Research
Development and optimization of analytical procedures using atomic and molecular spectrometry for the analysis of samples with complex matrices.
Analytical characterization of materials for use as sorbents in water purification.
Determination of essential and toxic elements in plant materials and natural products to assess their composition, nutritional value, safety and environmental impact.
Phytoextraction of rhenium from soils and water. Development of rapid, environmentally friendly methods for extracting rhenium from plant biomass and express tests for visual colorimetric determination.
Determination of trace elements in industrial products, air, water, soils, geological materials, and clinical and biological samples using modern instrumental analytical methods.
Development of green analytical chemistry through environmentally friendly methods.
International collaboration:
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg,
Institut für Analytische Chemie, Freiberg, Germany.
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg,
Institut für Analytische Chemie, Freiberg, Germany.
Team
▼ More informationResearch interests • Atomic absorption spectrometry and flow-injection analysis.
• Electrothermal analysis of solutions, suspensions and solid samples.
• Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.
• Total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis.
• Green analytical methods, adsorption and water purification.
• Metrology in chemistry and chemometrics.
Education and professional experience MSc in Chemistry, Sofia University (1985). Joined IGIC in 1988. Defended her doctoral dissertation in 2000; habilitation in 2007.
Research stays Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Jena, Germany; Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel, Belgium.
Office: Building 11, Room 317.
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▼ More informationResearch interests • Phytoextraction of metals from soils and water, and rhenium phytomining.
• Utilization of waste from mining and mineral processing.
• Spectrophotometric and atomic absorption methods of analysis.
Education and professional experience 1991 — MSc in Chemistry, Sofia University.
1992 — Chemist at IGIC.
2012 — Research Assistant.
2016 — PhD in Analytical Chemistry.
2020 — Assistant Professor.
Office: Building 11, Room 304.
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▼ More informationResearch interests • Flame atomic absorption spectrometry.
• Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.
• Analytical characterization of materials.
• Adsorption and purification of contaminated water.
Education and professional experience MSc in Chemistry, specializing in Inorganic Chemical Technologies, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia (2007). Joined the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at IGIC in 2012. Her research includes the characterization of natural materials and their use as biosorbents for water purification.
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Publications
Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov, Lidia Ivanova, Paunka Vassileva
Biosorption of Cu (II) ions on a waste material of plant origin using factorial design approach
Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 56, Special Issue C (2024), 72–77.
Krastena Nikolova, Tinko Eftimov, Aleksandar Pashev, Metody Karadjov, Christina Tzvetkova, Galia Gentscheva, Daniel Brabant, Samia Fouzar
Correlation between chemical characteristics and optical spectra of Spirulina commercially available on the Bulgarian market
Journal of the Turkish Chemical Society, Section A: Chemistry, 10(2) (2023), 465–474.
Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov, Lidia Ivanova, Caroline Hommel, Paunka Vassileva
Chemometric approach to the elemental composition of ethereal oil plant materials
Comptes Rendus de l’Académie Bulgare des Sciences, 75(7) (2022), 966–973.
Caroline Hommel, Jürgen Hassler, Ralf Matschat, Thomas Vogt, Albena Detcheva, Sebastian Recknagel
A fast and robust direct solid sampling method for the determination of 27 trace, main and minor elements in soda lime glass based on ETV-ICP OES and using a gaseous halogenating modifier
Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36(8) (2021), 1683–1693.
Christina Tzvetkova, Luís A. B. Novo, Stela Atanasova-Vladimirova, Tsvetan Vassilev
On the uptake of rhenium by plants: Accumulation and recovery from plant tissue
Journal of Cleaner Production, 328 (2021), 129534.
Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov
Multivariate statistical interpretation of a data set of medieval glass fragments
Comptes Rendus de l’Académie Bulgare des Sciences, 73(1) (2020), 40–47.
Projects
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No. 577/17.08.2018
Duration: 2018–2022
Project leader at IGIC:
Assoc. Prof. Paunka Vassileva, PhD |
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