Roumiana Panayotova Metcheva ( Bulgarian: Румяна Панайотова Мечева) is a

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researcher, best known for her work on

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and biodiversity protection in the Antarctic. She is the Head of Department of Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology at the

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. Mount Mecheva was named after Metcheva for recognition of her work.

Early life and education

Metcheva was born on July 13, 1950, in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated with a Master in Biology from the Faculty of Biology at the

Sofia University Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria. Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...

(St. Kliment Ohridski) in October 1975. She completed her D.Sc. in Biology, from the Institute of biology and environment at

Jagiellonian University The Jagiellonian University (, UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by Casimir III the Great, King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and one of the List of oldest universities in con ...

, Poland in 1980, researching the

bioenergetics Bioenergetics is a field in biochemistry and cell biology that concerns energy flow through living systems. This is an active area of biological research that includes the study of the transformation of energy in living organisms and the study o ...

and energy flow in '' Strix aluco'' (Tawny owl) populations''.''

Career and impact

Metcheva was a scientific researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences from 1980 – 1993. She was then appointed as the chief of the ‘Physiological Ecology’ laboratory at the Institute of Zoology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1993 and at present works at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (IBER). She is now Head of Department of Ecosystem Research, Environmental Risk Assessment and Conservation Biology, as well as Chairman of the General Assembly of Researchers at the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research at the

. Metcheva was a Member of Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions from 1999 – 2010 and has been a member of the

Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Bulgarian Antarctic Institute is the national Antarctic operator of Bulgaria, organizing annual Antarctic campaigns and maintaining the Bulgarian Antarctic base of St. Kliment Ohridski on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. Histo ...

since 2000. Her research has focused on Antarctic penguins and fishes with a particular focus on toxin accumulation in the food chain.

Awards and honours

Mount Mecheva was named after Metcheva for recognition of her work at St Kilment Ohridski Base in 1999/2000 and subsequent seasons.

References

External links

Roumiana Metcheva's webpage

Roumiana Metcheva
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