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SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL
Members:
— Zlatozar Boev, Prof. DSc
— Nikolai Spassov, Prof. Dr
— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr
— Stanislav Abadjiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Secretary)
— Ina Aneva, Assoc. Prof. Dr — Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research — BAS
— Asya Asenova, Assoc. Prof. Dr — Sofia University
— Rostislav Bekchiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Petar Beron — Prof. Emeritus DSc
— Stoyan Beshkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Borislav Guéorguiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Mario Langourov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Stoyan Lazarov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Georgi Markov, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Chairman)
— Georgi Popgeorgiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Petar Shurulinkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Vice Chairman)
— Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dimitar Uzunov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Young scientists:
— Dimitar Plachiyski, Sen. Assist. Dr
Members:
— Zlatozar Boev, Prof. DSc
— Nikolai Spassov, Prof. Dr
— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr
— Stanislav Abadjiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Secretary)
— Ina Aneva, Assoc. Prof. Dr — Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Research — BAS
— Asya Asenova, Assoc. Prof. Dr — Sofia University
— Rostislav Bekchiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Petar Beron — Prof. Emeritus DSc
— Stoyan Beshkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Borislav Guéorguiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Mario Langourov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Stoyan Lazarov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Georgi Markov, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Chairman)
— Georgi Popgeorgiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Petar Shurulinkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr (Vice Chairman)
— Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dimitar Uzunov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Young scientists:
— Dimitar Plachiyski, Sen. Assist. Dr
The dominant part of the scientific activities at the museum is devoted to the animal world. Photo (c) S. Beshkov
Departments
The museum has four scientific departments — Palaeontology and Mineralogy, Botany, Invertebrates, and Vertebrates. The dominant part of the scientific activities is devoted to the animal world. Particular attention is paid to the biodiversity of Bulgaria and the neighbouring countries and to the description of new taxa from many countries all over the world.
Palaeontology and Mineralogy Department
Head of Department: Georgi Markov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Fossil mammals and birds of Bulgaria and the world are the subject of palaeontological investigations. The mineralogical studies cover pegmatite mineralisations in intrusives of non-granite composition and metamorphites…
Botany Department
Studies are carried out in the fields of chorology, systematics, taxonomy, phytogeography, ecology and physiology of some plant species in Bulgaria…
Botany Laboratory
Head: Irina Gerasimova, MSc, botanist
Invertebrates Department
Head of Department: Stoyan Beshkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Research is carried out in the fields of taxonomy, faunistics, zoogeography, phylogeny, morphology and ecology of mites, pseudoscorpions, centipedes, millipedes and insects…
Entomology Laboratory
Head: Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Vertebrates Department
Head of Department: Zlatozar Boev, Prof. DSc
Studies are conducted in terms of species diversity, distribution, morphology, biology, ecology, phylogeny and conservation value of vertebrates…
Histology Laboratory
Head: Vladislav Vergilov, Sen. Assist. Dr