Curriculum Vitae

Education

Since 01.10.2012
Ph.D candidate in the International Max Planck Research School for the Anthropology, Archaeology and History of Eurasia (IMPRS ANARCHIE)

2004-2012
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Magister artium in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Thesis: „Die Geschichte der antiken Stadt Philippopolis von der Einrichtung der Provinz Thracia bis zum Goteneinfall im Jahr 250 n. Chr. ” (based on archaeological and historical sources)

Professional Experience

2011-2012
Lectureship, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

2011-2014
Research stays at the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul, the Romano-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt, the University College London and the Bulgarian Archaeological Institute in Sofia

2008-2014
Participation in excavations in Xanthen (Germany), Pömmelte (Germany), Gamzigrad (Serbia), Didyma (Turkey) and Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

Other Activities

2010-2011 and 2012-2013
Student representative in the Prorectorate "Forschung und wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs" and the Research commission of the Academic Senate, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

05-12.2008
External Relations, International Student Organisation AIESEC, Halle (Saale)

Language Skills

Native language: Bulgarian
Foreign languages: German, English, Serbian

Research Focuses

Roman provincial art and archaeology in the Eastern Mediterranean, cultural interaction in the Hellenistic and Roman Eastern Balkans