Dimitre Ivanov Email & Phone Number

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

• Develop and implement analytical LC-MS and GC-MS protocols to determine primary and secondary metabolite composition in various crop species exposed to abiotic and biotic treatments
• Assist in securing external funding sources, through preparation of research grant applications and initiation of industrial partnerships (ex. fee-for-service contracts, collaboration with BioAtlantis Ltd.)
• Mentor and trained students during their undergraduate and graduate thesis projects
• Completed project management training in quality, risk and procurement management, as well as project leadership.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Member of the President’s Advisory Committee on Environment and Sustainability (PACES), a university-wide panel of experts tasked with developing the Western University Climate and Sustainability Strategy
• Produced C-13 labeled ginsenosides using American Ginseng grown in a C-13 CO2 enriched environment as a bioreactor
• Procured and constructed equipment to facilitate a long-term monitoring program of ginsenoside content in soil during ginseng cultivation in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of industrial, governmental and.
• Isolated and identified a novel ginsenoside breakdown product using LC-MS and NMR
• Mentored and trained graduate and undergraduate students through the successful completion of their theses and research projects

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

• Conducted metabolomic and transcriptomic studies in order to identify and characterize novel chemical compounds produced during ontogeny from wild neotropical Piper (Piperaceae) species
• Developed techniques for germinating and cultivating wild neotropical Piper (Piperaceae) species
• Organized data from multiple local (Brazil) and international collaborators (United States and Colombia) for preparation of manuscripts and conference presentations
• Recipient of a competitive joint international scholarship from the BIOTA – FAPESP (Brazil) NSF (United States) program

London, Ontario, Canada

• Biology 2290F/G Scientific Methods in Biology
• Assisted in teaching a course section on UV-VIS spectrophotometry and its applications
• Duties included supervising and setting up the lab as well as monitoring student completion of the course material
• Assisted in supervision of the field-course section of the course, sampling flora and fauna in Pinery Provincial Park (Ontario, Canada).

London, Ontario, Canada

• Tested the effects of natural soil amendments and various agri-chemicals in controlling the herbivory of the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) and the populations of plant-pathogens Streptomyces.
• Independently conducted experiments as part of large research team
• Mentored and taught volunteer students

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Department Of Biology

● Published results of thesis project about the role of ginsenosides and extracellular glycosidases in the Ginseng-Pythium irregulare.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Honors Specialization In Biology