EUROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT PERSONAL INFORMATION Name Address Telephone Fax E-mail Nationality Date of birth STRASHILOV VESSELIN LYUBOMIROV DEPARTMENT OF CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, FACULTY OF PHYSICS, 5 JAMES BOUCHER BLVD., 1164 SOFIA, BULGARIA office: (3592)8161455 (3592)9625276 ves@phys.uni-sofia.bg Bulgarian JULY 15TH 1949 WORK/TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Dates (from – to) • Name and address of employer • Type of business or sector • Occupation or position held • Main activities and responsibilities 2007 - now University of Sofia – Faculty of Physics, 5 James Boucher Blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria Education and science Professor Research in Solid State Acoustics and Acoustooptics – head of the Acoustic Wave Laboratory. Bachelor and Master lecture courses in Solid State Physics, Acoustics and Microelectronics. Coordinator of a Master Program on Wave Phenomena Supervisor of Master and PhD theses works. • Dates (from – to) • Name and address of employer • Type of business or sector • Occupation or position held • Main activities and responsibilities 1986-2007 University of Sofia – Faculty of Physics, 5 James Boucher Blvd., Sofia 1164, Bulgaria Education and science Associate professor Research in Solid State Acoustics and Acoustooptics – head of the Acoustic Wave Laboratory. Bachelor and Master lecture courses in Solid State Physics, Acoustics and Microelectronics. Coordinator of a Master Program on Wave Phenomena. Supervisor of Master and PhD theses works. • Dates (from – to) • Name and address of employer • Type of business or sector • Occupation or position held • Main activities and responsibilities EDUCATION AND TRAINING Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of Strashilov Vesselin 1979 - 1986 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, 72 Tzarigradsko Shaussee, 1784 Sofia Acoustoelectronics Researcher Theoretical and experimental research on acoustoelectronic and acoustooptic phenomena • Dates (from – to) • Name and type of organization providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered • Title of qualification awarded • Level in national classification (if appropriate) 1974-1978 University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics • Dates (from – to) • Name and type of organization providing education and training • Principal subjects/occupational skills covered • Title of qualification awarded • Level in national classification (if appropriate) 1967 –19 72 University of Sofia, Faculty of Physics Acoustoelectronics PhD in physics PhD General Physics, Solid State Acoustics and Acoustoelectronics MSc in Solid State Physics MSc PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas. MOTHER TONGUE BULGARIAN OTHER LANGUAGES ENGLISH • Reading skills • Writing skills • Verbal skills • Reading skills • Writing skills • Verbal skills EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT FRENCH EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT RUSSIAN • Reading skills • Writing skills • Verbal skills ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS EXCELLENT VERY GOOD VERY GOOD Scientific projects management AND COMPETENCES Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and sports) and at home, etc. TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES Computer competence With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc. DRIVING LICENCE(S) Page 2 - Curriculum vitae of Strashilov Vesselin Category B ANNEXES: 1. List of publications 2. Participation in national and international projects 3. Participation in conferences, congresses etc. - Major last years publications 1. V. Strashilov, “Efficiency of poly(vinylidene fluoride) thin films for excitation of surface acoustic waves”, J. Appl. Phys., vol.88, 2000, pp.3582-3586. 2. V. Yantchev and V. Strashilov, “Coupling-of-modes analysis of STW resonators including loss mechanism”, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Control, vol.49, 2002, pp.331336. 3. V. Yantchev and V. Strashilov, “Surface transverse waves in polymer-coated grating configurations”, J. Appl. Phys., vol.91, 2002, pp.5700-5705. 4. V. Yantchev, V. Strashilov, M. Rapp, U. Stahl and I. Avramov, “Theoretical and experimental mass-sensitivity analysis of polymer-coated SAW and STW resonators for gas-sensing applications”, IEEE Sensors J., vol.2, 2002, pp.307-313. 5. V. Yantchev and V. Strashilov, “Reflectivity in surface transverse wave gratings”, J. Appl. Phys., vol.94., 2003, pp. 6212-6214. 6. V. Strashilov and V. Yantchev, “Surface transverse waves: properties, devices and analysis, ”, IEEE Trans. Ultrason. Ferroelec. Freq. Control, vol.52, IEEE-UFFC 50th Anniversary Issue, 2005, pp.812-821. 7. V. Strashilov, “Microwave acoustic media and structures”, a Doctor of sciences dissertation, Sofia University, 2006. 7. G. Alexieva, I. Traykov and V. Strashilov, “Web camera-enabled material research: an acoustooptic example”, Optica Applicata, vol. 37, 2007, 313-322. - Management of a three year scientific project on Thin films for sensing applications sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Science Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of Strashilov Vesselin