Associate Professor Plamen Pilarski, PhD Building 23, Office 202 Phone: +359 2 979 3754 Mobile: +359 888 888 993 Е-mail: psp@bio.bas.bg; pilarski0160@gmail.com

FIELD OF RESEARCH

Physiology and biochemistry of algae, green algae, blue-green algae, biologically active substances from microalgae, isolation of new algae strains, biotechnology, cultivation techniques, mass cultivation.

EDUCATION

• 1978 – Master of Science
• 1994 – Ph.D. – Institute of plant physiology „Acad. M. Popov” – BAS, scientific specialty “Plant Physiology “

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• 2011 – Assoc. Professor, IPPG – BAS
• 1988 – 2011 – Assist. Professor, IPP – BAS

SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

• 2014 – Acting leader of Laboratory „Experimental Algology”
• 2012 – Member of the Scientific Council of IPPG – BAS
• 1992 – 2012 – Secretary of the Department „Experimental Algology”, IPP – BAS

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

2000 – 2020 – bilateral cooperation with the Institute of Botany, Czech Аcademy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic

SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS

• DO-02-299. “New microalgae strains – producers of products of potential economic and medical importance”. 2009–2013. Project Leader: Prof. Dr. Lilyana Gigova (IPPG – BAS)
• Е-01/0001. “Investigation of an integrated microbiological process for the production of lignocellulosic biogas waste and the use of CO2 for the cultivation of microalgae.” 2012-2014. Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Alexander Krumov, IM – BAS.
• Bilateral project with the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences. „Study of the biotechnological potential of extremophilic and extremotolerant microalgae and cyanobacteria“. 2014-2016. Project Leader: Assist. Professor Dr. Ivan Iliev, IPPG – BAS.
• Bilateral project with the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences. „Snow algae with biotechnological importance“. 2017-2019. Project Leader: Assist. Professor Dr. Ivan Iliev, IPPG – BAS.
• DN-01/17. “Expansion of the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Thaumetopoeidae) in Bulgaria – a dangerous allergen and economically pest in pine ecosystems”. 2017-2020. Project Leader: Corresponding member Plamen Mirchev, DSc (FRI – BAS).
• Coordinator for IPPG: Assoc. Prof. Plamen Pilarski, IPPG – BAS.
• Bilateral project with the Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences: „Biodiversity and biotechnology of green and blue-green microalgae from hot springs“. 2020-2022. Project Leader: Assist. Professor Dr. Ivan Iliev, IPPG – BAS.
• Project with ALGAE PHARM AD. “Provision of technology and consulting services for the construction of a Chlorella and Scenedesmus biomass production plant” 2017-2019.
• Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Plamen Pilarski, IPPG-BAS.
• Project with ALGAE PHARM AD.”Provision of technology and consulting services for the design, construction and launching of “Facility for production of Spirulina”. 2017-2019.
• Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Plamen Pilarski, IPPG-BAS.

PUBLICATIONS

Number of publications – 76

Number of citations – 350

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Karaivanova M., Gagov I., Michailov Y., Dilov Ch., Pilarski P., Stoilov I., Furnadjieva S.. Antitumour and modulating properties of water soluble extract from Scenedesmus. C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci., 42, 12, 1989, 103-106. ISI IF:0.284

Furnadzieva S., Gabev G., Pilarski P., Dittrt F.. Oxygen evolution, productivity and biomass quality of open mass algal culture under condition of increased medium bicarbonate content. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie (Algological studies), 100 (71), 1993, 103-110. ISI IF:1.293

Livansky K., Pilarski P.. Carbon dioxide supply to algal cultures. II. Efficiency of CO2 absorption from a natural gas supplied to the recirculation pipe of a cultivation unit. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie (Algological studies), 97 (69), 1993, 113-123. ISI IF:1.293

Livansky K., Kajan M., Pilarski P.. pCO2 and pO2 profiles along the flow of algal suspension in open solar culture units: Verification of a matematical model.. Hydrobiologie (Algological studies), 98 (70), 1993, 97-119. ISI IF:1.293

Livansky K., Kajan M., Pilarski P.. Productivity, respiration and chemical composition of the green alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus grown in outdoor cultivation units with and without baffles. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie (Algological studies), 106 (76), 1995, 111-128. ISI IF:1.293

Christov C., Fournadzieva S., Bozhcova M., Toncheva T., Puneva I., Pilarski P., Cherkezov N.. Role of ABA and JA in the ontogenesis of algae. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Special issue 12, 1996, ISI IF:2.402

Pilarska, D., McManus, M., Hajek, A., Herard, F., Vega, F., Pilarski, P., Markova, G.. Introduction of the entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga Hum., Shim. & Sop. (Zygomycetes:Entomophtorales) to a Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) population in Bulgaria. Journal of Pest Science, 73(5), 2000, 125-126. ISI IF:0.7
Benderliev K., Ivanova N., Pilarski P.. Singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen species are involved in regulation of release of iron-binding chelators from Scenedesmus cells. Biologia Plantarum, 47, 4, 2004, 523-526. ISI IF:1.582

Pilarska D., McManus, M., Pilarski, P., Georgiev, G., Mirchev,P., Linde, A.. Monitoring the establishmenт and prevalence of the fungal entomopathoges Entomophaga maimaiga in two Lymantria dispar L. populations in Bulgaria. Journal of Pest Science, 79, 2006, 63-67. IF:0.438

