Matey Dragomirov Mateev ( Bulgarian: Матей Драгомиров Матеев) (10 April 1940 – 25 July 2010) was a Bulgarian professor in theoretical physics. He was a fellow of the

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; , ''Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite'', abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a S ...

Early life

Mateev was born in

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. He studied

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where he became a

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in the theoretical department.

Career

He worked at Abdus Salam

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(ICTP),

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(1967). He joined the

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, ), in Dubna, Moscow Oblast (110 km north of Moscow), Russia, is an international research center for nuclear sciences, with 5,500 staff members including 1,200 researchers holding over 1,000 ...

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(1971–1980) where he received a

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in physics (

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) (1980). In 1981 he became an

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and later a

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in 1984. From 1983 to 1985 he led the faculty of physics and was a member of the academic council and vice-rector of

from 1985 to 1986. From 1986 to 1989 Mateev was vice-chairman of the Scientific Committee for Higher Education. He was Minister of Education and Science in the 80th and 81st cabinets (November 22, 1990 - November 8, 1991). In 2003 he was selected as an academician in physics from the

. Academician Mateev was editor-in-chief of the ''Bulgarian Journal of Physics'' (BJP) and a member of the editorial board of ''Balkan Physics Letters''.

References

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