Tsvetelina Alipieva Nikolova – Associate Professor, PhD
She completed her higher education in 2005 at the University of Forestry, majoring in Agronomy. In 2008, she began working at the University of Forestry as an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of General Agriculture. In 2014, she was admitted as a PhD student with a dissertation topic titled:
“Changes in the Biological Characteristics of the Silkworm under the Influence of Feed Collected from Areas with High Heavy Metal Content in the Soil.”
She successfully defended her PhD in 2017.
She is currently an Assistant in “Special Branches” (Beekeeping and Sericulture) at the Department of Perennial Crops and Horticulture, Faculty of Agronomy.

Subjects:

– Beekeeping – Bachelor’s Degree, specialties in Agronomy and Plant Protection
– Sericulture – Bachelor’s Degree, specialties in Agronomy and Plant Protection
– Bee Pollination – Master’s Degree, specialties in Perennial Crops and Horticulture, and Plant Breeding and Seed Production

Main areas of scientific interest:
– Biology of honey bees and technologies for managing bee colonies
– Potential use of honey bees and bee products as indicators of environmental pollution
– Biology of the mulberry silkworm and breeding technology
– Effects of heavy metals on silkworms