The Most Significant Publications

IVANOV, I.T.; PAARVANOVA, B.K. Three spectrin-sensitive dielectric relaxations in RBC membrane: relation to RBC deformability and surface properties. Applied Biosciences, 2026, 5: 28.

KARABALIEV, M.; PAARVANOVA, B.; TACHEVA, B.; et al. Redox potential of hemoglobin sub-micron particles and impact of layer-by-layer coating. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2025, 26(15): 7341.

KARABALIEV, M.; PAARVANOVA, B.; SAVOVA, G.; et al. In situ monitoring of morphology changes and oxygenation state of human erythrocytes during surfactant-induced hemolysis. Cells, 2025, 14(7): 469.

KARABALIEV, M.; TACHEVA, B.; PAARVANOVA, B.; GEORGIEVA, R. Change in osmotic pressure influences the absorption spectrum of hemoglobin inside red blood cells. Cells, 2024, 13(7): 589.

IVANOV, I.T.; PAARVANOVA, B.K. Radiofrequency dielectric spectroscopy study: effects of pH, hydrogen bond donors and acceptors on the attachment of spectrin skeleton to the lipid membrane of erythrocytes. Bioelectromagnetics, 2024, 45(2): 58–69.

IVANOV, I.T.; PAARVANOVA, B.K. Role of plasma membrane at dielectric relaxations and intermembrane interaction in human erythrocytes. Membranes, 2023, 13(7): 658.

Professional Activities

Academic and Teaching Activities

Head of the Department of Physics, Biophysics, Roentgenology and Radiology at the Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University.

Scientific Secretary of the Faculty of Medicine.

Academic activity in physics and biophysics within the Faculty of Medicine.

Research Activities

Research focused on biological and model membrane systems.

Investigation of membrane structure and dynamics through thermal and radiofrequency dielectroscopy.

Study of drug–membrane interactions and the relationship between the erythrocyte membrane skeleton, deformability and surface properties.

Research into hemoglobin behaviour, erythrocyte morphology and hemolysis.

Development and application of bionanotechnological approaches and nanostructured systems.     Ass. Prof. Boyana Paarvanova, P…

Research Projects

Participation in national and international research projects concerning synthetic oxygen carriers, nanotechnologies and transplantation.

Research collaboration in projects on cell membrane-coated ROS-scavenging nanomaterials.

Participation in bilateral Bulgaria–China and Bulgaria–Austria scientific cooperation projects.

Research on nanostructured surfaces for protein and cell sensing and on protein nanocarriers for drug delivery.     Ass. Prof. Boyana Paarvanova, P…

Scientific and Laboratory Activities

Application of dielectric spectroscopy to biological membranes and erythrocytes.

Investigation of red blood cell deformability, membrane–cytoskeleton interactions and hemoglobin redox behaviour.

Research into membrane stability and nanocarrier systems.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Union of Physicists in Bulgaria.

Member of the Union of Scientists, Stara Zagora.