Dr. Petko Borislavov Krastev

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Personal Data

Occupations: Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
Office Address: Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions,
Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy,
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee,
1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
Office Phone: (+359) 2 97-95-xxxx
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Professional Data

Education

2007-2012: Ph.D., Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia, Experimental nuclear physics methods, Mössbauer & X-ray spectroscopy, Accelerator physics

2000-2002: MSc.,Inter-University Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, King’s College London & Medical University, Sofia,
Medical physicist, External beam radiation therapy, Brachytherapy, Positron emission tomography (PET), Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) imaging, Medical Image processing

1991-1996: MSc., Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski", Plovdiv, Physics and Mathematics

1987-1991 : High school, Mechanical College, Plovdiv, Construction and development of electromechanical devices

Work & specialization

2020–2021
ITER, EUROfusion, Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy, Physicist for Neutral Beam Test Facility (NBTF) Diagnostics: SPIDER full-size neutral beam source and the MITICA prototype neutral beam injector. https://www.igi.cnr.it
2014-2021
ISOLDE, CERN, Geneva, International Mössbauer spectroscopy collaboration. http://e-ms.web.cern.ch
2014
"Chemical and biological Emergency", project "Emersys", MIS-ETC Code: 774
2014
"Radiation Protection in Radiological Emergency", project "Emersys", MIS-ETC Code: 774
2018-2019
CMS, CERN, Geneva, Maintenance and support of detector chains
2013
IAEA, NNSA, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL, Richland, Washington WA, USA., Nuclear forensics Methodologies: Alpha, Beta, Gamma-ray spectroscopy and Mass spectrometry, technical nuclear forensics course
2013
NNSA, USA, Sofia, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy., “Recognition for participation in weapons of mass destruction commodity identification training (CIT)”, Dual-Use Commodity Identification Instructor Workshop, Bulgaria
2012
INRNE, Sofia, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy., “Licensed work with sources of the ionization radiation, Radiation protection in X-ray diagnostics and Basics of Radiometry and dosimetry ”
2002
ESMP, France, European school of Medical Physics-Archamps., “Medical computing and Physics of modern radiotherapy”, France
2002
Medical Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI, (IOMP course), Prof. Perry Sprawls, USA, Bulgaria

Experience

2012-present
Assistant – professor, Cyclotron physics laboratory, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2010-2012
Assistant – professor, Laboratory of Nuclear electronics and Mössbauer spectroscopy, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2007-2010
PhD student, physicist, Laboratory of Mössbauer spectroscopy, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2007-2010
Medical physicist, MSc., Department of Radiology & Radiotherapy, University hospital: “Tsaritsa Yoanna” (ISUL), Sofia, Bulgaria
2002-2007
Medical physicist, MSc., Department of Radiology & Radiotherapy, Complex oncology hospital, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1998-2002
High school teacher, Physics & Mathematics, English language college, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Languages

Bulgarian (native)

English (advanced, C1)

Russian (proficient, C1)

German (basic user, A2)

Spanish (basic user, A2)

Italian (basic user, A2)

International language standards: http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/cefr/

Mathematical and technical computing software

  • - Wolfram Mathematica
  • - MATLAB & Simulink
  • - LabVIEW
  • - Mössbauer, gamma & X-ray spectroscopy software
  • - C++, Visual C++, Java, Python, Fortran, IDL, Linux : command line, MDSplus

Interests

  • - Experimental nuclear & Accelerator physics
  • - Mössbauer, X-Ray & Gamma spectroscopy
  • - Digital Image processing & External beam radiation therapy
  • - Magnetic material characterization & Nanotechnology

Scientific awards

2021
INRNE, BAS - best paper of the year INRNE: https://www.inrne.bas.bg/index.php/hot-news-archive/833-24-05-awards-2021
2006
First prize for conference paper competition: „Nuclear power for people”. Organizers: Bulgarian Nuclear Society (BgNS) and Kozloduy NPP; Sofia, Bulgaria

Scientific Works

Ph.D & Master thesis

Ph.D thesis
“Mössbauer spectroscopy study of nano/micro structured Iron-containing magnetic nanoparticles and potential multiferroics”
MSc thesis
“Computer processing of Microscope Images in detection of Antinuclear Antibodies”

