Vassya Bankova

Vassya Bankova obtained her PhD in Natural Product Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) in Sofia. She has worked as a guest-researcher at the Ruhr University – Bochum, the University of Saarland, Saarbruecken, the Bandeirante University, Sao Paulo, and the Institute of Molecules of Biological Interest, Naples. Currently, she is the head of Lab “Chemistry of Natural Substances” at the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, BAS. Her research interests are directed towards search for new biologically active compounds from unexplored biological subjects (endemic plants, mushrooms, bee products); development of modern reliable methods of qualitative and quantitative analysis of the active components in complex extracts of natural products. Her special interest is devoted to the bee product propolis (bee glue): its chemistry, plant origin, biological activity, health-promoting potential, analysis and standardization. She and her group have been studying propolis for over 20 years and have published over 70 papers in international peer reviewed journals and three book chapters on this topic. Her total number of publications is over 160, and she has an h-index of 26. She is a member of the International Honey Commission, responsible for the Propolis group. She is also a part-time lecturer at the University of Sofia and is on the Editorial Boards of Chemistry Central Journal and Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

Biography Updated on 21 May 2012

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