Prof. Tatyana Tabakova

Tatyana Tabakova received a PhD degree in Chemical kinetics and catalysis from the Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, in 1994. She has been a Full Professor at the same institute since 2012. Her research interests involve various aspects of heterogeneous catalysis, such as applying different methods for synthesizing new materials and catalysts and investigating the relationship between the structure and catalytic activity of catalysts, with fundamental and practical applications. Currently, she is interested in the preparation and study of gold catalysts supported on different oxides for reactions with environmental impact—in particular, clean hydrogen production via water–gas shift and selective CO oxidation reactions, volatile organic compounds, and CO oxidation. She has coordinated and participated in many projects (COST; NATO; bilateral projects with universities and research institutes from Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland, Belgium, China, etc.). She has published over 110 peer-reviewed papers (5K+ citations and an h-index of 38).