Scientific papers

  1. V. Toigo ..., P. Krastev et al., On the road to ITER NBIs: SPIDER improvement after first operation and MITICA construction progress, Fusion Engineering and Design, Volume 168, 2021, 112622, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2021.112622, ISSN 0920-3796
  2. H. P. Gunnlaugsson, H. Masenda, T. E. Mølholt, K. Bharuth-Ram, S. Ólafsson, K. Johnston, J. Schell, H. P. Gislason, P. B. Krastev, R. Mantovan, D. Naidoo, B. Qi, and I. Unzueta, Annealing studies combined with low temperature emission Mössbauer spectroscopy of short-lived parent isotopes: Determination of local Debye–Waller factors, Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 2021, 013901, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0020951
  3. B. Qi, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, S. Olafsson, H.P. Gislason, E.B. Thorsteinsson, U.B. Arnalds, R. Mantovan, I. Unzueta, D.V. Zyabkin, K.Bharuth Ram, K. Johnston, P.B. Krastev, T.E. Molholt, H. Masenda, A.Tarazaga Martín-Luengo, D. Naidooj, J. Schell, Metal-insulator transition in crystalline V2O3 thin films probed at atomic scale using emission Mössbauer spectroscopy, Thin Solid Films, 714, 2020, 138389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2020.138389
  4. P.B. Krastev, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, K. Nomura, K. Bharuth-Ram, B. Qi, H. Masenda, T. E. Mølholt, D. Naidoo, S. Olafsson, A. Tarazaga Martín-Luengo, I. Unzueta, K. Johnston, J. Schell, H.P. Gislason, Local increase of the Curie temperature in Mn/Fe implanted Y3Fe5O12 (YIG), Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 160, 2020, 109121, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109121, ISSN: 0969-8043
  5. B. Qi, H.P. Gunnlaugsson, A. Mokhles Gerami, H.P. Gislason, S. Ólafsson, F. Magnus, T.E. Mølholt, H. Masenda, A. Tarazaga Martín-Lueugo, A. Bonanni, P.B. Krastev, V. Masondo, I. Unzueta, K. Bharuth-Ram, K. Johnston, D. Naidoo, J. Schell, P. Schaaf, the ISOLDE collaboration, 57Fe Mössbauer study of epitaxial TiN thin film grown on MgO (1 0 0) by magnetron sputtering, Applied Surface Science 464, 2018, 682–691, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.09.107, ISSN: 0169-4332
  6. T. E. Mølholt, H. P. Gunnlaugsson, K. Johnston, R. Mantovan, J. Röder, V. Adoons, A. Mokhles Gerami, H. Masenda, Y. A. Matveyev, M. Ncube, I. Unzueta, K. BharuthRam, H. P. Gislason, P.Krastev, G. Langouche, D. Naidoo, S. Ólafsson, A Zenkevich and ISOLDE Collaboration, Charge states and lattice sites of dilute implanted Sn in ZnO, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 155701 (6pp), DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/aa5e95 , ISSN: 0953-8984-29-15-155701, 2017
  7. P. B. Krastev, H. P. Gunnlaugsson, K. Nomura, V. Adoons, A. M. Gerami, K. Johnston, M. Ncube, R. Mantovan, H. Masenda, Y. A. Matveyev, T. E. Mølholt, I. Unzueta, K. Bharuth-Ram, H. Gislason, G. Langouche, D. Naidoo, S. Olafsson, the ISOLDE collaboration, 57Fe emission Mössbauer study on Gd3Ga5O12 implanted with dilute 57Mn, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2015), Hamburg, Germany, 13–18 September 2015, Hyperfine Interactions, 2016, 237:37, DOI: 10.1007/s10751-016-1266-9, ISSN 0304-3843
  8. A. Mokhles Gerami, K. Johnston, H. P. Gunnlaugsson, K. Nomura, R. Mantovan, H. Masenda, Y. A. Matveyev, T. E. Mølholt, M. Ncube, S. Shayestehaminzadeh, I. Unzueta, H. P. Gislason, P. B. Krastev, G. Langouche, D. Naidoo, S. Olafsson, the ISOLDE collaboration, 57Fe emission Mössbauer spectroscopy following dilute implantation of 57Mn into In2O3, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2015), Hamburg, Germany, 13–18 September 2015, Hyperfine Interactions, 2016, 237:75, DOI: 10.1007/s10751-016-1258-9, ISSN 0304-3843
  9. 57Mn Emission Mossbauer Spectra of Fe doped SnO2 Film, フッ素ドープ酸化スズ薄膜の 57Mn 発光メスバウアースペクトル, Proceedings of the Specialists' Meeting on "Nuclear Spectroscopy and Condensed Matter Physics Using Short-Lived Nuclei, Kyoto University Research information repository, V.18, p.45-50, 2016, ISSN 2189-7107, https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/227266
