Prof. Dr. Ivan Minkov is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology at the University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski". He is also the Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies (IMBB) and CEO of Genomics Research Center Ltd. He earned his M.Sc. in Biology with Honors and Ph.D. in Plant Physiology at the University of Plovdiv "Paisii Hilendarski", in 1972 and 1977, respectively. He holds membership in the Bulgarian Union of Scientists, the European Association on Photobiology, the Scandinavian Society of Plant Physiology, and the European Society of Plant Physiology (FESPP). His scientific interests include Chloroplast Development—Synthesis of Chlorophyll Pigments and Related Proteins in Developing Plant Plastids; Ultrastructural Changes in Developing Plastids; Regulation of Nitrate Reductase and NADPH-Protochlorophyllide Reductase Activity in Higher Plants as NADPH-dependent Enzymes; Molecular Conformation and Localization of Membrane Proteins; Molecular Basis of Plant Stress Response; and Use of DNA markers in Molecular Taxonomy of Parasitic Plants.