Education
| B.S. | University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 1983 |
| M.Sc. | University of Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985 |
| Ph.D. | Iowa State University, 1987-93 (advisor: John D. Corbett) |
| PostDoc | University of Chicago, 1993-95 (advisor: Jeremy Burdett) |
Appointments
| 2002 - present | Professor | University of Notre Dame |
| 1999 - 2002 | Associate Professor | University of Notre Dame |
| 1995 - 1999 | Assistant Professor | University of Notre Dame |
Honors, Awards, and Professional Service
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the Scientific Partner Group of the Max-Planck Institute (Dresden) and the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of:
- Inorg. Chem. (1999-2002)
Chem. Mater. (2004-)
J. Solid State Chem. (2006-)
- Inorg. Chem. (1999-2002)
- The ExxonMobil Faculty Fellowship in Solid State Chemistry, 1999.
- Visiting Faculty, Unverisity of Versailles, France, March 2000.
- NSF CAREER award, 1997.
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, 1995.
- The annual Iowa State University award (the Zaffarano prize) for superior performance in graduate student research, 1993.
- Research excellence award in Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Iowa State University.