Сurriculum vitae Svetoslav Malchev


Name, academic position and degree

Svetoslav Malchev Malchev, assistant prof., Ph.D.

Affiliation – research organization, department

Fruit Growing Institute – Plovdiv, 12 “Ostromila” Str., 4004 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Department of “Breeding, genetic resources and biotechnologies”

 Education

Ph.D., Research of selected hybrids and new cultivars in sweet cherry breeding, Fruit Growing Institute – Plovdiv, 2017

Master degree “Production of seeds and planting material”, Agricultural university – Plovdiv,

Bachelor degree “Ecology and environment protection”, Agricultural university – Plovdiv,

Academic positions in the last five years

Assistant professor, Fruit Growing Institute – Plovdiv, department of “Breeding, genetic resources and biotechnologies”, 2017 – until now.

Assistant researcher, Fruit Growing Institute – Plovdiv, department  “Breeding, genetic resources and biotechnologies”, 2008-2017

Main research area and subareas

Breeding and genetic resources

Additional research areas and subareas

Molecular biology, ecology

Specializations abroad and international collaborations
  1. Ca.Pi.Flora (“Phenotypical, biological and molecular characterization of monoecious genotypes Pistacia terebinthus L. of Mediterranean flora”): “Modern methods for pomological studies of species and varieties of Pistacia spp.” 05.08 -19.12.2008, Centro di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura, Rome, Italy;
  2. COST-STSM-FA1104-13667 “Sweet cherry evaluation methods and techniques. Processing new cultivars and hybrids.” 19-May-2013 to 15-June-2013, UMR1332 BFP, A3C Team INRA-Bordeaux, France
  3. COST-STSM-FA1104-20918 “Innovations in the Hungarian sweet and sour cherry production”, 01-07 September-2014, National Agricultural and Innovation Centre NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  4. COST FA1104 Training School "Sensory evaluation", 12-17.05.2015, University of Evora, Portugal
  5. SCIEX 14.088 “DeepCherry: Deep transcriptome sequencing to uncover bacterial disease resistance in cherry” January-September 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
  6. COST FA1104 Training School “Molecular diagnostics of bacterial diseases” 21st - 25th September 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
  7. "Applied Statistics Using R", May 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
  8. "Molecular Biological Analysis and Application (MBAA)", 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
  9. "MiSeq System" (provided by Illumina, Inc), 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

10.  "Fragment Analyzer" (provided by Advanced Analytical), 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

11.  "BluePippin" (provided by Sage Science), 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

12.  "MALDI-TOF MS" (provided by Shimadzu), 2015, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland

Scientific awards and membership in scientific societies

ISHS Young Minds Award for the best oral presentation at the III International Symposium on Horticultural Crop Wild Relatives in Bulgaria in October 2018