Svetla Trifonova DANOVA

First name(s)/Surname(s)Svetla Trifonova DANOVA
Telephone(s)+359  887297811/Viber
NationalityBulgarian
Date of birth25-May-63
Family statusMarried
Work experience 
Since 10. 2020Profesor Department of General Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology “Stephan Angeloff”- member of the International  Network of Pasteur Institutes, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2005 – 2020Assoc. Prof. Department of Microbial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology “Stephan Angeloff”- member of the International  Network of Pasteur Institutes, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
2000 – 2005Ass. Prof., Department of Microbial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology “Stephan Angeloff”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
1998 – 1999Assistant   Professor   –   General   and   Industrial   Microbiology,   Department   of Microbiology Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Bulgaria.
1997 – 1998Microbiologist, Laboratory of Physiology and  Biochemistry of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.
1996 – 1997Academic administrator of the European program TEMPUS, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Bulgaria.
1995 – 1996Microbiologist, Laboratory of Physiology and  Biochemistry of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Bulgaria.
1989 – 1991Microbiologist, Biotechnology Centre of Sofia, Bulgaria
Education and training 
05. 2015DSc thesis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
07. 1997Ph.D. thesis:  Sofia University, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria:
1990-1992M.Sc. in Biology and Chemistry teaching Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria
1982 – 87M.Sc. in Molecular Biology – General and Industrial Microbiology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ochridski”, Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria
Level in national or international classificationDSc , Microbiology PhD, Microbiology MSc Molecular Biology
9/12/2018Fulbright grant in Institute for Healthcare Innovations, Midwestern University, Phoenix Arizona, USA: NEW CONCEPT OF PROBIOTICS – DEFINING THEIR PARABIOTIC MECHANISMS
Mar-13Bi-lateral project with WBI-Wallonia, Belgium-Liege University and training in Faculty of Veterinary medicine, Dept. Food science: “Metagenomic analyses of Traditional Bulgarian dairy products”.
10/2006 – 12/2006NSF guest research grand -“Bacteriocins of importance in food preservation and pharmaceutical application” Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa Training course: “Dynamic imaging systems in Biology” Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
May-03Post-doctoral fellowship “Genetic organization and regulation of genes involved in bacteriocin production and heterologous expression of bacteriocin in E. coli”, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, ENITIAA, Nantes, France :
9/1999 – 8/2000Research fellowship “Characterization and Purification of Bacteriocins from Bulgarian dairy strains”, Dairy Research Laboratory LRTL, INRA, Rennes, France;
10/1996 – 12/1996Research fellowship “Purification of bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria”, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, ENITIAA, Nantes, France
04/1996 – 06/1996Research fellowship “Taxonomy and biology of Lactic acid bacteria”, Laboratory of Food Microbiology ENITIAA, Nantes, France and Research Unit of Biopolymers
02/1995 – 08/1995–  Interactions and Assemblies, INRA, Nantes, France;