAAD fellowship), the Medical Clinic Innenstadt of the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich (fellowship of DAAD and Friedrich-Baur-Fondation), and the Institute of Organic Chemistry (Quantum Chemistry) of the Academy of Science in Sofia; Docent at the Medical University in Varna; Cell Biological Research Training at the German Cancer Research Center (Differentiation and Carcinogenesis in Vitro) in Heidelberg; Guest scientist at the Department of Pathology of the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam.

Research Scientist at the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the Medical Clinic Innenstadt of the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich; Research Scientist at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Cologne.

Major research interests:

Role of nitric oxide, natriuretic peptides, and guanosine 3’:5’-cyclic monophosphate in metastasis and pigment disorders; Gravity-dependent signaltransduction.