Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Diana Karcheva-Bahchevanska, PhD

Education: educational and qualification degree “MSc in Pharmacy” at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Plovdiv (2012), a PhD in the doctoral program “Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry” (2018) with the defense of a dissertation thesis entitled “Study of the functional properties of polyphenolic extracts obtained from species of the genus Vaccinium L. on enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism”.
Specialty: “Medicinal plants and phytopharmaceuticals”
Scientific activity: Author/co-author of more than 25 publications in refereed journals in Scopus and Web of Science; with more than 20 participations in national and international forums; 10 research projects, 2 of them with the National Research Fund; Member of “Phytochemical Society of Europe”.
Scientific interests are in the field of pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, plant biochemistry, and enzymology.