Education
09/2006 - 03/2011 Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany and Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
Dr. rer. nat. in Physics, magna cum laude
Thesis: Numerical Radiative Transfer and the Hydrogen Reionization of the Universe
09/2003 - 06/2006 Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
BSc in Geosciences and Astrophysics.
Thesis: Cosmological Simulations of Galaxy Clusters
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marcus Brueggen
09/1998 - 05/2003 American College of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Completed compulsory secondary education with focus on mathematics, computer science, and English. Honor roll.
09/1998 - 05/2003 American College of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
Completed compulsory secondary education with focus on mathematics, computer science, and English. Honor roll.
Work Experience
10/2022 to date Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ), Garching near Munich, Germany
Staff member at the computational support team
06/2013 - 09/2022 C2PAP - Computational Center for Particle and Astrophysics, Excellence Cluster Universe, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany (Prof. Dr. Joseph Mohr)
Scientific staff member / Postdoctoral research fellow. Numerical algorithms for Astrophysics, hydro codes, code parallelization and optimization
09/2011 - 05/2013 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bologna University, Bologna, Italy (Dr. R. Ben Metcalf)
Postdoctoral research fellow. Numerical modelling of gravitational lensing
03/2011 - 08/2011 Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany (Dr. Thorsten Naab)
Postdoctoral research fellow. Radiative feedback from star formation
Postdoctoral research fellow. Radiative feedback from star formation
09/2003 - 05/2006 Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany (Dr. Achim Gelessus)
Student assistant to the system administrator. Hardware and software maintainance of UNIX work stations in the computer laboratory.
Student assistant to the system administrator. Hardware and software maintainance of UNIX work stations in the computer laboratory.
06/2005 - 08/2005 Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany (Dr. Gavin Rowell)
Intern. Searching for counterparts of a H.E.S.S. high energy source
Teaching
09/2003 - 05/2006 Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Teaching Assistant for the following courses:
- General Computer Science I&II (two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlhase,
- Introduction to Astrophysics I&II(two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Marcus Brueggen,
- Geosciences and Astrophysics Lab I&II (two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Marcus Brueggen.
Giving tutorials and grading homework.
- General Computer Science I&II (two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Michael Kohlhase,
- Introduction to Astrophysics I&II(two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Marcus Brueggen,
- Geosciences and Astrophysics Lab I&II (two semesters) with Prof. Dr. Marcus Brueggen.
Giving tutorials and grading homework.
Grants and Scholarships
06/2005 - 08/2005 Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Two-month scholarship for completing an internship at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany.
03/2003 - 06/2006 Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Three-year merit based partial grant (75%) from the tuition.
Language Skills
Bulgarian - mother-tongue
English - fluent
German - fluent
Italian - basic
Russian - basic
English - fluent
German - fluent
Italian - basic
Russian - basic
Computer Skills
Windows and Linux/UNIX OS, C, C++, MPI, OpenMP, LaTeX
Interests and hobbies
sports (tennis, ski, yoga), nutrition, reading, languages
Certificates
05/2003 Cisco Certified Network Associate, Cisco Networking Academy
Received for successful completion of Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Semester 1 training course.
