Biography:
Dr. Petya Stefanova studied Biotechnologies at the University of Food Technologies and received her Master degree as engineer-technologist in 2004. She completed her PhD in 2013 at the same institution. She obtained the position of a Senior Assistant Professor at the “Department of Biotechnology”, UFT in 2016. Stefanova's main scientific interests are in the field of molecular genetic methods for species identification and phylogenetic analyses. She has published more than 25 research articles in SCI (E) journals. Over the past 5 years, Stefanova has participated in six scientific projects and she is a Coordinator of one of them.
Title : Molecular identification, mycelial growth kinetics and antimicrobial potential of newly isolated medicinal mushroom Inonotus hispidus from Bulgaria