"> Albena Detcheva-Tchakarova – IGIC BAS

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IGIC-BAS, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Blg. 11, room 317

Contact Information

Call: + 359 2 979 2504

Email: albena@svr.igic.bas.bg

Albena Detcheva-Tchakarova

Prof., PhD

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Research areas

  • Flame
    atomic absorption spectrometry; flow injection analysis;
  • Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry for analysis of liquids, slurries and solid samples;
  • Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry for analysis of liquid and solid samples;
  • Total reflection X-ray fluorescence analysis;
  • Development of “green” analytical chemistry by means of environmental-friendly methods;
  • Adsorption
    processes and water purification;
  • Metrology
    in chemistry and chemometrics.

Selected papers

  1. 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;
  2. Lidia Ivanova, Paunka Vassileva, Albena Detcheva,
    “Studies on copper (II) biosorption using a material based on Thymus vulgaris L.”,
    SizeMat3 2021 Issue of Materials Today: Proceedings, 61 (2022) 1237–1242 ;
  3. 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’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 75(7) (2022) 966-973;
  4. 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;
  5. Albena Detcheva, Vasil Simeonov
    “Multivariate statistical interpretation of a data set of medieval glass fragments”,
    Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 73(1) (2020) 40-47;  
  6. A. Detcheva, J. Hassler, L. Ivanova, C. Hommel, T. Vogt,
    “ETV-ICP-OES determination of essential, non-essential and toxic elements in seven Bulgarian herbs”,
    Comptes Rendus de L’Academie Bulgare des Sciences, 72(4) (2019) 464-471;

Professional experience:

  1. 1985

    MSc in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry; graduation golden medal for excellent academic performance

    Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
  2. 1985

    Analytical Chemist

    Institute of Applied Mineralogy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
  3. 1988

    Analytical Chemist

    IGIC-BAS
  4. 2000

    PhD-Thesis: “Atomic Absorption Analysis of Impurities in Fluoride Matrix”

    IGIC-BAS
  5. 2001

    Research Scientist

    IGIC-BAS
  6. 2007

    Habilitation in Analytical Chemistry

    IGIC-BAS
  7. 2007

    Associate Professor

    IGIC-BAS

Specializations abroad:

  1. Netherlands
    Research fellowship of the Dutch government at the Free University, Amsterdam
  2. Germany
    Research fellowship “Dr.-Anton-Kalojanoff” at the Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena
  3. Belgium
    Detached National Expert at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements, Geel

International cooperation

  • Germany
    Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für analytische Chemie, Freiberg