Under The Patronage of The Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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Prof. Svetoslav Georgiev

Associate Professor
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Svetoslav Georgiev

Dr. Svetoslav Georgiev is an Assoc. Professor and Director of the Geological Institute at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences – the largest research organization in the country focused on all aspects of Earth Sciences. He obtained his BSc and Msc diplomas in geology at Sofia University, Bulgaria and a PhD in Earth Sciences at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. His international career involved research and academic positions at the Geological Survey of Norway, Colorado State University (USA) and KFUPM (Saudi Arabia), before heading the Geological Institute (Bulgaria) in 2022. His primary research interest include igneous, sedimentary and petroleum geochemistry and geochronology, volcanology, reconstructing paleoenvironments throughout Earth’s geologic history, and others. He is also the coordinator of a recently launched 5-year national research program “Critical minerals for green transition and sustainable development”, funded by the Bulgarian government.