Background
Gromkova, Rosa Christova was born on October 3, 1931 in Assenovgrade, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Daughter of Christo Gromkov Zenov and Dimitra (Doceva) Gromkova. arrived in South Africa 1984.
Gromkova, Rosa Christova was born on October 3, 1931 in Assenovgrade, Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Daughter of Christo Gromkov Zenov and Dimitra (Doceva) Gromkova. arrived in South Africa 1984.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical School, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1956; Certified in Medical Microbiology, Institute for Higher Education, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1958; postgraduate, Center National Research/Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1963.
Scientist, Institute of Microbiology, Sofia, 1958-1962; head laboratory bacterial genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Sofia, 1964-1969; postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1970-1974; research assistant professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1974-1980; research scientist, Institute Genetics, Cologne, Germany, 1980-1983; senior scientist South African Institute Medical Research, U. Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1984-1993; principal scientist, Institute of Pathology, Pretoria, South Africa, 1994-1999.
Member American Society Microbiology.
Married Luka Borissov Kassarov, March 3, 1970 (divorced 1976).