Rumiana Dimova

Some many, many years ago…

My first name is usually confused with Rumina, Romina, Rumania or Romania. The latter is a country, I’m not. However, I’m open to new suggestions for name variants. 🙂 

Румяна Димова

A Kind of CV

2023Thomas E. Thompson award of the Biophysical Society for R. Dimova’s work on membrane rigidity and tension, membrane curvature and membranes in electric fields
2021Liesegang Prize of the German Colloid Society in recognition of R. Dimova’s work on lipid bilayers and biomembranes
2016-2019Elected as Scientific Representative of Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2015Elected as the 2017 Chair of the Membrane Structure and Assembly Subgroup of the Biophysical Society
2014Emmy Noether distinction  for women in physics (European Physical Society); interview published in Europhysicsnews
2014Privatdozent in Biophysics at Potsdam University, Germany
2012Habilitation in Biophysics at the University of Potsdam
Since 2005Staff scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Since 2000Group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
2000Postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
1999PhD, Bordeaux University,  France (in collaboration with Sofia University, Bulgaria)
1997Second MSc degree within the framework of the international post-graduate program in “Separation processes in the industry and environmental protection”, Sofia University and Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (Bordeaux)
1995MSc degree in Theoretical chemistry and chemical physics, Sofia University, Bulgaria