The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences celebrated the National Enlighteners Day with a solemn assembly. The celebration was held jointly with the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria. […]

On the National Enlighteners Day, Head of State Rumen Radev awarded the Presidential Badge of Honour to prominent Bulgarian personalities with great contribution to the spiritual development and scientific authority of the country. From BAS, Acad. Krassimir Atanassov and Corr. Mem. Vladko Panayotov were awarded. President Rumen Radev presented the Honorary Badge to Acad. Prof. Krassimir Atanassov for his scientific and applied contribution in the field of artificial intelligence, medicine, biology, transport and a number of other areas, as well as for his achievements in raising the significance of Bulgarian scientific publications among the leading ones in the world. For his outstanding merits to the development of science in the field of chemistry, mining and the enrichment and protection of the environment and ecology, as [...]

The Assembly of Academicians has elected today new Corresponding Members in the fields of Physical Sciences, Chemical Sciences and Earth Sciences. Natural Sciences and Mathematics Branch Department of Physical Sciences: […]

The Assembly of Academicians today has elected three new academicians in the fields of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, and Arts and Art Studies.         Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Branch: Academician Atanas Ivanov Pavlov Born in 1967. His main scientific contributions are in the areas of: Biologically active substances from in vitro plant systems with application in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. Development of aqueous biphasic systems as non-traditional methods for cultivation of in vitro plant systems. New and non-traditional bioreactor systems for in vitro cultivation of plant systems. Cell agronomy with multi-metabolite profiling. He works at the University of Food Technologies - Plovdiv and the Institute of Microbiology "Stephan Angeloff" of BAS. In 2014, he was elected a corresponding member of [...]

Three new academicians in the medical sciences and humanities have been elected today by the Assembly of Academicians. […]

Four new full members (academicians) in the field of biological and engineering sciences have been elected today by the Assembly of Academicians of BAS. No academician has been elected in the scientific area of Earth Sciences. In the Biological Sciences Branch, the following have been elected academicians: Academician Rumen Georgiev Pankov. He was born in 1955. He is a world-renowned scientist in the field of cell and molecular biology. He works at the Faculty of Biology of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski". In 2012, he was elected a corresponding member of BAS. Academician Draga Ivanova Toncheva. She was born in 1950. She is a world-renowned specialist in the field of medical genetics and genomics. She works at the Medical Faculty of the Medical University - [...]