  10. Ts. Lazarova, D. Kovacheva, T. Ruskov, S. Atanasova-Vladimirova, P. Krastev, N. Tanev, Composite thin films of nanosized CoFe2O4 in polymer matrix, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, Special issue B, Vol. 47, 2015, 227-231, ISSN: 0324-1130
  11. M. A. Murdjeva, E. T. Milieva, R. S. Stefanov, M. M. Draganov, P. B. Krastev, Micromeritic procedures in assessing antinuclear antibody patterns in immunofluorescent assay, Folia Medica, Medical University-Plovdiv, 2014, 56(3): 182-186, doi: 10.2478/folmed-2014-0026, ISSN: 0204-8043
  12. P.Petkov, Ts. Marinov, D.Tonev, L. Georgiev,Z. Peshev, N. Goutev,M. Yavahchova, Z. Nikolaeva, P. Krustev, G. Grigorov, B. Dimitrov, Simulation of the Fussion Fragments Spatial Distribution in the Zr-Alloy Cladding of the Fuel elements, WWER Fuel Performance, Modelling and Experimental Support, Sandanski 2013, BAS, Bulgaria, ISSN: 1313 – 4531
  13. M.Retuerto, J. Martinez-Lope, K. Krezhov, T. Ruskov, I. Spirov, P. Krystev, F. Jimenez-Villacorta, M. T. Fernandez-Diaz and J. A. Alonso, Mixed valence of iron inside tetrahedral and pseudopyramids in BiFe2O5−δ, Phys. Rev. B 85(17), 174406 , 2012, 1-8, ISSN: 2469-9950
  14. D. Kovacheva, T. Ruskov, P. Krystev, S. Asenov, N. Tanev, I. Mönch, R. Koseva, U. Wolff, T. Gemming, M. Markova-Velichkova, D. Nihtianova, K.-Fr. Arndt, Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nano-sized Fe3O4 and CoFe2O4, Bulgarian Chemical communications, Vol. 44, 2012, 90-97, ISSN: 0324-1130
  15. Ts. Lazarova, D. Kovacheva, T. Ruskov, I. Spirov, P. Krystev, P. Todorova, D. Nihtianova, Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nano-sized MnFe2O4, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, eds. E. Balabanova, I. Dragieva, prof. Marin Drinov, Academic Publishing House, Sofia, Issue 11, 2011, 68-71, ISSN: 1313-8995
  16. P.Krastev, “Innovative approaches to physical problems”, “Mössbauer spectroscopy study of iron-containing micro/nano materials”, Bachinovo, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, 2010, 107-113, publ. Paradigma, ISNB: 989-954-326—123-9
  17. T. Ruskov, I. Spirov, H. Penchev, P. Krastev, O. Stoilova, I. Rashkov, Mossbauer spectroscopy study of micro/nanostructured iron-containing magnetic chitosan beads, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, eds. E. Balabanova, I. Dragieva, prof. Marin Drinov, Academic Publishing House, Sofia, Issue 9, 2009, 193 – 196, ISSN: 1313-8995
  18. N. Koprinarov, M. Konstantinova, T. Ruskov, I. Spirov, P. Krastev, M. Marinov, Ts. Tsacheva, Growth of Ferromagnetic nanoparticles during ferrocene thermal decomposition, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, eds. E. Balabanova, I. Dragieva, prof. Marin Drinov, Academic Publishing House, Sofia Issue 8, 2008, 274 – 277, ISSN: 1313-8995
  19. P.Krustev, T. Ruskov, Magnetic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications, Selected Topics on Nuclear Methods for Non-Nuclear Applications, Bulgarian Journal of Physics, vol.34(suppl.1), p. 46-56, ISBN: 978-954-580-209-6, Bulgarian Journal of Physics, v. 34(suppl.1), p. 46-56, 2007, ISSN: 1310-0157
  20. P.Krastev, N. Staikova, M. Milieva, P. Pavlova, M. Mourjeva, Analysis of Digitized Microscope Image: an Approach to Study ANA Fluorescence Patterns, Clinical Application of immunology, vol.1(2), p. 100-105, 2002, ISSN: 13120832
  21. П. Кръстев, Е. Милиева, П. Павлова, М. Мурджева, "Определяне на локализацията на антинуклеарни антитела чрез компютърна обработка на изображението", Scientific researches of the Union of scientists, Plovdiv, series D. Medicine, Pharmacy and stomatology, Volume 1., Научни трудове на Съюза на учените, Пловдив, серия Г. Медицина, фармация и стоматология, т.1., 2002.

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