Background
Atanassov, Atanas Ivanov was born on August 14, 1943 in Dalgopol, Bulgaria. Son of Ivan Atanassov and Velitchka Jelesova Batchvarov.
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Atanassov, Atanas Ivanov was born on August 14, 1943 in Dalgopol, Bulgaria. Son of Ivan Atanassov and Velitchka Jelesova Batchvarov.
Master of Science, Higher Institute Agronomy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, 1977; Doctor of Science, Agricultural Academy, Sofia, 1989; professor (honorary), De Montfort U., Leicester, England, 1994.
Research assistant, Institute Sugar Beet, Shoumen, Bulgaria, 1967-1969; researcher, Institute Sugar Beet, Shoumen, Bulgaria, 1969-1974; researcher, Institute Genetics, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, 1974-1982; senior researcher, Institute Genetics, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, 1982-1985; director, Institute Genetic Engineering, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria, since 1985.
Member Union Scientific Workers, Bulgaria, 1980. Secretary Common for Regulation of Genetically Manipulated Plants, Bulgaria, 1997. Soldier, Bulgarian Army Infantry, 1961-1962, Varna.
Member EUCARPIA (national correspondent 1993), International Plant Tissue Culture Association(national correspondent 1990), Ukrainian Academy Agricultural Science (foreign), Bulgarian Academy Sciences (correspondent).
Married Lilia Borissova Petkova, April 2, 1967. Children: Ivaylo, Stanislava.
