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Scientific team
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Dr. Nikolay Georgiev
Zafirov
University of Forestry
Faculty of Ecology and Landscape Architecture
Department of Plant Pathology and Chemistry
PhD
Personal Information:
Nikolay Zafirov was born on 15th March
1979 in Samokov, Bulgaria. He finished secondary school
in Samokov (1997) and completed his university studies in
the University of Forestry – Sofia. His Bachelor’s degree
(1997 – 2001) was on Forestry and his Master’s degree (2002
– 2003) was on Forest Protection, both in the Faculty of
Forestry.
N. Zafirov begun scientific work in 2002 by collecting dendrochronological
samples for his Master’s Thesis – “Impact of predisposing
factors on the decline of Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.)
forests in State Forestry “Borovec”. Scientific advisor
of the Master’s Thesis was Assoc. Prof. St. Mirchev from
the Department of Plant Protection. He also took part in
dendrochronological studies of Beech and Macedonian Pine
forests in Bulgaria.
From 2004 he studies the stressors of the wide spread Scots
pine plantations in Bulgaria as a part of PhD research.
The title of the PhD thesis is “Impact of the predisposing
and inciting factors on the decline of Scots pine (Pinus
sylvestris L.) plantations in South-western Bulgaria” and
the scientific advisor is Assoc. Prof. St. Mirchev.
Selected publications:
1. Zafirov, N., D. Ovcharov, 2005. Dendroecological
analysis of the impact of forest fires on the radial incremant
of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Austrian
pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) cultures in the contact
area of the fire. Forestry Ideas: Proceedings of the “Jubilee
Scientific Conference for Forest Protection”, 17-19 November
17th-19th, 2004, Yundola, Bulgaria, (in press)
2. Zafirov, N., 2005. Dendroecological analysis of Scots
pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in Vitosha Mountain,
Bulgaria’. Proceedings of the "Tree Rings in Archaeology,
Climatology and Ecology (TRACE 2005)" Conference, April
21st-23d 2005, Fribourg, Switzerland (in press)
Conference presentations:
Proceedings of the “Jubilee Scientific
Conference 50 Years University of Forestry – Sofia”, 2003,
Sofia, Bulgaria. Influence of climate conditions on the
radial increments of old Common Beech stands (Fagus sylvatica
L.) in the preserve “Boatin”.
Contacts:
e-mail: niki_zafirov@yahoo.com
tel: +359 888 709858
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