Nikolay Kolev Vitanov, Professor DSc

Nikolay Kolev Vitanov, Professor DSc
President

Institute of Mechanics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Humboldt research stays:
2003-2004 – Max Plank-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Prof. Holger Kantz

Scientific area:
fluid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, mathematical economics, mathematical social dynamics, nonlinear partial differential equations, linear and nonlinear time series analysis, turbulence theory, chaos theory, econophysics, mathematical social dynamics, network theory

Scientific achievements:
modified method of simplest equation for obtaining exact solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations; mathematical model of ideological struggle; method for prediction of strong wind gusts; analytical results on the upper bounds of the heat transport in fluid layers under various conditions

Positions held:

• 2016 – present -Vice-Chairman • Commission for assessment and observation of research activities of universities and research organizations of Republic of Bulgaria (Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Bulgaria)
• 2010 – 2018 – vice-director • Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Honours

• First Prize of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria for best scientific achievements – 2007
• First Prize of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria for best scientific achievements – 2017

Publications

• Nikolay K. Vitanov. Science dynamics and research production. Indicators, indexes, statistical laws and mathematical models. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2016.
• Stefan Radev, Stoycho Panchev, Nikolay K. Vitanov. Instability, Chaos, Turbulence (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House of BAS, 2012.
• Nikolay K. Vitanov. Upper Bounds on the Heat Transport and the Energy Dissipation in Moving Fluids (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Institute of Mechanics, 2011.
• Nikolay K. Vitanov, Zlatinka Dimitrova, Stoycho Panchev. Social Dynamics without Formulas (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House of BAS, 2008.
• Nikolay K. Vitanov, Zlatinka Dimitrova, Stoycho Panchev. Population Dynamics and National Security (in Bulgarian). 2005: Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House of BAS, 2005.