P
ERSONAL INFORMATION
Name
Telephone; Fax
G
UTZOV
, S
TOYAN
I
VANOV
02 / 8161 281
E-mail
Date of birth
O
RGANISATIONAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc.
T
ECHNICAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.
O
THER SKILLS and competences
S
CIENTIFIC
P
UBLICATIONS
SGUTZOV@CHEM.UNI-SOFIA.BG
6 OCTOBER 1964, S
OFIA
, B
ULGARIA
R
ECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
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• Occupation or position held
• Main activities and responsibilities
• Dates (from – to)
• Name and address of employer
• Type of business or sector
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L
AST EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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S
OCIAL SKILLS
AND COMPETENCES
Living and working with other people, in multicultural environments, in positions where communication is important and situations where teamwork is essential
(for example culture and sports), etc.
2006 – 2007
TU Braunschweig, Germany
University / R&D
Visiting professor
High temperature optical properties
2005 –
TILL NOW
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemsitry,
1 James Bourchier Ave., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria
Teaching and research in the area of physical chemistry and solid state
Associate Professor
Teaching; fundamental and applied research; management of research contracts
1991 - 1995
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Chemistry
PhD Degree in physical chemistry & materials science after a defence of a thesis ”Preparation, structure and properties of doped tin and zirconium oxides”
1996 PhD in Chemistry
S
PECIALIZATIONS ABROAD
:
1992-1993: OAAD G
RANT
, U
NIVESITY OF
V
IENNA
, A
USTRIA
1994-1995: DAAD U
NIVERSITY OF
C
OLOGNE
, G
ERMANY
1998-2000 R
OMAN
H
ERZOG
G
RANT
(A
V
H F
OUNDATION
) U
NIVERSITY OF
W
ÜRZBURG
, G
ERMANY
2000-2001 V
ISITING
P
ROFESSOR
, FH M
ÜNSTER
, G
ERMANY
2002-2003 V
ISITING
S
CIENTIST
, TU B
ERLIN
, G
ERMANY
Head of Laboratory of Functional Optical Materials, (January 2006 - till now)
Supervisor of research projects (NSFB). Participation in international (FP6, FP7) projects.
HYBRID MATERIALS
.
S
OL
-
GEL CHEMISTRY
.
O
PTICAL MATERIALS
.
S
OLID STATE CHEMISTRY
.
O
XYNITRIDE CERAMICS
.
ZIRCONIA
.
Teaching of Physical Chemistry (I and II), Ceramic materials, Luminescent materials in
Bulgarian and German.
38 publications, 23 scientific conferences, 11 invited lectures; 140 citations in literature;
H-index = 8 (SCOPUS); 2 PhD students, 2 MSc students, 2 BSc Students.

1.
S. Gutzov, M. Lerch, Nitrogen incorporation into pure and doped zirconia, Ceramics international,
33 (2007) 147-150.
2.
S. Gutzov, A. Börger and K. D. Becker, High temperature optical spectroscopy of cubic holmium doped zirconia, Zr
0.78
Y
0.21
Ho
0.01
O
1.90
,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
9
(2007) 491-496.
3.
G. Ahmed, B. Koleva, S. Gutzov, I. Petkov, Experimental and theoretical spectral properties of ethyl
2-(7-hydroxy-2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yl)-acetate doped sol-gel materials: new materials with potential optical application
, J. Incl. Phenom. Macro.
,
59
(1-2) (2007) 167.
4.
B. Koleva, G. Ahmed, S. Gutzov, I. Petkov, Sol-gel materials doped with 3-(3-(4-
(dimethylamino)phenyl)propenoyl)-2H-chromen-2-one: spectroscopic and structural elucidation,
Spectrochimica Acta (2007),
Spectrochim. Acta A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc.,
69
(2008) 587.
5.
S. Gutzov, G. Ahmed, N. Petkova, E. Füglein, I. Petkov, Preparation and optical properties of samarium doped sol-gel materials,
J. Non-Crys Solids
354
, 29, (2008) 3438-3442.
6.
S. Gutzov, S. Berendts, M. Lerch, C. Geffert, A. Börger and K. D. Becker, High temperature optical spectroscopy investigations on Zr0.78Y0.18Sm0.04O1.89 and Zr0.78Y0.18Ho0.04O1.89 single crystals,
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys
.,
11
(2008) 636-640 .
7.
G. Ahmed, I. Petkov, S. Gutzov, Preparation and optical properties of sol-gel materials, doped with coumarin molecules,
J. Incl. Phenom. Macrocyclic Chem.
64 (2009) 134-138.
8.
Preparation and thermal properties of samarium doped silica xerogels, N. Avramova, S. Gutzov, E.
Füglein, I. Avramov,
J. Non-Cryst. Solids
356
(2010) 422-427.
9.
N. Petkova, S. Dlugocz, S. Gutzov, Preparation and optical properties of transparent zirconia sol-gel materials,
J. Non Cryst Solids
357
(2011) 1547-1551.