Tania Pencheva

Tania Pencheva, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of QSAR and Molecular Modelling
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

Biography

Tania Pencheva received her MSc in Bioengineering (1994) and MSc in Applied Mathematics and Informatics (1998) from the Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria, and PhD (2003) from the Centre of Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Sofia. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering - BAS. She is a Deputy Chief Editor of International Journal Bioautomation, member of the Editorial board of International Journal of Computing and Optimization and member of Scientific Monitoring and Advisory Committee of Australian Institute of High Energy Materials. She has published more than 150 publications including 12 books and book chapters with about 200 known citations. She has been awarded by the Union of the Scientists in Bulgaria for young scientist’s achievements in the area of medicinal/biological sciences in 2006.

Research Interest

modelling, optimisation and control of biotechnological processes; drug design, molecular modelling, virtual ligand screening; genetic algorithms; generalised nets