Master's Degree,
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Physics, 1972
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Atomic and Molecular Physics
Leningrad State University, Department of Optics, 1977
Associate Professor, Institute of Solid State Physics, 1989
Doctor of Sciences, 2003
Professor, Insitute of Solid State Physics, 2004
Head of Laboratory of Atomic Spectroscopy, 1992
Head of Department of Education in ISSP, 2004
Member of Scientific Council of the ISSP, 1996
Member of the Scientific Council “Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics”
Scientific Activities and Interests
atomic physics
atomic structure and radiative properties
gas and metal vapor lasers
light sources
spectral equipment; applications
Recent Projects
"Theory and experimental investigation of quantum information transfer by interaction between ultra-cold atoms and molecules",
financed from the Bulgarian National Science Fond (14/2008)
Laser methods in diagnostics in archaeology 2009-BNS, 02-274/08.12.2008
Assoc. Prof. M. Grozeva
MES Co financing of the project with EC - INERA D01-185/15.07.2014
Title: Capacity Strengthening of ISSP-BAS in Multifunctional Nanostructures (INERA)
Project coordinator: K. Blagoev
Bilateral agreement with France
FNI, Rila № 01/0036 of 10.08.2012
N particle interaction in gas of cooled Rydberg atoms
Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. E. Dimova
Capacity Strengthening of ISSP-BAS in Multifunctional Nanostructures (INERA)
Project funded by EC – 2014
Coordinator Acad. A. Petrov
Memberships
Bulgarian Physical Union
Optical Society of America (membership number 103734) 1993 – 1997
Education activities
Supervisor of 8 master degree thesis; 4 PhD thesis
Publications:
86 publications, 5 review articles; 65 reports on conferences
Total IF: 101, Citations: 350
Recent publications:
P Palmeri, P Quinet1, E Biemont, J Gurell, P Lundin, L-O Norlin,P Royen, K Blagoev and S Mannervik
Lifetimes of metastable levels of singly ionized titanium: theory and experiment
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 41, 125703 (2008)
É. Biémont, K. Blagoev, L. Engström, H. Hartman, H. Lundberg,G. Malcheva, H. Nilsson, R. Blackwell Whitehead, P. Palmeri and P. Quinet
Lifetime measurements and calculations in Y+ and Y2+ ions
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.414, 3350-3359 (2011)
G. Malcheva, H. Nilsson, L. Engström, H. Lundberg, É. Biémont, P. Palmeri, P. Quinet and K. Blagoev
Radiative parameters of Nb I excited states
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.412, 1823-1827 (2011)
K.Blagoev, M.Grozeva, G.Malcheva, and S.Neykova
Investigation by Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy, X-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray Powder Diffraction of the Chemical Composition of White Clay Ceramic Tiles from Veliki Preslav
Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.sab.2012.11.003, ISSN: 05848547
G Malcheva, L Engstr¨om, H Lundberg, H Nilsson, H Hartmanand K Blagoev
Lifetime measurements of even and odd states in neutral terbium (Tb I)
Phys. Scr. 87 (2013) 000000 (3pp) stacks.iop.org/PhysScr/87/000000
G. Malcheva, L. Engstr¨om, H. Lundberg,H. Nilsson, H. Hartman, K. Blagoev, P. Palmeri and P. Quinet
Radiative lifetimes and transition probabilities in Rh I
MNRAS 450, 223–228 (2015) doi:10.1093/mnras/stv375