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Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL DATA
SURNAME: Dimov
NAME: Nikolay
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 th of March 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kazanlak, Bulgaria
NATIONALITY: Bulgarian
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
Nikolay Dimov
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland
email: nikolay.dimov@dcu.ie
Integration of molecular assays on micro- and nanofluidic devices that expand the ultimate understanding of biological
and physicochemical events. Extremely compelling to me are projects which combine microfabrication with biomedical
research towards point-of-care diagnostics. Academic development and possibilities for teaching and supervising
students are substantial.
EDUCATION
2008–2012 PhD from the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Doctorate in microfluidics and microfabrication. Title of the PhD dissertation: Biomicrofluidic
chemoemitter systems: towards pheromone communication.
2005–2007 MSc in the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
Graduate from the International Master Course of Molecular Bioengineering. Master Thesis:
Biomimetic generation of antifreezing coatings on metallic surfaces. During the course
I was granted with Go West-Scholarship by Haniel Stiftung.
1998–2002 BSc from the State Technological Institute of Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Graduated the faculty of Biotechnolgy with a degree in Biotechnology and Chemical Technology.
Bachelor Thesis: Isolation, purification and characterization of Invertase from Saccharomyces.
Defended with excellent. Study funded by the Bulgarian State, honour of
receiving a scholarship.
1994–1998 High School of Maths Kazanlak, Bulgaria.
Bulgarian High School Diploma.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Current Post Doctoral fellowship in the Biomedical Diagnostics Institute at DCU, Ireland.
2012 Leading the microfluidic research on integration project for miRNA extraction using whole
blood samples; targeting on-disc diagnostics of cancer in the early stage of the disease
development. For the prove of principle miR-16 and miR-195 are detected on a microfluidic
disc platform, however, the platform is generic and the target probe can be easily altered.
2008–2012 PhD researcher in the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
The aim of the project was to establish infochemical communication between microfluidic
devices, e.g. a chemoemitter and a chemoreceiver, based on a concept of using volatiles for
ratio metric coding. I was responsible for the design, development and characterization of
the chemoemitter; that included conducting research on the microreactor surface functionalization
with anti-adsorption layers for enzyme immobilization and characterization.
2002–2005 Chemist-technologist in Arsenal-AD, Bulgaria.
Engineer chemical processes, implement them in new production lines and supervise already
existing technological processes.
SKILLS
PRACTICAL Microfabrication and clean room experience.
Rapid prototyping of Polymers, Zeonor, PMMA and PDMS. Experienced user of CNC, Hot
Embossing, Laser and Knife cutters.
LABORATORY Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Mass Spectrometry (MALDI and ESI), Gass Chromatography
coupled to Mass Spectrometery (GC-MS), Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM), Ellipsometry, FTIR.
SOFTWARE Microsoft Office, Matlab, Comsol Multiphysics, Solid Works, Autocad, Clewin, Burkley-
Madonna, LaTeX.
LANGUAGES English (fluent), Russian (fluent), German (Basic), Dutch (basic), Bulgarian (native)
TRAINING
2011 ’Scientific presentation course’
2009 ’Biosystem engineering - mathematical modeling of bioreactors and cell factories’
2008 ’Course in vacuum technique’, ’Safety course for work in the Nanolab’, ’Lithography
course’, and other trainings in microfabrication, entitled to work in clean room class 10000.
Training to work with Genetically Modified Microorganisms (Genetically Modified Organism,
GMO - I).
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OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 Supervision of students.
Board member in the PhD student network of the University of Twente (P-NUT)
2008 Teaching: practicum in fluidics for second year students.
2006 Research assistant in the lab of Dr. Ute Bergmann, duration 6 months
Fakultät Maschinenwesen, Technical University - Dresden, Germany.
INTERESTS
Travelling, reading, jogging, swimming, spending time with my family.
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