Professor.George Dechev, Ph.D. biochemistry; D.Sc. biophysics
edit1954........Development of a polarographic method for the measurement of adsorption kinetics of proteins
1958........Study of propagating electric fields at transitory processes in plants
1961........Development of an EPR instrument at 10 cm for the study of not-dried plants
1962........Beginning the development of the thermodynamics of regulated processes for the adequate consideration of the optimal self-regulation of biological objects
1965........Invention and production of the first non-mechanically scanning UV-VIS spectrophotometer making 15,600 spectra per second using TV technique
1966........Foundation of the Central Laboratory of Biophysics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
1969-72....Head of the first aspect of the European international collaboration in biophysics “Selfregulation of metabolism” in which participated 23 institutes
1972........Beginning of the development of functional ecology
1979-83....Founding and heading of the Group of Ecology of the Bulg. Acad. of Science
1979-85....Head of joint projects with the Stockholm University and the National Swedish Board for Technical Development
1980........Development of a remote sensing spectral device on scanistors on behalf of the Swedish Board for Technical Development simultaneously,but separately from the device made by the US Institute in Princeton
1980-88....Head of the European International Experiment of Coastal Ecology
1986........Accomplished the transition from System Theory’s formal kinetics to conventional chemical kinetics
1987-90....Member of the advisory board of the international journal “Internationale Revue der gesammten Hydrobiologie”
1989-90....Head of the International Task Force for the International Program of the International Convention for the Protecting of the Black Sea
1983-93....Director of the UN/UNDP Black Sea Project
1992........Employment in the TUBITAK Scientific Center on the order of the Vice Min. President of Turkey for the development and heading of a Program for the Protection of the Marmara Sea
1992........Member of an International Expert Group for the aquentance with the USA environmental protection
1992-93....Visiting 23 US environmental institutions on the US East and West coasts,the headquarters of US EPA and NOAA, EPA’s R&D Center
1993........Experimenting with terrestrial plants in the LA Arboretum
1994........Experimenting with aquatic ecosystems in the So. California Marine Institute
1994........Research affiliated at CALTECH’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1995........Study of the coherence of the photosynthetic processes in plants
1996-03....Development of methods for the measurement of the absolute rates of the simultaneous photosynthetic processes of oxygen production, light respiratory oxygen consumption and dark-respiratory oxygen consumption
2003-08....Development of functional-ecological methods for the in situ measurement of the oxygen and other substances (including pollutants) consumption rates in dense biotopes as bottom sediments, beaches, wetlands, and soil