Violeta Evtimova

(PhD)

phone: (+359 88) 9265526; e-mail:

Born: 24.07.1976, Sofia.

Education

2002 — Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Faculty of Biology, BSc in Biology
2004 — Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Faculty of Biology, MSc in Zoology of of Vertebrates
2019 — Sofia University St. Kl. Ohridski, Faculty of Biology, PhD in Zoology

Vertebrates Department

Research interests

Marine biology, distribution, biology and ecology of cetacean in the Black Sea, zoology of vertebrates.

Projects

The Distributed System of Scientific Collections (DiSSCo) — National Museum of Natural History, BAS (2022, 2023)

Research and mapping of the distribution of habitats, habitats of species and populations, and determination of their protection status in the marine spaces in Bulgaria — Pontus Indalgo (2023)

Study of the content of Pb, Cd, Zn, Ni and Cu in the bones of Phocoena phocoena relicta in the Bulgarian Black Sea region — The Society for Marine Mammalogy (2018—2019)

3D seismic survey, Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin island — Sakhalin Energy (2018)

Study on the three cetacean species and their mortality in the Bulgarian Black sea region (2017)

3D seismic survey in Silistar block, the Black Sea, Bulgaria — Shell (2016)

Field observations of cetaceans Tursiops truncatus, Phocoena phocoena and Delphinus delphis in Bulgarian Exclusive Economic Zone in the Black sea — Executive Environment Agency (2013—2015)

Pilot Cetaceans Photo-ID activities along Southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast — Green Balkans NGO/ACCOBAMS (2012)

Mapping and determining the conservations status of habitats and species according to 92/43/EEC Directive — Dicon Group (2011—2012)

Monitoring of a brown bear (Ursus arctus) — Executive Environment Agency (2011—2012)

Black Sea monitoring networks of stranded cetaceans — Green Balkans NGO (2010—2011)

Publications

Evtimova, V., Parvanov, D. Grozdanov, A., 2023. Chapter Cadmium, Mercury and Lead in the Bones of Marine Mammals. — In: Hauser-Davis, R. A., Soares Quinete, N., Soledade Lemos, L. (eds). Lead, Mercury and Cadmium in the Aquatic Environment: Worldwide Occurrence, Fate and Toxicity (1st ed.). CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9781003186441

Evtimova, V., Parvanov, D., Peshev, H., Petrov, P., Grozdanov, A., 2022. Age determination of Harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena relicta) from the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. — Ecologia Balkanica, 14 (1): 161—164.

Evtimova, V., Parvanov, D., Grozdanov, A., Tserkova, F., Zlatkov, B., Vergilov, Z., Sivilov, O., Yordanov, S., Delov, V., 2019. Heavy metals in bones from Harbour Porpoises Phocoena phocoena from the Western Black Sea Coast. — Zoonotes, 136: 1—4.

Evtimova, V., Parvanov, D., Grozdanov, A., Dimitrov K., Tserkova F., Yordanov S., Velina, Y., Petrova, E., Yordanova, Y., Delov, V., 2018. Cetacean mortality along the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast during 2017. — Zoonotes, 134: 1—4.

Evtimova, V., Dimitrov, K., Delov, V., Velina, Y., Iordanov, S., 2016. Data on cetacean mortality along Bulgarian Black Sea coast during spring-autumn 2016. — Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, 102 (4): 62—69.

Evtimova, V., Delov, V., Parvanov, D., Grozdanov, A., Velina, Y., 2015. A contribution to the study on the three cetacean species stranded along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. — Annuaire de l’Université de Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski, 101 (4): 33—43.