Svetoslav P MartinovProfessor Svetoslav P. Marrtinov, DVM, Ph.D., D.Sci. Director of the Central Research Veterinary Medical Institute - Sofia, Bulgaria (1990-2001). Longtime Head of the National Reference Laboratory of Chlamydia and Rickettsia at the institute. H was Head of the Department of especially dangerous infections and zoonoses and Head of the Department of virology and viral diseases at the National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Medical Institute - Sofia. He works in the fields of microbiology, virology, infectious diseases in animals, and zoonoses. Publications: more than 300 in these directions. Manages or participates in numerous national and international research projects. Over the years, the activities of Professor Martinov also include his work as first Vice-President of the Union of Veterinarians in Bulgaria, founder and first chairman of the Veterinary Association of the countries from Balkan and Black Sea region, member of the Supreme Veterinary Council at the Ministry of Agriculture in Bulgaria, and Vice-President, Bulgarian Society of Medical Geography. He is a member of several national and international scientific societies. Biographical data about Dr. Martinov are included in several editions of the American Biographical Institute, USA, and the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England. Read More Read Less