User:Slavimira Draganova

• Associate Professor, Institute for Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, 2012
• Associate Professor, Department of Integrated and Biological Pest Control, Plant Protection Institute, 2006 - 2012
• Scientific Secretary of the Plant Protection Institute, 2004 - 2006
• Associate Professor, Department of Integrated and Biological Pest Control, Plant Protection Institute, 2000 - 2004
• Research Associate, Department of Integrated and Biological Pest Control, Plant Protection Institute, 1991 - 2000
• Insect Mycologist, Department of Integrated and Biological Pest Control, Plant Protection Institute, 1979 - 1991

Consultancy/Advisory

• Supervisor of a PhD student at Department of Integrated and Biological Pest Control, Plant Protection Institute – Feb. 2006
• Supervisor of 2 M. Sci. students at Department of Ecology and Environment Protection, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Dec. 2004 – Nov. 2005

Research Interests and Main Activities

• Biodiversity of entomopathogenic fungi in agricultural ecosystems and forestry
• Entomopathogenic fungi as bioagents against arthropod pests - mites and insects (Lepidoptera, Coleoptera) on vegetable, fruit and cereal crops
• Entomopathogenic fungi as an alternative of pesticides in pest control of store products
• Interactions between beneficial organisms - entomopathogenic fungi, viruses and parasitoids
• Isolation, identification, collection of isolates of entomopathogenic fungi and bioassays
• Interactions amnong isolates of entomopathogenic fungi and soil microorganisms