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Dr Svetlozara Kazandzhieva
Dr Svetlozara Kazandzhieva

Svetlozara Kazandzhieva

(Dr)
phone: (+359 88) 6120449; e-mail:

Born: 31.12.1990, Sofia.

Education


PhD (Entomology) — Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” (2023)
MSc (Zoology) — Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski” (2017)
BSc (Cultural Studies) — Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (2014)
Invertebrates Department

Research interests


Taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution of fungus gnats of families: Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae and Mycetophilidae; faunistic studies and conservation of invertebrates; tropical ecosystems; molecular methods in taxonomy.

Current projects


2024 — Taxonomic and faunistic research of the family Mycetophilidae (Diptera) in the Oriental region.
2023 — Ecological, territorial and landscape impacts of model photovoltaic parks — risk assessment for biodiversity, natural ecosystems and their ecosystem services (Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”) — analysis and assessment of biodiversity on the territory of photovoltaic parks (invertebrates).

Field experience


Bulgaria (2017—), Malaysia (2019), Greece (2017).

Publications


Bechev, D., Kazandzhieva, S., 2023. A new Oriental species of Gnoristinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Borneo. — Historia naturalis bulgarica, 46 (1): 21—25.

Kazandzhieva, S., Bechev, D., 2022. A new species of Chetoneura Colless from Borneo (Diptera: Keroplatidae). — Zootaxa, 5104 (4): 593—599.

Antov, M. I., Delev, I. D., Kazandzhieva, S. B., Mollov, I. A., 2022. Ecological properties of epigeal invertebrate communities in green areas in the city of Plovdiv. Part 3—Lauta Park. — Faunistic diversity of the city of Plovdiv (Bulgaria), 2: 117—120.

Bechev, D., Kazandzhieva, S., 2020. A new species of Stenophragma Skuse from Borneo (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae). — Zootaxa, 4819 (1): 195—200.

Kazandzhieva, S., Bechev, D., 2018. Distribution of freshwater Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) in Bulgaria. — ZooNotes, Supplement 6: 31.