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Name: |
Pravda Stoeva-Popova |
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Associate Professor of Biology |
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Ph.D., Genetics, State Committee of Science and Technical Progress, Supreme Attestation Board, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, Sofia, Bulgaria
B.S., Agronomy, Academy of Agriculture, Bulgaria
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| Office: |
210 Dalton Hall |
| Phone: |
803/323-2111 x6432 |
| E-mail: |
stoevap@winthrop.edu |
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| Area(s):
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Plant Genetics, Plant Biotechnology
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Dr. Stoeva-Popova is an assistant professor in Winthrop's Department of Biology. She received her Ph.D. in genetics from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Genetics, in Sofia, Bulgaria, and had completed a post-doctoral fellowship received from SPPS (Service de Programmation de la Politique Scientifique) of Belgian Government at the Station d’Amelioration des Plantes at Gembloux, Belgium. She worked as senior research scientist at Agrobioinstitute in Sofia Bulgaria prior to joining Winthrop.
Stoeva-Popova has taught both introductory and upper-level courses in biology including "Principles of Biology," "General Botany," "Scientific Process in Biology," "Genetics," and "Genetic Engineering." Her research interests are presently focused on studies of cytoplasmic male sterility in tomato and related species and their hybrids. Stoeva-Popova has 61 publications in the area of plant genetics and biotechnology, and her research has been presented at numerous international research meetings.