Milena Hristova Yordanova – Associate Professor, PhD

She graduated in 1992 in Higher Agricultural Institute (now Agricultural University), Plovdiv, Bulgaria, majoring Viticulture and Horticulture. In 1999 she started to work at the University of Forestry as an Assistant Professor. Since 2007 she is assistant professor. In 2009 she graduated PhD degree with a thesis on "Biological studies on the effects of using mulch in growing broccoli - Brassica oleracea var. Italica Plenk". Since October 2020 she is an associate professor

Leads lectures, exercises and seminars on the following courses:

• “Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection);
• “Greenhouse Vegetable Growing” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection);
• “Introduction to Organic Farming” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection).
• “Mushroom Growing” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection);
• “Vegetable Growing” (BSc program in Agronomy and Plant Protection);
• “Organic vegetable growing” (MSc program in Vegetable Growing);
• “Urban horticulture” (MSc program in Vegetable Growing);
• “Rare vegetable crops” (MSc program in Vegetable Growing);
• “Regenerative horticulture” (MSc program in Regenerative Agriculture);
• “Non-traditional agricultural crops” (MSc program in Regenerative Agriculture)

Major fields of scientific interests:
• Mulching, composting; and other practices and technologies for Organic, Bio-intensive and Biodynamic vegetable growing;
• Search and preservation of old practices in horticulture and old native species and varieties of spice and vegetable crops
• Growing technologies of non-traditional vegetable crops;

Detailed CV and List of selected publications