February , 1969 | Born in Sofia, Bulgaria |
09/1976 - 07/1983 | Primary School Education |
09/1983 - 07/1988 | High School Education at the English Language School, Sofia |
09/1988 - 07/1993 | University Education at the Technical University, Sofia. |
Specialization in Microelectronics and Technology | |
of the Microelectronics Production | |
05/1989 | Ranked second in the National Students Mathematical Olympiad |
07/1993 | Final exam and master's thesis on |
``Design of Silicon HBTs with SiGe Base''. | |
Received diploma degree in Electrical Engineering. | |
09/1993 - 01/1994 | Compulsory military service in reduced time (4 months instead of 24) |
as one of the top-twenty specialists (per year) of national importance | |
03/1994 - 03/1997 | Industrial experience at the Siemens Joint-Venture Digicom Ltd, Sofia |
03/1997 | Entered doctoral program at the |
Institute for Microelectronics, TU Wien | |
07/1997 - 12/2000 | Free researcher of Siemens, Munich, Germany |
(since 1999 Infineon Technologies) | |
06/2000 - 09/2000 | Visiting researcher at LSI Logic, Milpitas, CA, USA |