1982: MSc, Faculty of Biology, St Kliment Okhridski University of Sofia; thesis: Marine blue–green algae from Northern and Central parts of the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, supervisor Dr S. Draganov 1991: PhD, Institute of Parasitology, BAS; thesis: Cestodes of the family Dilepididae from passeriform birds in Bulgaria: faunistic, morphological and taxonomic studies, supervisor Dr T. Genov 2007: DSc, Central Laboratory of General Ecology, BAS; thesis: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the cestode superfamily Paruterinoidea (Cyclophyllidea) 1982–1989: Biologist, Central Laboratory of Helminthology, BAS 1989–1995: Research Fellow, Institute of Parasitology, BAS 1995–1996: Research Fellow, Institute of Ecology, BAS 1996–2009: Associate Professor, Central Laboratory of General Ecology, BAS (CLGE-BAS) 2004–2006: Researcher, Department of Zoology, Natural History Museum, London, UK 2002–2016: Leader, Parasite Biodiversity Research Group 2009–present: Professor Member of editorial boards for Folia Parasitologica, Systematic Parasitology, Acta Parasitologica, ZooKeys and Zoodiversity. Editor-in-Chief, Acta Zoologica Bulgarica