Research
Current research projects
- Thermochronological evolution of the Upper Cretaceous porphyry-epithermal systems in the Panagyurishte segment of Central Srednogorie zone. Together with: Dr. Eleonora Balkanska (University of Sofia, Bulgaria), Prof. Irena Peytcheva and Dr. Stoyan Georgiev (Geology institute, BAN), Milorad Antić (Belgrade University), Prof. Takahiro Tagami (Kyoto University), Dr. Shigeru Sueoka (Japan Atomic Energy Agency).
Past research projects
- Serbo-Macedonian massif, an enigmatic terrain within the Eastern Mediterranean Alpine orogen. (Dr. Alexandre Kounov, PhD candidate MSc. Milorad Antić)
- Structure and geodynamic evolution of Central Stara planina Mountain. (Prof. Dimo Dimov, Dr. Ianko Gerdjikov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria)
- Epeirogenic history of Southern Africa: tracking 200 Ma of uplift, exhumation, erosion and influence on climate. Sub-Project 1.3 of “Inkaba ye Africa” Joint Initiative of the German and South African Earth Science Communities (Dr. Alexandre Kounov)
- Tisza and its role in the framework of the tectonic evolution of the Alps, Dinarides and Carpathians. (Prof. Stefan Schmid, Dr. Alexandre Kounov)
- Low-temperature thermochronological constraints on the evolution of the Orange River drainage system and its surrounding relief (Augrabies Falls area). (Dr. Alexandre Kounov, Dr. Giulio Viola)
- Post-Gondwana tectonics in western South Africa: from the Namaqualand offshore to the Kalahari. (Dr. Giulio Viola, NGU Norway; Dr. Marco Andreoli, South African Nuclear Energy Corporation and School of Geosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
- Thermochronology of the South Caribbean plate Boundary Zone : Dutch Antilles and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. (Dr. Richard Spikings, MSc. Roelant van der Lelij, Département de Minéralogie, Université de Genève)