Maria Nikolova
Organizing Committee Member (SICN - 2019)
"Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse, Bulgaria
Maria Nikolova serves as an Associate Professor at Ruse University “A. Kanchevâ€, Bulgaria, and is a Coordinator for Technology of Materials Masters program. She received her Bachelor degree in Molecular biology (2004) and Masters degree in Biochemistry (2005) from Sofia University. Later Master of Engineering degree (2007) form the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy and Ph.D. in Material science (2013) from Ruse University “A. Kanchevâ€. She has since spent time in both industry and academia. She is head of laboratories of “Scanning Electron Microscopy†and “Evaluation of Coatings and Materials“. She also has offered extensive services to the local professional communities. Her expertise area is in surface engineering, focusing on thermochemical treatment and PVD coatings. Her current research interests focus on synthesis and evaluation of nanomaterials for biomedical application and multidisciplinary approach of the technological application of nanoparticles. She has also extensive knowledge of spectroscopic techniques, XRD, SEM, properties evaluation, etc.