Curriculum Vitae
Boriana Mihailova, CURRICULUM VITAE
Education and academic degrees:
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1984–1989 |
Studies of physics at the University of Sofia |
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1989 |
Master of Science, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia |
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1990 -1996 |
PhD studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences combined with Maternity leave |
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1997 |
PhD in Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, |
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2001 |
Habilitation, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Scientific area: Structure, mechanical and thermodynamical properties of condensed matter. |
Professional background:
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1997 - 2000 |
Research associate at the Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
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1998 (7 months) 1999 (4 months) |
Wenner-Gren PostDoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Johan Sterte, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, |
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2000 - 2001 2002 (6 months) |
AvH PostDoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bismayer, Universität Hamburg, Germany, |
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2001 - 2004 |
Senior research associate at the Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences |
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2003 (6 months) 2004 (6 months) |
Visiting scientist in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Bein, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany, within the framework of |
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2005 - 2011 |
Junior Professor, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Hamburg |
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2011 - |
permanent position, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, named Professor in 2016 |
Research Area: Materials and mineral science
Specific field of research: Raman and infrared spectroscopy of solids;
Scientific interests in: perovskite-type ferroelectrics, phase transitions, complex hydrous silicate minerals, metamict minerals, bioapatite and biocompatible materials, microporous materials, non-crystalline solids
Fellowships, Honours and Awards
- Wenner-Gren Center Foundation fellowship (1998 - 1999)
- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship (2000 - 2002)
- Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (since 2022)
Professional activities (Third-party funds)
- 2003 - 2006: Principal investigator of the Bulgarian National Priority Program on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology "Design and structural investigations of nanoscale spatial regions in functional materials" (NT 1-02).
- 2005 -2008: Principle investigator of the DFG project: "Nanoscale clusters and phonon anomalies in relaxor-ferroelectric materials" (MI 1127/1-1 and MI 1127/1-2).
- 2006 - 2012: Principle investigator of the DFG projects "High pressure-induced renormalization phenomena in lead scandium niobates and tantalates with relaxor behaviour" (MI 1127/2-1) and "High pressure/temperature-induced structural transformations in lead-based perovskite type relaxor ferroelectrics" (MI 1127/2-2), within the framework of DFG SPP 1236 .
- 2010 - 2013: Principle investigator of the DFG project "High-temperature polar clusters in perovskite-type relaxor ferroelectrics and their response to an electric field" (MI 1127/5-1)
- Feb 2011 - Jul 2011: Host Professor of DFG Mercator Professorship for Prof. Dr. Ross Angel from Virginia Tech, USA (INST 152/526-1)
- 2012 - 2017: Associate partner in the Helmholtz Virtual Insitute "In vivo studies of biodegradable magnesium based implant materials" (MetBioMat)"
- 2014 - 2021: Principle investigator of the DFG projects "Crystal chemistry and phonon modes in complex silicates containing hydrous species" (MI 1127/7-1) and "Composition, temperature, and pressure dependence of phonon modes in complex hydrous silicates" (MI 1127/7-2)
- 2015 - 2019: Principle investigator of the DFG project "Local structure and dynamics of Bi-based perovskite-type ferroelectric solid solutions" (MI 1127/8-1) and "Mesoscopic-scale transformation processes in Bi-based perovskite-type ferroelectric solid solutions" (MI 1127/8-2)
- 2017 - 2022: Associate partner in the ERC Grant "TRUE DEPTHS" (Grant No 714936)
- 2019 - : Principle Investigator within the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 2176 ”Understanding Written Artefacts: Material, Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures”
- 2021 - 2025: Principle investigator of the DFG project: "Multi-scale structural response of the lead-free perovskite-type ferroelectric solid solution (1-x)Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-xBaTiO3 to high pressures" (MI 1127/12-1).
- 2025 - : Principle investigator of the DFG project: "Atomistic insights into redox processes and conductivity phenomena in Fe-bearing hydrous silicates" (MI 1127/13-1).
Service for the Scientific Community
- Referee for international scientific journals including Physical Review Letters, Nature, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, American Mineralogist, European Journal of Mineralogy, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals etc.
- Referee for the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
- External referee for the Slovenian Research Agency, Bulgarian National Science Foundation, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Guest Editor of Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Special Issue Advanced Ferroelectrics: Structure and Properties, Feb 2011
- Associate Editor of American Mineralogist (Jul 2011 – Dec 2016)
- Lecturer at International schools organized by the International Union of Crystallography, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia, as well as within the framework of DFG Priority Programs
- Equal opportunity commissioner at the Department of Geosciences, University of Hamburg (2006 - 2010)
- Member of the staff council of the scientific personnel, University of Hamburg (2012 - )
Publications: more than 210
Citations (excluding self-citations): more than 3300
h-index: 34