CV
Academic experience
Since 2018: Professor of Logic in the Department of Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2013—2018: Associate Professor of Logic in the Department of Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2006—2013: Assistant Professor of Logic in the Department of Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
(Winter semester 2008/09: Visiting lecturer in Logic in the Department of Philosophy, Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Bulgaria)
2003—2006: Lecturer (full-time) in Logic in the Department of Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
2002—2003: Adjunct lecturer (part-time) in Logic in the Department of Logic, Ethics and Aesthetics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Academic exchange
Education
2013: Habilitation, Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, habilitation thesis: Substances, Universals, Proposition. Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language.
2006: Ph.D., Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, dissertation: Gottlob Frege and the Rise of Modern Logic
1999: M.A., Philosophy, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
1990: Sofia High School of Mathematics “Paisii Hilendarski”
Research stays abroad
2019—2020: Humboldt Research Fellowship for experienced researchers (Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium für erfahrene Wissenschaftler) for a one year research stay at the Philosophy Department at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, academic host: Prof. Ulrich Nortmann (Frege’s Begriffsschrift project)
2011, February—May: “Yggdrasil” fellowship of the Research Council of Norway for a research stay at the Wittgenstein Archives (host researcher: Alois Pichler) in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen, Norway (Wittgenstein project)
2007, October—December: Re-invitation grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research stay in the Chair of Prof. Gottfried Gabriel in the Department of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany (Carnap project)
2001—2002: One-year scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research stay under the supervision of Prof. Gottfried Gabriel in the Department of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany (Frege project)
2000—2001: Ernst Mach Grant of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research for a research stay in the Department of Philosophy at the Karl Franzens University of Graz, Austria (academic advisors: Prof. Werner Sauer, Prof. Wolfgang Gombocz)
Professional affiliations and associated activities
- Bulgarian Association of University Professors and Lecturers of Philosophy: Vice-President 2008—2014 (2010, 2012 re-elected); Secretary-General 2004—2008 (2006 re-elected); Member since 2003
- Translator of philosophical literature from German to Bulgarian (over 15 translated articles by Frege, Carnap, etc.)
Language competence
- Bulgarian: mother tongue
- German: C2 according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), certificate “Zentrale Oberstufenprüfung” of the Goethe Institute
- English: Reading and Writing: B2; Listening and spoken production: B1 (self-assessment with reference to the CEFR)