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Associates

— Aneliya Pavlova, Dr
— Antoaneta Georgieva, Dr
— Antoniya Hubancheva
— Boyan Zlatkov, Dr
— Christiana Stomonyakova
— Dimitar Demerdzhiev, Dr
— Fernando Gómez Velasco
— Ilia Gjonov
— Miroslav Slavchev, Dr
— Nikolai Iliev, Dr
— Paloma Troya Santamaría
— Pencho Pandakov
— Rumyana Kostova, Dr
— Stanimira Deleva
— Stoyan Goranov
— Teodora Ivanova, Dr
— Vasil Ivanov, Dr
— Velizar Simeonovski
— Vesela Evtimova, Dr
— Viktor Gashtarov
— Yurii Kornilev
— Zdravko Kolev

Retired scientists

— Petar Beron, Prof. Emeritus DSc
— Christo Deltshev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dimitar Dimitrov, Prof. Dr
— Zdravko Hubenov, Prof. Dr
— Svetoslav Petrussenko, Assoc. Prof.
— Alexi Popov, Assoc. Prof. Dr

The National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences awards prominent scientists who contributed to the development of the museum and the science with an honorary plaque “Acad. Ivan Buresch”

So far, the plaque has been awarded to the following scientists:

— Alexi Popov (2002)
— Krassimir Kumanski (2006)
— Petar Beron (2006)
— Stefan Stanev (2006)
— Stoitze Andreev (2007)
— Dimitar Kovachev (2008)
— Svetoslav Petrussenko (2009)
— Nikolai Spassov (2009)
— Denis Geraads (CNRS) (2009)
— Boyan Petrov (2014)

Staff

Governing body


— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr, Director
— Stoyan Beshkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Deputy Director
— Borislav Guéorguiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Scientific Director
— Sofia Gospodinova, Administrative Director
Departments

Palaeontology and Mineralogy
Botany
Invertebrates
Vertebrates


Staff

— Library
— Publications

Palaeontology and Mineralogy Department


— Georgi Markov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Latinka Hristova, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Nadezhda Karastoyanova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Nedko Nedyalkov, Sen. Assist. Dr, curator (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Dimitar Plachiyski, Sen. Assist. Dr (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Ralitsa Bogdanova, Assist.
— Nikolai Spassov, Dr, expert
— Chavdar Karov, MSc, mineralogist
— Iliya Dimitrov, MSc, mineralogist

Botany Department


— Dimitar Uzunov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Salza Palpurina, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Irina Gerasimova, MSc, botanist
— Nadejda Apostolova-Stoyanova, Assist.

Botany Laboratory
Head: Irina Gerasimova, MSc, botanist

Invertebrates Department


— Stoyan Beshkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr
— Borislav Guéorguiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Stanislav Abadjiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Stoyan Lazarov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Rostislav Bekchiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Mario Langourov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dragomir Dimitrov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Fedor Konstantinov, Dr
— Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova, researcher
— Fani Bozarova, technical assistant

Entomology Laboratory
Head: Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr

Vertebrates Department


— Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Zlatozar Boev, Prof. DSc
— Georgi Popgeorgiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Vladislav Vergilov, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Ilya Acosta, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Violeta Zhelyazkova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Stefaniya Kamenova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Assen Ignatov, Assist.
— Nia Toshkova, Assist.
— Katrin Dimitrova, MSc
— Vera Hristova, technical assistant

Histology Laboratory
Head: Vladislav Vergilov, Sen. Assist. Dr

Administration and Exposition


— Sofia Gospodinova, Administrative Director
— Asya Asenova, Assoc. Prof. Dr, museum educator
— Milena Goranova, chief accountant
— Viktoriya Boneva, accountant
— Vyara Ivanova, cashier, accounting
— Sylvia Tosheva, public relations officer
— Zlatka Yaramova, Head Cultural Activities
— Slavena Shekerletova, expert/coordinator exhibitions and events (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Katrin Tzvetkovska, librarian
— Veselina Lilova, human resources officer
— Ljubljana Gramenova, chief technical assistant — householder
— Radoslava Dimova, shop assistant
— Antoniya Asenova, shop assistant
— Emanoilka Manolova, cashier
— Neli Tsenova, cashier
— Stoika Chavdarova, cashier (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Vladimir Budev, finance controller
— Panayot Dimitrov, chief conservator
— Milena Koleva, guide
— Veselina Chirova, guide