Assoc. Prof. Vanya Mantareva, PhD
address: G. Bonchev, bl. 9, fl. 2, room 211
E-mail: mantareva@yahoo.com
Phone: + 359 2 960 6 181
Work experience
2014 - 2015
Institute of organic chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry
Associate Professor
2005 - 2013
Institute of organic chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry
Assistant Professor
1999 - 2004
Institute of organic chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry
Assistant
1991 - 1994
Institute of organic chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry
Chemist
Key words
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Photosensitizers
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Phthalocyanines
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Photodynamic therapy
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Photoinactivation
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Photophysics
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Photochemistry
Expert activities
2010 - present
Education
1995 - 1998
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Bioorganic Chemistry
PhD
1985 - 1990
University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy - Sofia
Engineering Chemistry
Master
2010 - present
Significant publications
1. Mantareva, V., Kussovski, V., Angelov, I., Borisova, E., Avramov, L., Schnurpfeil, G., Wöhrle, D. Photodynamic activity of water-soluble phthalocyanine zinc(II) complexes against pathogenic microorganisms. (2007) Bioorg. & Med. Chem. 15(14), pp. 4829-4835.
2. Mantareva, V,. Kussovski, V., Angelov, I., Wöhrle, D., Dimitrov, R., Popova, E., Dimitrov, S. Non-aggregated Ga(III)-phthalocyanines: synthesis and photodynamic effect on pathogenic microorganisms planktonic and biofilms cultures. (2011) Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 10(1), pp. 92-102.
3. Mantareva, V., Angelov, I., Kussovski, V., Dimitrov, R., Lapok, L., Wöhrle, D. Photodynamic efficiency of water-soluble Si(IV) and Ge(IV) phthalocyanines towards Candida albicans planktonic and biofilm cultures. (2011) Eur. J. Med. Chem., 46, pp. 4430-4440.
4. Mantareva, V., Angelov, I., Wöhrle, D., Borisova, E., Kussovski, V. Metallophthalocyanines for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: An overview of our experience. (2013) J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines, 17(6-7), pp. 399-416.
5. Mantareva, V., Shopova, M., Spassova, G., Wöhrle, D., Müller, S., Jori, G., Ricchelli, F. Si(IV)-methoxyethylene - glycol - naphthalocyanine: synthesis and pharmacokinetic and photosensitizing properties in different tumour models. (1997) J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol., 40, pp. 258-262.
Significant projects