Staff

The administrative management of the museum consists of a director, deputy directors, a scientific director and an administrative director. The museum’s staff consists of scientific, support and administrative staff.

Governing body

— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr, Director
— Stoyan Beshkov, Prof. Dr, Deputy Director
— Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Deputy Director
— Latinka Hristova, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Scientific Director
— Sofia Gospodinova, Administrative Director

Palaeontology and Mineralogy Department

— Georgi Markov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Latinka Hristova, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Nedko Nedyalkov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, curator (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Nadezhda Karastoyanova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Dimitar Plachiyski, Sen. Assist. Dr (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Ralitsa Bogdanova, MSc, anthropologist
— Vladimir Nikolov, Assist.
— Nikolai Spassov, Dr, expert
— Chavdar Karov, MSc, mineralogist
— Iliya Dimitrov, MSc, mineralogist, householder

Botany Department

— Dimitar Uzunov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Salza Palpurina, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Irina Gerasimova, MSc, botanist
— Nadejda Apostolova-Stoyanova, MSc, botanist

Botany Laboratory
Head: Irina Gerasimova, MSc, botanist

Invertebrates Department

— Rostislav Bekchiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Stoyan Beshkov, Prof. Dr
— Pavel Stoev, Prof. Dr
— Borislav Guéorguiev, Prof. Dr
— Stanislav Abadjiev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Stoyan Lazarov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Mario Langourov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dragomir Dimitrov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Fedor Konstantinov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Alexandra Tokareva, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova, Assist.
— Fani Bozarova, technical assistant

Entomology Laboratory
Head: Nikolay Simov, Assoc. Prof. Dr

Vertebrates Department

— Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr, Head of Department
— Georgi Popgeorgiev, Prof. Dr
— Ilya Acosta, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Violeta Zhelyazkova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Stefaniya Kamenova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Violeta Evtimova, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Assen Ignatov, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Ivaylo Angelov, Sen. Assist. Dr
— Nia Toshkova, Assist.
— Zlatozar Boev, DSc, zoologist
— Pencho Pandakov, zoologist
— Vera Hristova, technical assistant

Ichthyology Laboratory
Head: Tihomir Stefanov, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Laboratory of Molecular Taxonomy and Ecology
Head: Iva Karaivanova

Administration and Exposition

— Sofia Gospodinova, Administrative Director
— Asya Asenova, Prof. Dr, museum educator
— Milena Goranova, chief accountant
— Viktoriya Boneva, accountant, finance controller
— Vyara Ivanova, cashier, accounting
— Sylvia Tosheva, public relations officer
— Zlatka Yaramova, Head Cultural Activities
— Veselina Lilova, human resources officer
— Elena Ararska, librarian
— Yordanka Leshtakova, technical assistant/Scientific Archive curator
— Antoniya Asenova, shop assistant
— Snezhana Dimitrova, cashier
— Vaska Pavlova, cashier
— Stoika Chavdarova, cashier (Branch Asenovgrad)
— Panayot Dimitrov, chief conservator
— Milena Koleva, guide
— Veselina Chirova, guide
— Trifon Trifonov, electrician
— Nikolay Deyanov, facilities maintenance expert
— Ivaylo Stefanov, facilities maintenance worker
— Biser Stankov, guard
— Mariyana Vasileva, guard
— Petranka Kedikova, guard
— Veronika Evtimova, guard

Young scientists

— Maksim Kolev
— Monika Pramatarova

Postdoctoral students

— Svetlozara Kazandzhieva, Dr
— Stanimira Deleva, Dr

Retired scientists

— Petar Beron, Prof. Emeritus DSc
— Christo Deltshev, Assoc. Prof. Dr
— Dimitar Dimitrov, Prof. Dr
— Zdravko Hubenov, Prof. Dr
— Svetoslav Petrussenko, Assoc. Prof.