PETER DIMITROV PETKOV Associated Professor, PhD

Е-mail: [email protected] tel. (office): +359 2 962 04 42 fax: +359 2 962 04 47 mobile: +359 887 508 138

Date and place of birth: 15 October 1947, Obretenik vil., Ruse distr.

Education: 1977, Engineer of forestry, University of Forestry, ,

Scientific degrees: PhD

Position: Associated Professor

Workplace: Forest Research Institute, Department: Forest entomology and phytopathology 132 St. Kliment Ohridski Blvd., 1756 Sofia

Scientific career:  1982‐1988 – Assistant, Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  1988-1995 – Chief Assistant, Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences  1995 – Associated Professor, Forest Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Scientific Thesis:  1989 - Investigations of some biological and ecological peculiarities of genus Lophodermium fungi causing damages on Scots pine and control

Areas of research interests: phytopathology, ecology, monitoring of forest ecosystems

Participation in scientific and expert councils and commissions:  National Commission on Forest Protection

Membership in scientific organisations: Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

Research projects: Participant in national and international research projects:  Impact of entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu and Soper on gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) population and entomofauna biodiversity in oak ecosystems in Bulgaria (BG-funded, coordinator Dr G. Georgiev)  State and prospects of the Castanea sativa population in Belasitsa mountain: climate change adaptation, maintenance of biodiversity and sustainable ecosystem management (funded by Europe EEA Grants, coordinator: Dr Tz. Zlatanov)  Evaluation and monitoring of forest ecosystems (funded by MEW, MAF-EFA, and ICP Forests of EU program, coordinators Prof. DSc B. Rossnev, Prof. Dr E. Pavlova)  Establishment of a net for wide scale monitoring of forest ecosystems (funded by MOW and FutMon LIFE 07 of EU program, coordinators Prof. DSc Boyan Rossnev, Prof. Dr Ekaterina Pavlova)

Publications: Georgiev, G., P. Mirchev, M. Georgieva, B. Rossnev, P. Petkov, M. Matova, S. Kitanova. 2012. First Record of Entomopathogenic Fungus Entomophaga maimaiga Humber, Shimazu and Soper (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) in Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) in . – Acta zoologica bulgarica, 64 (2), 123-127. Rossnev B., P. Petkov, G. Georgiev. 2011. Causes for drying of coniferous plantations in the region of Kableshkovo, state forestry . – In: Proceeding Scientific Conference ‘Sustainable Forest Management in oak forests in Bulgaria’, Primorsko, 35-38. Georgiev G., P. Mirchev, B. Rossnev, P. Petkov, M. Georgieva, M. Matova, S. Kitanova, D. Pilarska, P. Pilarski, V. Golemansky, M. Todorov, Z. Hubenov, D. Takov. 2011. Introduction of Entomophaga maimaiga and control of Lymantria dispar calamities in Bulgaria – In: Proceeding Scientific Conference ‘Sustainable Forest Management in oak forests in Bulgaria’, Primorsko, 72-79. Georgiev G., D. Pilarska, P. Mirchev, B. Rossnev, P. Petkov, P. Pilarski, V. Golemansky, M. Todorov, D. Takov, Z. Hubenov, M. Georgieva, M. Matova, S. Kitanova. 2010. Entomophaga maimaiga – a factor for increasing stability and enhancing biodiversity in oak forests on the Balkan Peninsula. – In: Proceeding International Scientific Conference „Forest ecosystems and climate changes“, 9–10th March 2010, Belgrade Serbia, vol. 1, 181–185. Petkov, P. B. Rossnev. 2008. Some pathological causes for worsening of Quercus rubra L status in Bulgaria. – In: Proceeding ‘Forestry in Achieving Millennium Goals’, Held of 50th Anniversary of Foundation of Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, 13- 15th November, 2008, Novi Sad, Serbia, 217–219. Rossnev, B., G. Georgiev, P. Petkov, P. Mirchev, M. Georgieva, M. Matova. 2008. Forest ecosystems health status in West region of Medium-high plateaux of Northeast Bulgaria. – In: Proceeding: International Scientific Conference ‘Forestry in Achieving Millennium Goals’, Held of 50-th Anniversary of Foundation of Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment, 13-15th November, 2008, Novi Sad, Serbia, 159–166. Georgiev, G., G. Tsankov, P. Mirchev, P. Petkov, M. Todorov. 2008. Honeydew producers in oak forests of Mountain, Bulgaria. – Silva Balcanica, 9 (1), 85-90. Tasheva-Terzieva, Е., G. Tsankov, P. Mirchev, G. Georgiev, P. Petkov. 2008. Myzocallis walshii (Monell) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) – a new invasive insect pest on red oak (Quercus rubra L.) in Bulgaria. – Silva Balcanica, 9 (1), 91-95. Rossnev B., P. Petkov, P. Mirchev, G. Georgiev, M. Georgieva, M. Matova. 2007. System approach for determination and improvement of Quercus cerris forest status in Bulgaria. – In: Proceeding International Scientific Conferance ‘Integral protection of forests – scientific-technological platform’, 12th December 2007, Belgrade, Serbia, 186–191. Tsakov, H., P. Petkov, A.Cicak, I. Michal. 2006. Structure and health status of beech forests in Middle Balkan range. – In: Proceeding International Scientific Conference ‘Sustainable use of forest ecosystems. The Challenge of the 21st Century’, 8–10th November 2006, Dolnji Milanovac, Serbia, 338–342. Georgiev, G., P. Mirchev, G. Tsankov, B. Rossnev, P. Petkov. 2006. Outbreak of Ips typographus (Ll) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and drying of Norway spruce on Vitosha mountain. – In: Proceeding 39th International symposium on forestry mechanization, 24–28 September 2006, Sofia, 218–220.