Professor Dr. Tsanko Gechev

Tsanko Gechev is a Professor at the University of Plovdiv, where he teaches Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics. Since 2015, he is the Director of the Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB).

Dr. Gechev obtained his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Plovdiv. He has carried out specializations at Ghent University (Belgium), Plant Research International and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich, Switzerland), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA), the University of Potsdam and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (Germany).

Dr. Gechev's current research interests include: plant genomics, reactive oxygen species as modulators of plant stress responses and programmed cell death, and molecular mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in Haberlea rhodopensis.

Dr. Gechev is a member of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.

In 2017, Dr. Gechev received the "Pythagoras" award, presented by the Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria.