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Hristo VARBANOV – