Venko Beschkov, PhD, DSc was born in 1946 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has got his PhD in 1978 and his DSc degree in 1996 in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His present interests are chemical and biochemical processes for environment protection and for utilization of renewable energy sources. He participates in 30 scientific projects, supported by different sources, as well as in 18 applied projects. The last project he was working on is HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM BLACK SEA WATER BY SULFIDE-DRIVEN FUEL CELL, financed by the FP7, BS-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call. He published over 190 scientific papers, 2 monographs and 6 chapters in selected issues. Over 1200 citations of his papers have been noted (h-index=20 G-index=32). He has been Head of the Institute of Chemical Engineering at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for 21 years (1993/2014) and deputy-minister of environment (1991/92). Venko Beschkov, PhD, DSc was born in 1946 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He has got his PhD in 1978 and his DSc degree in 1996 in the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His present interests are chemical and biochemical processes for environment protection and for utilization of renewable energy sources. He participates in 30 scientific projects, supported by different sources, as well as in 18 applied projects. The last project he was working on is HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM BLACK SEA WATER BY SULFIDE-DRIVEN FUEL CELL, financed by the FP7, BS-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call. He published over 190 scientific papers, 2 monographs and 6 chapters in selected issues. Over 1200 citations of his papers have been noted (h-index=20 G-index=32). He has been Head of the Institute of Chemical Engineering at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences for 21 years (1993/2014) and deputy-minister of environment (1991/92).

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