Stoyan Yordanov Budurov, Professor DSc

Scientific area:
Solid-state physical chemistry; physical chemistry of metals and alloys; crystal growth and phase transformations; metallic glasses; space materials science

Scientific achievements

Original experimental results on the thermodynamics of metal alloys and phase diagrams;
reaction kinetics and diffusion in solid phases;
preparation of materials, including amorphous and microcrystalline alloys based on iron, nickel, cobalt, zirconium.

Positions held

1979 – 1997 – head of the Department of Inorganic Chemical Technology • Faculty of Chemistry of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

1969 – 1989 – head of section • Institute of Metal Science – BAS

Humboldt research stays in Germany

1997 – Cologne, University of Cologne. Academic host: Prof. Manfred Mühlberg
1994 – Cologne, University of Cologne. Academic host: Prof. Ladislav Bohatý
1990 – 1991 – Dortmund, University of Dortmund. Academic host: Prof. Uwe Köster
1974 – Stuttgart, University of Stuttgart. Academic host: Prof. Bruno Predel
1965 – 1966 – Gießen, University of Gießen. Academic host: Prof. Kurt Neumann

Activities related to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
1992 – 1997 – co-founder and secretary of the Humboldt Union in Bulgaria

Honours

Medal “100 Years of Sofia University” (1988)
Order “Cyril and Methodius” 1st degree (1985)
Order “Red Banner of Labour” (1980)
Humboldt Medal of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1992)