Khristo Yankov Khristov

Background

Khristov, Khristo Yankov was born on June 12, 1915 in Varna, Bulgaria.

Education

Graduate physics with honors, graduate mathematics, Sofia U., 1938; postgraduate, U. Paris Sorbonne postgraduate, Moscow U. postgraduate, Nuclear Research Institute, Dubna, Soviet Union, 1966.

Career

Assistant chairman nuclear physics and meteorology, Sofia U., 1942; assistant professor theoretical physics, Sofia U., 1946; professor Physics and Mathematics Faculty, Sofia U., 1951; corresponding member, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1951; deputy head Physics and Mathematics Faculty, Sofia U., 1952; head Physics and Mathematics Faculty, Sofia U., 1956-1958; chairman nuclear physics, Sofia U., 1958-1967; deputy rector Kl. Ohridski, Sofia U., 1958; rector Kl. Ohridski, Sofia U., 1972-1973; vice chancellor Kl.

Ohridski, Sofia U., 1974; full member, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1961; deputy director Physics Institute, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1964-1967; director Physics Institute, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1972; deputy director, Nuclear Research Institute, Dubna, 1967-1969; head theory of elementary particles section, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1968; head Cosmic Rays Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1968; Bugarian government representative, Nuclear Research Institute, 1970; deputy chairman, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1973-1977; founder, director Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy Institute, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1973; member Presidium, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1977-1982; member science county, Nuclear Research Institute. Chairman Society Bulgarian Physicists, 1971.

Achievements

• Khristo Yankov Khristov has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.