Department of
Chemistry

History | Staff | Courses | Research

Prof. D. Ivanov
Head of the Department:
Assoc. Prof. Darvin Ivanov, Ph. D.
Tel.: (+359-2)9236-598
E-mail: divanov@pharmfac.acad.bg

Brief Historical outline:

The Department of Chemistry was established as a separate teaching and research unit at the Faculty of Pharmacy in the autumn of 1959. Until then the courses in inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry and physicochemistry were offered by the corresponding chairs at the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

Heads of the department since its establishment were Prof. Dimitar Trendafelov, Prof. Omortag Budevsky, D.Sc., Prof. Dimitria Mihailova, D.Sc., and now Assoc. Prof. Darvin Ivanov, Ph.D.

Prof. D. Ivanov

 

Staff:

Lecturers:  4 associate professors; 12 assistant professors;

Specialists with university education: 2;
Technical staff: 7.

 Prof. G. Velinov
Prof. G. Velinov

Subjects and duration of Courses - Core Subjects:

Inorganic Chemistry I-II semesters (Assoc. Prof. D. Ivanov):
Lectures 60 h; seminars and practical workshops 105 h;

Analytical Chemistry III-IV semesters (Assoc. Prof. G. Velinov, Assoc. Prof. Zh. Tencheva):
Lectures 60 h; seminars and practical workshops 180 h;

Physical Chemistry IV-V semesters (Assoc. Prof. V. Rousseva):
Lectures 60 h; seminars and practical workshops 120 h.

 Prof. Zh. Tencheva
Prof. Zh. Tencheva

The courses are offered at undergraduate level (regular and extramural students) and at postgraduate level.

Experimental Laboratories:

Inorganic Chemistry - 2;

Analytical Chemistry - 2;

Physical chemistry - 2.

Main fields of Research:

Inorganic compounds and metal-organic complexes with biological activity;

Analysis, control and standardization of drugs and drug forms;

Molecular design and analysis of the structure-activity relationship (SAR and QSAR);

Pharmacokinetics.

Available Research Methods:

Synthesis of inorganic compounds and metal-organic complexes;

Analytical Methods: HPLC, UV spectroscopy, potentiometry, densitometry;

Molecular modeling and QSAR-analysis;

Modeling of the interrelation “ligand-macromolecule”.

Basic Laboratory Equipment:

Liquid chromatographers SHIMADZU, PERKIN-ELMER; spectrophotometers UV-VIS HEWLETT-PACKARD, SHIMADZU; densitometer CAMAG; potentiometer ORION; pH-meters METROHM; conductometers METROHM; computers and periphery.

 

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