Resume
Academic Achievements
- ANS Fellow
- Marin Drinov Honorary Medal from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Member of the Nuclear Science Committee (NSC), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD
- Chair of the Working Party on Innovative Issues and Uncertainty Analysis of Reactor Systems (WPRS), NEA/OECD
- Member of the Council of Advisors and Co-Chair of Working Group 2 of the NEA Global Forum on Nuclear Education, Science, Technology and Policy
- Member of the Steering Committee of the NC State Advanced Research and Test Reactor Feasibility Study
- Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Division of Nuclear Energy and Safety (NES) at Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Nuclear Engineering Program at University of Florida
- Member of the IAEA Expert Group for the ONCORE initiative
- Published paper: 'Development and application of two-step uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis methodology for fast reactor safety analysis' (2025, Nuclear Engineering and Design)
Research Experience
- Senior Research Scientist at INRNE, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Assistant Professor at Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) Nuclear Engineering Department
- Visiting Scientist at Research Center Rossendorf Inc., Germany
- Distinguished Professor and Graduate Coordinator of Nuclear Engineering Program at PSU prior to joining NC State
- Currently Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at NC State University