Ivanka Dakova is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”. Ivanka Dakova earned the M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Sofia in 1984 and 1994, respectively. Ivanka Dakova was a Science Researcher at the Institute of Roses (1985–1987), a Science researcher at the National Centre for Special Polymers (1990–1999), a Head Chemist at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Sofia (1999–2001), an Assistant Professor (2001–2002), a Senior Assistant Professor (2002–2006), a Head Assistant Professor (2006–2012), and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012. Ivanka Dakova’s research interests include Analytical Chemistry, Separation and preconcentration methods, Polymers, Molecular and ion imprinted polymers, Speciation analysis.