Svetoslav Petrov MartinovDirector of the Central Research Veterinary Medical Institute - Sofia, Bulgaria (1990-2001). Long time Head of the National Reference Laboratory of Chlamydia and Rickettsia at the institute. Chairman of the Committee on Innovative Development ad Implementation of Scientific and Technical Achievements. He was Head of the Department of especially dangerous infections and zoonoses, Head of the Department of virology and viral diseases at the National Diagnostic and Research Veterinary Institute - Sofia and Professor of environmental microbiology at New Bulgarian University - 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 includes 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. He has received national and international awards. 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