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About the Authors

Rumiana Kotsilkova

Professor of Materials Science in the Central Laboratory of Physico-Chemical Mechanics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Leader of the Thematic Group "Clusters, Nanoparticles, Composites" and member of the Expert Council of the National Centre on Nanotechnology.

Career History: Doctor of Sciences (2005) on technology, structure and properties of thermoset nanocomposites and Ph.D (1983) on applied and theoretical rheology. Joined the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1973. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (post doc) in Karlsruhe University, Germany...