Professor DSc, PhD Vesselin Koutev
Master degree in Agriculture (Agronomy, Soil Science and Agrochemistry) is obtained in 1987 from Kharkov State Agricultural University, Ukraine. Doctor of Philosophy degree id obtained in 1995 from Institute of Soil Science “N. Poushkarov”. Title of PhD thesis: “Investigations on the Nitrogen Mineralization Potential of Soil in the Conditions of Laboratory, Pot and Microfield Experiments (with 15N)”. Assistant Professor from 1998; Associate professor from 2004 in Institute of Soil Science “N. Poushkarov” and from 2013 Doctor of Sciences. Title of DSc thesis: “Geostatistical approach to the study of spatial variability of soil parameters for the needs of agriculture and agrochemical research”. Associate Professor in Agrochemistry from 2014 in Forestry University, Sofia.

Leads lectures on the following courses:
– Agrochemistry;
– Crop Production;
– General Crop Production;
– Agrotechnology and fertilization;
– Minimal and zero tillage;
– Management of organic residues;
– Precision agriculture;
– Precision crop production
– Fertilization systems;
– Soil fertility management.
– Specific requirements of agricultural crops for soil fertility.

Leads seminars on the following courses:
• Agrochemistry;
• Agrotechnics and fertilization;
• Management of organic residues;
• Precision agriculture;
• Fertilization systems;
• Soil fertility management;
• Specific requirements of agricultural crops for soil fertility.