Daniela Karashanova is an associate professor at Institute of Оptical Маterials and Technоlogies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She received her master's degree in physics in 1994 from the Faculty of Physics, St. Kl. Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria and PhD in physical chemistry in 2005. She has more than 25 years of work experience in the field of scientific research with expertise in transmission and scanning electron microscopy, thin films thermal deposition, structural characterization and electric properties. She is a member of the Bulgarian Crystallographic Society and currently president of its board. ORCID identifier: 0000-0002-8785-3190