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Prof. Dr. Rumiana Dimova

Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Rumiana Dimova
2023 Thomas E. Thompson award of the Biophysical Society for R. Dimova’s work on membrane rigidity and tension, membrane curvature and membranes in electric fields
2021 Liesegang Prize of the German Colloid Society in recognition of R. Dimova’s work on lipid bilayers and biomembranes
2016-2019 Elected as Scientific Representative of Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2015 Elected as the 2017 Chair of the Membrane Structure and Assembly Subgroup of the Biophysical Society
2014 Emmy Noether distinction  for women in physics (European Physical Society); interview published in Europhysicsnews
2014 Privatdozent in Biophysics at Potsdam University, Germany
2012 Habilitation in Biophysics at the University of Potsdam
Since 2005 Staff scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Since 2000 Group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2000 Postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
1999 PhD, Bordeaux University,  France (in collaboration with Sofia University, Bulgaria)
1997 Second MSc degree within the framework of the international post-graduate program in “Separation processes in the industry and environmental protection”, Sofia University and Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (Bordeaux)
1995 MSc degree in Theoretical chemistry and chemical physics, Sofia University, Bulgaria