Iliana Ivanova

Dr. Iliana Ivanova finished Medical college in Plovdiv in 1979. She finished her Biochemistry and Microbiology Master's degree at Sofia University " Saint Kliment Ohridski" in 1986 (diploma thesis on  Aspergillus niger acid production) and her Ph.D. degree in Microbiology "Microflora of oil-field Tyulenovo and its application"  in 1994. In 2009 Dr. Ivanova started to test the antimicrobial activity of ZnO thin films and now has more than 50 articles published in international journals and books. Her interests are in the antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles and nanocomposites and their medical application.