• 1960 Born in Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria.

• 1983 Master of Science in Processing automatization at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia.

• 1983 Chemist at IOCCP

• 1993 Research Associate at IOCCP

•  1999 PhD at IOCCP, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Thesis: “IR Spectra and structure of organic molecules and anions containing carbonyl groups”, Scientific supervisors: Prof. I. Binev and Acad. I. Juhnovski.

• 2007 Senior Research Associate at IOCCP

Scientific Interests:

Theoretical organic chemistry;

Structural organic analysis;

Vibrational spectroscopy; UV-vis and NMR Spectroscopy;

Chemistry and spectroscopy of bioactive compounds;

New organic materials for electro-optical, nonlinear optical and photorefractive applications;  

Participation in Projects:

1995 - 1997, “Spectrochemistry of conjugated organic molecules and ions”, granted by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, Contract Chemistry-442.

1999-2001, “Experimental and ab initio MO spectrochemistry of organic systems: neutral molecules, hydrogen bonded complexes and ions”, granted by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, Contract Chemistry-801.

2003-2005, “Organic molecules, radicals, ions and hydrogen-bonded complexes: chemical, physical and theoretical studies”, granted by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, Contract Chemistry-1213.

 2005-2008, “Organic molecules, radicals, ions and hydrogen-bonded complexes: chemical, physical and theoretical studies”, granted by the Bulgarian National Science Fund, Contract Chemistry-1510.

Selected Publications:

• B. A. Stamboliyska, Y. I. Binev, V. B. Radomirska, I. N. Juchnovski. IR spectra and structure of 2,5-pyrrolidinedione (succinimide) and of its nitranion: experimental and ab initio MO studies. J. Mol. Struct., 516, 237-245, 2000.

• Y. I. Binev, B. A. Stamboliyska, I. G. Binev. Experimenyal and MO studies on the IR spectra and structure of pyridinium dicyanomethylide and trimethylammonium dicyanomethylide. Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 57, 95-103, 2001.

• Ts. Kolev, B. Stamboliyska. Vibrational spectra and structure of benzile and its 18O and d10 labelled derivatives: an ab initio and experimental study. Spectrochim. Acta Part A, 58, 3127-3137, 2002.

• Bistra A. Stamboliyska, Pavlina J. Vassileva-Boyadjieva, Yuri I. Binev, Evelina A. Velcheva, Jordan A. Tsenov, Christo Ts. Petkov, Ivan N. Juchnovski, Ivan G. Binev Correlation analysis of experimental vs. аb initio ir frequencies and intensities. Bulg. Chem. Comm., 34(2), 170-186, 2002.

• Ts. M. Kolev, D. Y.Yancheva, B. A. Stamboliyska. Experimental and computational studies of the structure and vibrational spectra of pyridinium-betaine of squaric acid. Spectrochim. Acta A59, 1805-1813, 2003

• Tsonko M. Kolev, Denitsa Y. Yancheva, Bistra A. Stamboliyska. Experimental and computational studies of the structure and vibrational spectra of 2-[5,5-dimethyl-3-(2-phenyl-vinil)-cyclohex-2-enylidene]-malononitrile. Spectrochim. Acta A59, 3325-3335, 2003.

• Stamboliyska, B.A., Velcheva, E.A., Binev, I.G., IR spectral and structural changes caused by the conversion of 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde into the oxyanion, Spectrochim. Acta A59 (2003) 1541-1548.

• Velcheva, E.A., Stamboliyska, B.A., IR spectral and structural changes caused by the conversion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (vanillin) into the oxyanion,  Spectrochim. Acta A60 (2004) 2013-2019.

• Kolev, T.M., Velcheva, E.A., Stamboliyska, B.A., Spiteller, M., DFT and experimental studies of the structure and vibrational spectra of curcumin, Int. J. Quant. Chem. 102 (2005) 1069-1079.

• T. Kolev, B. Stamboliyska, D. Yancheva,  Spectral and structural study of two acceptor-substituted pyridinium-betaines of squaric acid: promising chromophores for nonlinear optical applications, Chem. Phys. 324, 489-496 (2006).

• Velcheva, E.A., Stamboliyska, B.A., Structural changes caused by the conversion of 2-hydroxybenzamide (salicylamide) into the oxyanion, J. Mol. Struct. 875 (2008) 264-271.

• T. Kolev, D. Yancheva, B.  Stamboliyska, M. Dimitrov, R. Wortmann, Nonlinear optical properties of pyridinium-betaines of squaric acid: experimental and theoretical study, Chem. Phys. (2008), doi: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.02.018