EDUCATION
High school Agricultural college “Timirjazev”, Dobrich, 1961
Higher education Higher Institute of Agriculture, Agronomy Faculty Sofia, 1967
Linguistic ability English, Russian, French: written and spoken

FELLOWSHIP

 - 1969 – 1970 Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS’s, Moscow, Russia, Acad. R. Butenko, 5 months.
- 1974-1975 CNRS Jif-sur-Yvette, France, Dr. Collet Nitch INRA Versaille, Plant cell and tissue cultures laboratories, France, Dr. Jean-Pierre Bolrein – 5 months.
- 1981- Plant Physiology Institute, Byology Research Center, Szeged, Hungary, Prof. Denesh Dudits – 7 months.
- 1981 – 1982 – Genetic Engineering Laboratory, experimantation station, tawa, Canada, Dr. Wilf Keller – 9 months.
 - 1987 – Molecular Genetics Laboratory, University of Gent, Belgium – Prof. Mark van Montague and Dr. Dirk Inze – 4 months.
- 1992 r. – Guest Professor at the Institute of Plant Science CNRS, Gif-surYvette, France, Prof. A. Kondorosy – 4 months. 
-  Member of The Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences – 2003
-  Doctor Honoris Causa of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania – 2001
-  Professor – De Montford University, Leicester, UK - 1994
- Member of The Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences– 1993  
  - 2001 – the present: Director of Agrobioinstitute, Centre of Excellence to the EC, Kostinbrod, NCAS, Bulgaria
- 1994 – 2000: Director, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Academy, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria - 1993- 1994: head of “Cell Genetics” department, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Academy
- 1988 – 1993: Director, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Academy, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria - 1985-1988: Director, Central Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Academy, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
- 1974-1985: group coordinator on “Cell Genetics”, Institute of Genetics, BAS
- 1969-1974, chief of laboratory on “Tissue and cell cultures”, Institute of Sugarbeet
- 1967-1969, Institute of Sugarbeet, specialist in the laboratory on “Tissue and cell cultures” – a pioneer in giving the start of scientific research activities in the field of plant biotechnologies.