Curriculum Vitae

Boriana Mihailova, CURRICULUM VITAE

Education and academic degrees:

1984–1989	Studies of physics at the University of Sofia
1989	Master of Science, Faculty of Physics, University of Sofia Thesis: Vibronic two-level systems in high-temperature superconductors Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. Milko Borissov
1990 -1996	PhD studies at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences combined with Maternity leave
1997	PhD in Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Thesis: Vibrational spectra of silicon-oxygen rings in silicate materials Thesis advisor: Prof. Dr. Ludmil Konstantinov
2001	Habilitation, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Scientific area: Structure, mechanical and thermodynamical properties of condensed matter.

Professional background:

1997 - 2000	Research associate at the Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1998 (7 months) 1999 (4 months)	Wenner-Gren PostDoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Johan Sterte, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, project title “Structural analysis of microporous ultrathin films”
2000 - 2001 (12 months) 2002 (6 months)	AvH PostDoc in the group of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bismayer, Universität Hamburg, Germany, project title “Point defects in perovskite-type materials”
2001 - 2004	Senior research associate at the Central Laboratory of Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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 DFG-CNRS project entitled: “Synthesis, surface modification and controlled assembly of porous nanoscale building blocks”
2005 - 2011	Junior Professor, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Hamburg
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, bioapatite and biocompatible materials,complex hydrous silicate minerals, microporous materials, disordered silicates, metamict minerals.

Fellowships, Honours and Awards

·         Wenner-Gren Center Foundation fellowship (1998 - 1999)

·         Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship (2000 - 2002)

 

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 -    : 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 -    : 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 -     : Associate partner in the ERC-StG "TRUE DEPTHS" (Grant No 714936)

 

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, the German National Science Foundation).

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 as well as within the framework of DFG Priority Programs

Equal opportunity commissioner at the Department of Geosciences, University of Hamburg (2004 - 2010)

Member of the staff council of the scientific personnel, University of Hamburg (2012 -   )

Publications: more than 150

Citations (excluding self-citations): more than 1500

h-index: 26