• Ph.D., June 2002, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, USA
  • Advisor:  Dr. Ferris Webster
  • Major:  Marine Studies; Minor: Oceanography
  • Title:  Sea-salt aerosols: Their generation and role in the climate system.
     
• M.S., August 1997, Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, USA
  • Advisor:  Dr. Pablo Huq
  • Major:  Marine Studies; Minor:Applied Ocean Science
  • Title:  Laboratory Study of Bubble Clouds Characteristics at Various Conditions
     
• Diploma Thesis, July 1984, Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
  • Advisor:  Dr. Vitchko Tzanev
  • Title:  Investigation of electron-vibrational absorption spectra of NO₂ with a dye laser
     
• B.S., May 1983, Faculty of Physics, Sofia University, Bulgaria
  • Major:  Engineering Physics; Minor: Quantum electronics
  

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Employment

2/2006 - present	Oceanographer, Remote Sensing Section, Remote Sensing Physics Branch                             Remote Sensing Division, NRL
2/2003 - 1/2006	NRC Post-doctoral fellow at Remote Sensing Section, Remote Sensing Physics Branch                             Remote Sensing Division, NRL
9/2002 - 1/2003	Contractor, Computational Physics, Inc.
6/1998 - 6/2002	Research Assistant, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
9/1997 - 5/1998	CMS Oceanography Program Fellow, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
9/1995 - 8/1997	Research Assistant, Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
3/1994 - 8/1995	Volunteer, Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware
6/1984 - 2/1994	Physicist, Laboratory of Laser Remote Sensing, Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria

Specialization

January 1993	Institute for Optoelectronics, DLR, Munich, Germany.  Topic: Algorithms for Doppler velocity estimation.
October 1986	Institute of General Physics, Moscow, Russia.  Topic: Gas - analysis of CO in the atmosphere using diode lasers.

Awards

Affiliations and service

American Geophysical Union (AGU).

American Meteorological Society (AMS):

• Member since 2002
• Air-sea interaction committee member (2011-2013)