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CURRICULUM VITAE

Penka Vlaykova Maglova - Stoeva

Contact details:
Space Research and Technology Institute
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Stara Zagora Department
47 Gurko str. ap. 6
6000 Stara Zagora
Bulgaria
tel.: +359 076 25 34 13
e-mail: penm@abv.bg, seac2021stz@abv.bg

Position: Professor

Date of birth: March 15, 1954, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Marital status: married, with two children
Knowledge of languages: English and Russian - fluently

Education:
PhD – Doctor of the scientific speciality: Physics of the ocean, atmosphere and the around-Earth environment

1992 – 1994 Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarsky”,
Institute for Retraining Teachers “Anastasiya Tosheva”, Stara Zagora,

Qualification: teacher in English in primary and secondary school

1972-1976 Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarsky”,

Qualification: M.Sc. physics and teacher in physics and mathematics

Areas of study: comet and planetary atmospheres, solar corona, solar and geomagnetic activity, solar-terrestrial connections, education and dissemination of knowledge, speleology and archaeoastronomy

Professional Interests: cometary and planetary atmospheres, solar corona, solar and geomagnetic activity, solar-terrestrial relations, education and public outreach, speleology and archaeoastronomy

Academic record:
All published works except abstracts - 218
Peer-reviewed papers in IF journals - 33
Conference presentations: oral and/or poster - 189
Invention copyright certificate - 1
Citations - 110
h-index - 5

Supervisor of doctoral students: 2
Research experience / Participation in projects:
11 international and 6 national projects
2 projects BAS - RAS - Manager and 1 participant
1 project BAS - Egyptian Academy of Sciences
3 International projects
2 International Programs - coordinator and participant
2 National programs
4 contracts with the Ministry of Education and Science - participant
2 International projects to the UNESCO Commission - participant
7 project proposals

Participation in the organization of scientific forums:
8 international scientific conferences - participant in the Scientific and Organizing committees
Organization of the 28th Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC - European Society for Astronomy in Culture, http://www.archeoastronomy.org/) "Astronomy in Culture and Observation of the Sky in Antiquity", Stara Zagora, 6th - 10th September, 2021 (http://seac2021.org/).

Expert activity:
1. Participation in the Expert Workshop "World Heritage: Science and Technology" in the framework of the UNESCO Global Strategy for Creating a Balanced and Representative List of World Heritage, held in London, January 21 - 23, 2008
2. Participation in the UNESCO Expert Working Meeting "Astronomy and World Cultural Heritage", held in Kazan, August 19-24, 2009.
3. Participation in the work of the working group on Astronomy and World Heritage at the International Astronomical Union (Astronomy and World Heritage working group http://www.astronomicalheritage.org/)
4. Participation in the Expert Working Meeting of UNESCO - UNESCO International Scientific-Practical Conference "Historical, Cultural and Scientific Heritage of Astronomical Observatories: Formation of the Outstanding Universal Value of Sites", December 2-7, 2019, Kazan, Tatarstan.

Editorial activity:
Reviews - 7
Visits
Participation in international expeditions, scientific organizing committees of conferences and symposiums, and presenting research results in Australia, Austria, Argentina, Armenia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Korea, Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and USA.

Honours and awards:
Diploma of the Stara Zagora Municipality in connection with the 40th anniversary from the first man flight in the space of Yuriy Gagarin, in honour of an outstanding contribution in the fields of space research, March 2001
Certificate of recognition of the American Geophysical Union for creative vision, outstanding leadership, and scientific contributions to the success of the International Heliophysical Year, January 2010
Diploma and jubilee medal of the Space Research and Technology Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Institute and for outstanding merits in the field of space research and approval of the Republic of Bulgaria as space state, 2019.
Memberships: COSPAR, SEAC (European Society for Astronomy in Culture) - one of the founders (Bulgaria 1993), Vice President of SEAC - 2020, IAU - ICHA (Inter-union Commission for History of Astronomy) and Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage, UIS (International Speleological Union) - Commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst, Union of Physicists in Bulgaria, Union of Astronomers in Bulgaria.

Links
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Penka_Stoeva
http://rock-cut.thracians.org/bg/a_t_muglova.php
http://seac2021

Activities

Works (4)

Prehistoric Astronomical Observatories and Paleoclimatic Records in Bulgaria Estimate Astroclimate during 4000–4500 BCE: A Critical Assessment

Quaternary
2023-01 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Alexey Stoev; Yavor Shopov; Penka Stoeva; Ognyan Ognyanov; Lyubomira Raykova
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
grade
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Archaeoastronomy in the Big Data Age: Origin and Peculiarities of Obtaining Data on Objects and Artifacts

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Mina Spasova; P. Stoeva; A. Stoev
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Informal astronomy education in Bulgaria at the beginning of the XXI century: organization, continuum, results

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Penka Stoeva; Alexey Stoev
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Processing methods and approaches for the analysis of images of the eclipsed solar corona taken during campaigns with the participation of amateur astronomers

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: A. Stoev; P. Stoeva; S. Kuzin; M. Kostov; A. Pertsov
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