Katerina Aleksieva Assistant Professor, PhD (+359 2 ) 9793917 email: kati@ic.bas.bg; k_aleksieva@yahoo.com

Main fields of research

• EPR and ENDOR spectroscopy;
• Identification of irradiated foodstuffs and medicines;
• Free radicals;
• EPR in catalysis;
• Solid state chemistry.

Publications:

1. P. Vassileva; T. Radoykova; A. Detcheva; I. Avramova; K. Aleksieva; S. Nenkova; I. Valchev; D. Mehandjiev, “Adsorption of Ag+ ions on hydrolyzed lignocellulosic materials based on willow, paulownia, wheat straw and maize stalks”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 13, 1319-1328, 2016.
2. P. Stefanov, S. Todorova, A. Naydenov, B. Tzaneva, H. Kolev, G. Atanasova, D. Stoyanova, Y. Karakirova, K. Aleksieva, “On the development of active and stable Pd-Co/γAl2O3 catalyst for complete oxidation of methane”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 266, 329-338, 2015.
3. K. I. Aleksieva, K. G. Dimov, N. D. Yordanov, “Identification of gamma-irradiated fruit juices by EPR spectroscopy”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 103, 27-30, 2014.
4. K. Aleksieva, N. D. Yordanov, “EPR investigation of some gamma-irradiated excipients”, Radiation effects and defects in solids: Incorporating plasma science and technology, 167, 685-689, 2012.
5. K. Aleksieva, O. Lagunov, K. Dimov, N. D. Yordanov, “EPR study on non- and gamma-irradiated herbal pills”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 80, 767-770, 2011.
6. K. Aleksieva, L. Georgieva, E. Tzvetkova, N. D. Yordanov, “EPR study on tomatoes before and after gamma-irradiation”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 78, 823-825, 2009.
7. N. D. Yordanov, K. Aleksieva, “EPR study on gamma-irradiated fruits dehydrated via osmosis”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 76, 1084-1086, 2007.
8. N. D. Yordanov, K. Aleksieva, A. Dimitrova, L. Georgieva, E. Tzvetkova, “Multifrequency EPR study on freeze-dried fruits before and after X-ray irradiation”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 75, 1069-1074, 2006.
9. N. D. Yordanov, K. Aleksieva, I. Mansour, “Improvement of the EPR detection of irradiated dry plants using microwave saturation and thermal treatment”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 73, 55-60, 2005.
10. N. D. Yordanov, K. Aleksieva, “X- and Q- band studies on fine powders of irradiated plants. New approach for detection of their radiation history by using Q-band EPR spectrometry”, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 69, 59-64, 2004.