New College Professor Mariana Sendova Promoted
New College of Florida physicist Mariana Sendova has been promoted from associate professor to professor of physics. Sendova came to New College in 2000 as an assistant professor and has been an associate professor of physics since 2006. She teaches a number of courses in the traditional physics curriculum and offers a course directed at life sciences’ students interested in applying principles of physics to biological systems. A native of Bulgaria, Sendova received her M.Sc. and PhD degrees from Sofia University.
Among her many accomplishments at New College, Professor Sendova started the first experimental physics research laboratory at the College. She also has been successful in attracting grants and funding from numerous leading national and scientific organizations, including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Collaboration in Basic Science and Engineering (COBASE), the United States Department of Education, and most recently from the Department of Army to develop a nanoscience research and teaching program at New College.
Internationally, Professor Sendova has active ongoing collaborations with The French National Research Center, Orsay, France; Max-Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany; The Central Laboratory of Solar Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France; and The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
In addition to her teaching, Professor Sendova has successfully solved interesting scientific problems in different areas of applied physics, material science, nanotechnology, spectroscopy and biophysics. She has two patents and more than 40 publications in such renowned and diverse peer reviewed journals as Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Journal of Biochemistry, Journal of Molecular Catalysis, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics and Archaeometry. She is currently working on cutting-edge research endeavors involving raman spectroscopy with the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida.
Professor Sendova strongly encourages her students to work on real-life research projects in her laboratory. Many of them have received national awards and actively participate in her international collaborative projects. In addition, her students regularly present their findings at international science research conferences.
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