Nikolay Simov

(Senior Assistant, Dr)

Professional situation

Professional category: Senior Assistant
Type of contract: Permanent
Organism: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Faculty/School or Institute: National Museum of Natural History (NMNHS)
Department/Section: Vertebrates
Address: 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd
Postcode: 1000
City: Sofia
Country: Bulgaria
Phone: (+359 2) 988 51 15 (ext. 688)
E-mail:

Academic degrees

MSc in Biology — Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (2001)

PhD in Zoology — Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ (2007)

Vertebrates Department

Research interests

Phylogeography, phylogeny, evolution, conservation management, ecology, bioacoustics.

Publications

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Total number of publications: 29

Number of citations: 51

Publications in SCI journals (selected)

Böhme, M. U., U. Fritz, T. Kotenko, G. Džukić, K. Ljubisavljević, N. Tzankov, T. U. Berendonk. 2007. Phylogeography and cryptic variation within the Lacerta viridis complex (Lacertidae, Reptilia). — Zoologica Scripta, 36: 119—131.

Westerström A., B. Petrov, N. Tzankov. 2010. Envenoming following bites by the Balkan adder Vipera berus bosniensis — first documented case series from Bulgaria. — Toxicon, 56: 1510—1515.

Lukanova, S., N. Tzankov, D. Simeonovska-Nikolova (submitted). A comparative study of the mating call of Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) and Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Gayda, 1940) from syntopic and allotopic populations. — Journal of natural history.

Lukanova, S., N. Tzankov, D. Simeonovska-Nikolova (submitted). Inter-population study of the mating call of the marsh frog Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas 1771) in Bulgaria. — Acta zoological bulgarica.

Wielstra, B., Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Litvinchuk S.N., Reijnen B., Skidmore A.K., Sotiropoulos K., Toxopeus A.G., Tzankov N., Vukov T., Arntzen J.W. (submitted). Tracing glacial refugia of Triturus newts based on mitochondrial DNA phylogeography and species distribution modeling. — Frontier in zoology.

Publications in non-SCI peer-reviewed journals (selected)

Tzankov N., A. Stoyanov. 2008. Triturus cristatus (Laurenti, 1768): a new species for Bulgaria from its southernmost known localities. — Salamandra, 44 (3): 153—162.

Lukanov, S., D. Simeonovska-Nikolova, N. Tzankov. 2011. Habitat distribution and vocal activity of the marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus), the European green toad (Pseudepidalea viridis) and the eastern spadfoot (Pelobates syriacus) (Anura: Ranidae, Bufonidae, Pelobatidae) in the protected area of Rupite. — Science & Technologies, Natural & Mathematical science 1 (3): 16—20.

Natchev N., N. Tzankov, R. Gemel. 2011. Green frog invasion in the Black Sea: habitat ecology of the Pelophylax esculentus complex (Anura, Amphibia) population in the region of Shablenska ?uzla lagoon in Bulgaria. — Herpetology Notes, 4: 347—351.

Books (3) (selected)

Stoyanov, A., N. Tzankov, B. Naumov. 2011. Die Amphiben und Reptilien Bulgariens. Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 588 pp.

Technical reports (9) (selected)

Tzankov N., G. Popgeorgiev, S. Mihov. 2007. Yellow-bellied Toad Bombina variegata (Linnaeus, 1758), Species report. Wildlife and sustainable farming initiative, Initiative launched by the European Commission — DG ENV. Orbicon (Denmark), Écosphère (France), Atecma (Spain), Ecosystems LTD (Brussels). 46 pp.

Published abstracts (11) (selected)

Kornilev Y., N. Tzankov, G. Popgeorgiev. 2010. Modeling the distribution of Vipera ammodytes and V. berus in Bulgaria using ecological modeling techniques and GIS. 43—44 pp. — Marco A.L. Zuffi (Editor). — 3rd Biology of the Vipers Conference — Calci, Pisa, 31st March—2nd April 2010. Museum Natural History and Territory, University of Pisa, Italy. 63 pp.

Lukanov, S., N. Tzankov, D. Simeonovska-Nikolova. 2012. A comparative study of the mating call of the marsh frog Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas 1771) in Bulgaria. Annual Zoological Congress of ‘Grigore Antipa’ Museum, 22—23 November, 2012, Book of Abstracts: 181. ISBN: 978-606-92462-7-6.

Scientific experience and qualification

2009 — Molecular Biological Techniques, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden, Kingdom of the Netherlands, duration 4 weeks

2010 — Modern methods for assessing the fauna diversity — ecological approaches (GIS), 1 week

Contributions to congresses

Internationals — 6 presentations (2 oral presentations + 4 posters)

Nationals — 15 presentations (3 oral presentations + 12 posters)

Participation in courses and teaching activity

Teaching activities at the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, course — Exercises of Zoology of the Vertebrates — 2005—2011, 1655 hours

Teaching activities at the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, course — Herpetology — 2008—2013, 273 hours

Supervision of Master students and PhD Students

MSc students (9) — supervisor; PhD students (3) — consultant

Participation in other projects

36 contracts with private companies or administrations.

Field experience

Bulgaria (1996—2012); organisation and participation in expeditions outside Bulgaria: Turkey (2010, 2011), Greece (2010), Kenya (2012).

Other merits

Participation in other organisations
2010—2012 — Vice chair of the CITES scientific authority for Bulgaria

Editorial work
Referee — 21 manuscripts edited. Scientific journals: Acta zoological bulgarica, Conparative cytogenetics, Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle ‘Grigore Antipa’, Zoonotes, Ecologia Balcanica, Archives of biological sciences.

Participation in scientific societies

2011—2013 — Chairman of the Bulgarian Herpetological Society