A.
Professional Preparation
2002: PhD in Physics of
Oceans, Atmosphere, Earth, and Space Research. Institute of
Geophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IGBAS). Dissertation:
“Numerical study of local atmospheric effects of various scales on
pollution transport”
1990: MS in Meteorology. University
of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria, Department of
Meteorology and Geophysics
1987: BS in
Physics. University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria,
Faculty of Physic
B. Appointments
·2007
– present: Faculty Research Associate, Environmental Fluid
Dynamics Program, Arizona State University, USA
·2006
– 2007: Scholarship of the Ministry of National Education &
Religion - HELLENIC REPUBLIC, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Greece (Joint Research Project)
·2003
– 2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory,
Central Nantes University (ECN), France (Research Training Network
of EU FP6 - ATREUS Project)
·2002
– present: First Rank Research Fellow, IGBAS
·1996
– 2002: Research Scientist, IGBAS.
·1991
– 1996: PhD. student, IGBAS
C.
Selected Archived Publications (recent)
Ganev,
K., R. Dimitrova, A. Todorova, D. Sirakov, N. Miloshev, M.
Prodanova, 2007: Dilution and Transformation Processes of the Air
Pollution from the Road Transport – Study of the Models-3 System
Sensitivity to Transport Scales and Resolution,
Proc. of the 11th International
Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling
for Regulatory Purposes
(HARMO1),
July 2-5,
Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Dimitrova R.,
K. Richards, M. Weeks, S. Vardoulakis, J-F. Siny, M.Schatzmann, C.
Borrego, 2006: Evaluation of the wind field around buildings –
numerical modeling study, Proc. of the 6th
International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC6), June 12-16,
Göteborg, Sweden.
Vardoulakis, S., R. Dimitrova,
K. Richards, D. Hamlyn, G. Camilleri, M. Weeks, J-F. Sini, R.
Britter, C. Borrego, M. Schatzmann, N. Moussiopoulos, 2005:
Numerical model inter-comparison for a single block building
within ATREUS, Proc. of the 10th International
Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion
Modelling for Regulatory Purposes (HARMO10), October 17-20,
Crete, Greece.
Dimitrova R.,
J-F. Siny K. Richards, M.Schatzmann, 2005: CFD investigation of
airflow around a simple obstacle with single heating wall,
Proc. of the Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conference
(ASAAQ2005), April 27-29, San Francisco, California.
Richards K., M. Schatzmann, B. Leitl,
R. Dimitrova, J-F. Siny, 2005: Wind tunnel modeling of
thermal effects within the vicinity of a single block building
with leeward wall heating: a validation study, Proc. of the 5th
International Conference on Urban Air Quality (UAQ5), March
29-31, Valencia.
Zerefos Ch., D. Syrakov, K. Ganev, A.
Vasaras, K. Kourtidis, M. Tzortziou, M. Prodanova, R. Dimitrova,
E. Georgieva, D. Yordanov, N. Miloshev, 2004: Study of the
pollution exchange between Bulgaria and Northern Greece. Int.
J. Environment & Pollution, vol. 22, No.1/2, 163-185.
Ganev K., R. Dimitrova, D.
Syrakov, Ch. Zerefos, 2003: Accounting for the meso-scale effects
on the air pollution in some cases of large sulfur pollution in
Bulgaria or Northern Greece, Environmental Fluid Mechanics,
vol. 3, 41-53.
Dimitrova R.
and K. Ganev, 2003: Simple pollution transport model with
parameterized vertical structure, NATO Science Series Air
Pollution Processes in Regional Scale,
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ.
Corp, 45-53.
D. International Research Projects
·2006-2009:
Modeling System for Emergency Response to the Release of Harmful
Substances in the Atmosphere - NATO Linkage Grant SEP 981382
·2005-2010:
Quantifying the Climate Impact of Global and European Transport
Systems – QUANTIFY – EU 6FP Contract GOCE – 003893
·2004-2010:
Atmospheric Composition Change: an European Network - ACCENT – EU
6FP Contract GOCE-CT-2002-500337
·2002-2005:
Development of an up-to date Research Infrastructure for Air
Pollution Studies in Bulgaria BULAIR – EU 5FP Contract
EVK2-CT-2002-80024
·1998-2000:
Study of the Pollution Exchange Between Bulgaria and Northern
Greece - NATO Linkage Grant ENVIR.LG 973343/1998
·1995-1996:
Feasibility Study Aiming at a Preparation of Joint European
Project for the Organization of a Center for Postgraduate Training
in Environmental Protection - European Training Foundation TEMPUS
program Contract CME-01191-95
Complete CV
