Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Prof. Ivelina Georgieva earned her MSc in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry in 1989 and an MSc in Methods of Chemistry Teaching in 1994 from Sofia University, Bulgaria, followed by a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry in 2001 from the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, with a thesis on Pt(II) and Pd(II) complexes with antitumor properties. She served as Associate Professor in Theoretical Chemistry at IGIC–BAS from 2009 to 2021 and has been Professor since 2021. Since 2016, she has been Head of the Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, and she previously served as Chair of the IGIC Colloquium (2012–2016) and Scientific Secretary (2017–2024). Her main research areas include theoretical and computational chemistry, molecular design, photochemistry, molecular and periodic structures, and functional materials. She has completed international specializations and collaborations in Spain, Austria, the Czech Republic, and China, working with leading scientists such as Prof. H. Lischka, Prof. A. Aquino, Prof. D. Tunega, and Prof. M. Sodupe. Her academic career reflects strong contributions to advanced computational studies and international scientific cooperation.