• M.S. (1988) Theoretical Physics, Univ. of Sofia
• Ph.D. (2008) Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico
• Ph.D. (2009) Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Sofia, Inst. Molec. Biology
• Employment:
  • 2004-2006 Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, T-11 & CNLS.
  • 2006-2008 Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Division, Science & Technology Group.

Research Interests:

Selected Recent Publications:

1. B. S. Alexandrov, V. Gelev, S. Wook Yoo, A. R. Bishop, K. O. Rasmussen, and A. Usheva, Toward a Detailed Description of the Thermally Induced Dynamics of the Core Promoter, PLoS Comput Biol. 2009;   5(3): e1000313.
2. B. S. Alexandrov, V. Gelev, Y. Monisova, L. B. Alexandrov, A. R. Bishop, K. O. Rasmussen, and A. Usheva, A nonlinear dynamic model of DNA with a sequence-dependent stacking term, Nucleic Acids Research, 2009 doi:10.1093/nar/gkp016.
3. Choi, C., Rapti, Z., Gelev, V., Alexandrov, B. S., Park, E., Park, J., Horikoshi, N., Smerzi, A., Rasmussen, K., Bishop, A., Usheva, A. Profiling the Thermodynamic Softness of Adenoviral Promoters, Biophysical Journal.  95,597-608 (2008).
4. B. S. Alexandrov, K. D. Ianakiev, and P. B. Littlewood. Branching Transport Model of Alkali-Halide Scintillators, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.  586,432-438 (2008).
5. B. S. Alexandrov, L. T. Wille, K. O. Rasmussen, A. R. Bishop, and K. B. Blagoev. Bubble Statistics and Dynamics in Double-Stranded DNA, Physical Review E, Rapid Communications  74,050901 (2006).
6. K.B. Blagoev, B.S. Alexandrov, E.H. Goodwin, A.R. Bishop.Ultra-violet Light Induced Changes in DNA Dynamics may enhance TT-dimer Recognition, DNA Repair, Brief Reports  5,863-867 (2006).