Assoc. Prof. PhD Vera Zamfirova Petrova

Assoc. Prof. PhD Vera Zamfirova Petrova

Lecturer

Address:

1 Vasko Arabadzhiev Str., 1700 Sofia, Building D, office 216 102

Phone:

(+359 2) 91 907/368

Fax:

(+359 2) 862 28 30

E-mail:

v_petrova@ltu.bg
Lecturing and teaching in the disciplines:
Irrigation and drainage, Erosion and soil conservation, Irrigated agriculture of energy crops, Hydraulic Reclamation, Adaptive agriculture and water management, Land reclamation in agriculture

Miscellaneous information:

Vera Zamfirova Petrova – Associate Professor, PhD
She graduated in 2005 in University of Forestry, specialty “Plant Protection”. PhD thesis on “Evaluation of ameliorative effect on water and heat regime of soybean and wheat” in 2010. From 2011 she was appointed as Assistant Professor in Department of Soil Physics to ISSAPP “N. Poushkarov” and since 2015 as Associate Professor. In 2016 started work at University of Forestry as an Associate Professor.

Leads lectures on the following courses:
• Irrigation and Drainage
• Irrigation techniques in the cultivation of vineyards, orchards and vegetable crops;
• Adaptive agriculture

Leads seminars on the following courses:
• Irrigation and Drainage
• Soil erosion – monitoring and prevention

Major fields of scientific interests:
• Soil – physical properties;
• Water balance of the soil.
• Physiological and physical indicators of water and heat plants stress;
• Irrigation with wastewater;
• Use of sludge and organic waste in agriculture and production of bio gas;
• Melioration practise.