Curriculum Vitae

Selected Publications

    

    

Pavlina Ivanova Ivanova

Research fellow, Ph.D

Laboratory PLASMA PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING, Institute of Electronics - BAS

Office address:

Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS);

72 Tsarigradsko Chaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria;

Phone: +359-2-979 5923

E-mail:

Education:

• 2004 - Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, Bachelor degree, Physics and Mathematics;
• 2007 - Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, Bachelor degree, Theoretical Physics;
• 2007 - Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, Master degree, Physics
• 2008-2011 - PhD student, Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria;
  Title of the thesis: "Evaluation of EEDF in tokamak plasma by Langmuir probe", Supervisor: PhD Tsviatko Popov;
• 2012 - Sofia University, Faculty of Physics, PhD, Plasma physics and gas discharge (Thermonuclear fusion).

Employment information:

• 2013-present - Plasma Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - assistant professor;
• 2012-2013 - Plasma Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - assistant;
• 2010-2012 - Plasma Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - physicist;
• 2007-2009: Faculty of Physics, Sofia University - physicist.

Field of Research (Keywords):

Langmuir probe measurements, plasma diagnostics, tokomak edge plasma, magnetized plasma, DC gas discharges, Electron Energy Distribution Function (EEDF), plasma potential, First derivative Langmuir probe method

International Experience:

• Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic - 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016;
• Faculty of electrical engineering and the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia - 2010.

Member of the organising committee:

11^th International Workshop on Electric Probes in Magnetized Plasmas (IWEP2015)

20^th Vacuum, Electrons and Ion Technology (VEIT 2017)

Membership of Professional Organizations:

Union of Physicists in Bulgaria

Languages (level of proficiency):

• English - good
• Russian - good

    

    

    

    

LIST OF SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Tsv. K. Popov, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac, M. Dimitrova, P. Ivanova, Tsv. Naydenova,

   Advanced Probe Measurements of Electron Energy Distribution Functions in CASTOR Tokamak Plasma

   (2007) Journal of Physics - Conference series 63, 012002

2. Tsv. K. Popov, P. Ivanova, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac, F. M. Dias,

   EEDF Measurements in the CASTOR Tokamak Using the First Derivative Langmuir Probe Method

   (2007) 34^th EPS Conf. on Plasma Physics ECA 31F, P-5.104

3. Tsv. K. Popov, P. Ivanova, M. Dimitrova, F.M. Dias, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac,

   On the First Derivative Probe Method for EEDF Measurements in Tokamak Edge Plasma

   (2008) Journal of Physics: Conference Series 113, 012004

4. Tsv. K. Popov, P. Ivanova, E. Benova, T. Bogdanov, F.M. Dias, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac

   On the Evaluation of the Plasma Potential and Electron Energy Distribution Function in Tokamak Edge Plasma

   (2008) 35^th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. ECA 32, P-4.081

5. Tsv. K. Popov, P. Ivanova, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac,

   Electron energy distribution function, plasma potential and electron density measured by Langmuir probe in tokamak edge plasma

   (2009) Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 51, 065014 (15pp)

6. P. Ivanova, Tsv. K. Popov, E. Benova, T. Bogdanov, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac,

   Electron Langmuir Probe Current in Tokamak Edge Plasma

   (2009) 36^th EPS Conference on Plasma Phys. ECA 33E, P-5.210

7. P. Ivanova, Tsv. K. Popov, M. Dimitrova, E. Benova, T. Bogdanov, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac

   Precise evaluation of the plasma potential in COMPASS tokamak divertor area,

   (2011) Acta Technica 56, T71-T83,

8. Tsv K Popov, P. Ivanova, M. Dimitrova, J. Kovacic, T. Gyergyek, M. Cercek

   Langmuir Probe Measurements of Electron Energy Distribution Function in Magnetized Gas Discharge Plasma

   (2012) Plasma Sources Science and Technology 21, 025004

9. M. Dimitrova, P. Ivanova, I. Kotseva, Tsv.K. Popov, E. Benova, T. Bogdanov, J. Stöckel, R. Dejarnac

   Evaluation of the plasma parameters in the COMPASS tokamak divertor area

   (2012) Journal of Physics: Conference series 356, 012007

10. M Mitov, A Bankova, M Dimitrova, P Ivanova, K Tutulkov, N Djermanova, R Dejarnac, J Stöckel, Tsv K Popov

    Electronic system for Langmuir probe measurements

    (2012) IoP Journal of Physics: Conference series 356, 012008

11. Tsv K Popov, P. Ivanova, M. Dimitrova, J. Kovačič, T. Gyergyek, M. Čerček

    Langmuir Probe Measurements of Electron Energy Distribution Function in Magnetized Gas Discharge Plasma

    (2012) Plasma Sources Science and Technology 21, 025004

12. Tsv K Popov, M Mitov, A Bankova, P Ivanova, M Dimitrova, S Rupnik, J Kovačič, T Gyergyek, M Čerček, F M Dias

    Langmuir Probe Method for Precise Evaluation of the Negative - Ion Density in Electronegative Gas Discharge Magnetized Plasma

    (2013) Contrib. Plasma Phys. 53, No. 1, 51 - 56, ISSN:0863-1042

13. Dimitrova M, Dejarnac R, Popov Tsv K, Ivanova P, Vasileva E, Kovačič J, Stöckel J, Havlicek J, Janky F, and Panek R

    Plasma Parameters in the COMPASS Divertor During Ohmic Plasmas

    (2014) Contrib. Plasma Phys. 54, No. 3, 255 - 260, DOI 10.1002/ctpp.201410073, ISSN:0863-1042, Online ISSN: 1521-3986, IF=0.983

14. Popov Tsv K, Dimitrova M, Ivanova P, Hasan E, Horacek J, Dejarnac R, Stöckel J, Weinzettl V, and Kovačič J

    Langmuir Probe Evaluation of the Plasma Potential in Tokamak Edge Plasma for Non-Maxwellian EEDF

    (2014) Contrib. Plasma Phys. 54, No. 3, 267 - 272, DOI 10.1002/ctpp.201410076, ISSN:0863-1042, Online ISSN: 1521-3986, IF=0.983.

15. P Ivanova, M Dimitrova, E Vasileva, Tsv K Popov, R Dejarnac, J Stöckel, M Imríšek, P Hacek and R Panek,

    Determination of the plasma potential and the EEDF by Langmuir probes in the divertor region of COMPASS tokamak,

    (2016) Journal of Physics: Conference series - accepted for publication.

16. M Dimitrova, E Hasan, P Ivanova, E Vasileva, Tsv Popov, R Dejarnac, J Stöckel and R Panek,

    Electron energy distribution function in the divertor region of the COMPASS tokamak,

    (2016) Journal of Physics: Conference series 700, 012009

17. Tsv K Popov, M Dimitrova, P Ivanova, J Kovačič, T Gyergyek, R Dejarnac, J Stöckel, M A Pedrosa, D López-Bruna and C Hidalgo,

    Advances in Langmuir probe diagnostics of the plasma potential and electron-energy distribution function in magnetized plasma

    (2016) Plasma Sources Science and Technology, 25(3):033001

18. P Ivanova, M Dimitrova, E Vasileva, Tsv K Popov, R Dejarnac, J Stöckel, M Imrišek, P Hacek and R Panek,

    Determination of the plasma potential and the EEDF by Langmuir probes in the divertor region of COMPASS tokamak,

    (2016) Journal of Physics: Conference series 768(1):012003