Art.-cor. Evelina Slavcheva received 81 out of a total of 107 votes
For the first time, a woman heads the BAS in the 155-year history of the Academy of Sciences.
Corresponding member Evelina Slavcheva was elected chairman for the period 2024-2028. She received 81 votes from the total of 107 members of the General Assembly, and the microbiologist Acad. Hristo Naydenski – 19 votes.
“Only all of us together can continue the triumphant path of the academy.I will make every effort to make this happen and I believe in your support”, Slavcheva addressed her colleagues. He pointed to continuity and modernity as his main principle.
“I want us to be one community, one big team in its diversity in the service of knowledge and the Bulgarian state and society,” said the new chairman. He promised to take care of the salaries of non-academic positions and the administration, because without them the academy cannot function.
Acad. Julian revalski, whose second term expires on December 7, congratulated his colleague on the convincing victory, and Acad. Naydensky – for the collegiate competition.
“It is obvious that the General Assembly elected her not because she is a lady, but because of many other qualities that she demonstrates - both today and at the time when she was the chairman of the General Assembly of the BAS for two terms,” said Academician. revalski promised her that he would always be ther for help.
“I am confident that as the first Bulgarian scientist taking over the leadership of the oldest and most authoritative scientific institution in Bulgaria, you will work with wisdom, perseverance and foresight to strengthen and upgrade the academic traditions”, President Rumen Radev addressed the member-cor . Slavcheva. Ambition expects the level of research activity to be comparable to Europe and the world.
The first president of the BAS was the director of the Academy’s Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems. Founder and head of the “Hydrogen Systems with Polymer Electrolyte” section at EEEU. Leads teams on 23 research projects. Among the areas of scientific interest of art.-cor. Slavcheva are electrochemical materials science, corrosion and corrosion protection, electrochemical sensorics and electrochemical functional stimulation.