Background
Kurtev, Bogdan Jordanov was born on June 16, 1917 in Sliven, Bulgaria. Son of Jordan Stoychev and Ivanka Hadjitodorava (Stancheva) Kurtev.
Kurtev, Bogdan Jordanov was born on June 16, 1917 in Sliven, Bulgaria. Son of Jordan Stoychev and Ivanka Hadjitodorava (Stancheva) Kurtev.
Diploma for Higher Education in Chemistry, Sofia U., Bulgaria, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy in Sciences, Higher Institute Chemical Technology, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1950.
Assistant professor, Sofia U., Bulgaria, 1940-1951; associate professor, Sofia U., Bulgaria, 1951-1961; professor, Sofia U., Bulgaria, 1961-1974; director, Institute Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1958-1960; director, Institute Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1960-1988; academician secretary department chemical science, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1962-1972; vice president, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Bulgaria, 1971-1973; director, United Center Chemical Sciences, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1972-1988; academician, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, since 1974.
Member Union of Bulgarian Scientists, Association Chemists.
Married Gavrila Dinova Daskalova, July 26, 1959. Children: Vanya Bogdanova, Dino Bogdanov.