Doicheva L., Furnadjieva S., Pilarski P., Andreeva R., Nyagulov L.. Evaluation of the acute toxicity of the herbicide STOMP 33EC (pendymethalin) with a test object Chlorella kessleri. Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 23/SE, 2009, 289-292. IF:0.291

Doicheva L., Furnadjieva S., Pilarski P., Andreeva R., Nyagulov L.. Investigation of the complex influence of the preparation STOMP E33 (pendymethalin) over Daphnia magna Straws (dissolved in water and accumulated from Chllorella kessleri). Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 23/SE, 2009, 301-304. ISI IF:0.291

Golemansky, V., Pilarska, D., Georgiev, G, Takov, D.,, Todorov, M., Pilarski, P. Protozoan parasites and pathogens of forest pest arthropods. Silva balcanica, 11, 1, Институт за гората, 2010, 67-72.
Chaneva G., Pilarski P., Petrova D. Changes of proline content in Cyanobacterium under oxidative stress. Oxidation Communications, 34, 2, Scientific Bulgarian Communication, 2011, 439-445. JCR-IF:0.25

Lukavský J., Furnadzhieva S., Pilarski P. Cyanobacteria of thermal springs at Pantsharevo, Sofia, Bulgaria. Acta Botanica Croatica, 70, 2, Department of Biology Faculty of Science University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2011, 1-18. JCR-IF:0.386

Gacheva, G, Gigova, L, Ivanova, N, Pilarski, P, Lukavský, J. Growth, biochemical and enzymatic responses of thermal cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa sp. (Cyanophyta) to temperature and irradiance.. Phycological Research,, 61, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2013, ISI IF:1.273

Contarini M., Luciano P., Pilarska D., Pilarski P., Solter L., Huang W.-F., Georgiev G. Survey of pathogens and parasitoids in late instar Lymantria dispar larval populations in Sardinia, Italy.. Bulletin of Insectology, 66, 1, Department of Agroenvironmental Sciences and Technologies, 2013, 51-58. ISI IF:0.592

Georgiev G., Hubenov Z., Georgieva M., Mirchev P, Matova M., Solter L., Pilarska D., Pilarski P. Interactions between the introduced fungal pathogen Entomophaga maimaiga and indigenous tachinid parasitoids of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar in Bulgaria.. Phytoparasitica, 41, 2, Springer, 2013, 125-131. ISI IF:0.324

Georgiev G., Mirchev P., Rossnev B., Petkov P., Georgieva M., Pilarska D., Golemansky V., Pilarski P., Hubenov Z.. Potential of Entomophaga maimaiga for supressing Lymantria dispar outbreaks in Bulgaria.. Comptes rendus de l’Academie bulgare des sciences, 66, 7, 2013, 1025-1032. JCR-IF:0.21

Georgieva M., Georgiev G., Pilarska D., Pilarski P., Mirchev P, Papazova-Anakieva I., Naceski S., Vafeidis P., Matova M. First record of Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) in Lymantria dispar populations in Greece and the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia. Sumarski list, 5-6, 2013, 307-311. ISI IF:0.714

Najdenski, H, Gigova, L, Iliev, I, Pilarski, P, Lukavský, J, Tsvetkova, I, Ninova, M, Kussovski, V. Antibacterial and antifungal activity of selected microalgae and cyanobacteria. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 48, 7, 2013, 1533-1540. ISI IF:1.384

Pilarska D., Todorov M., Pilarski P., Djorova V., Solter L., Georgiev G. Bioassays for detection of the entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophtorales: Entomophtoraceae) in soil from different sites in Bulgaria. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 65, 2013, 173-177, ISI IF:0.305

Georgieva M., Takov D., Georgiev G., Pilarska D., Pilarski P., Mirchev P., Humber R. Studies on non-target phyllophagous insects in oak forests as potential hosts of Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) in Bulgaria.. Acta zoologica bulgarica, 66, 2014, 115-120. ISI IF:0.309

Chaneva G., Pilarski P. Iron supply-induced oxidative changes in Plectonema boryanum (Cyanobacteria). Oxidation Communications, 38, 2, 2015, 714-721. ISI IF:0.451

Gärtner, G, Uzunov, B, Ingolic, E, Kofler, W, Gacheva, G, Pilarski, P, Zagorchev, L, Odjakova, M, Stoyneva, M. Мicroscopic investigations (LM, TEM and SEM) and identification of Chlorella isolate R-06/2 from extreme habitat in Bulgaria with a strong biological activity and resistance to environmental stress factors. Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, 29, 3, 2015, 536-540, ISI IF:0.3

Zúbrik M., Hajek A., Pilarska D., Špilda I., Georgiev G., Hrašovec B., Hirka A., Goertz D., Hoch G., Barta M., Saniga M., Kunca A., Nikolov C., Vakula J., Galko J., Pilarski P., Csóka G. The potential for Entomophaga maimaiga to regulate gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (L.)(Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Europe. Journal of Applied Entomology, 2016, ISI IF:1.65

Marinova G, Ivanova J, Pilarski P, Chernev G, Chaneva G. Effect of heavy metals on the green alga Scenedesmus incrassatulus. Oxidation Communications, 41, 2, 2018, 318-328, ISI IF:0.398

Strunecký O, Kopejtka K, Goecke F, Tomasch J, Lukavsky J, Neori A, Kahl S, Pieper, D. H., Pilarski P, Kaftan D, Koblížek M. High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single cell PCR and amplicon sequencing. Extrermophiles, 23, 1, 2018, 35-48,ISI IF:2

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