S FakirovBorn in 1936, Prof. Fakirov was educated in Bulgaria where he obtained his first degree in Chemistry at the University of Sofia in 1959. In 1960 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the same University. In 1962 he moved to the Lomonosov State Univrsity, Moscow, obtaining his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1966. In 1972 he was appointed Associate Professor at Sofia University. In1987 he was appointed full Professor of Polymer Chemistry at the same University. He has spent many years as Visiting Professor in various international institutions. Since l984 he has led a group on Structure and Properties of Polymers at the University of Sofia. He has been Vice President of Sofia University. He was gievn the Award of the Union of Bulgarian Scientists and the Honour Award "100 Years University of Sofia". He is member of the Editorial Board of Applied Composite Materials and Advances in Polymer Technology, and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Polymeric Materials. He is presently fellow of the Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal, and has also been fellow of many other international institutions. He is author of more than 250 papers, has contributions in several books as editor and co-author, and holds 9 US patents. He is author of the book Structure and Properties of Polymers, Martinus Hijhoff, Int., 1985. Read More Read Less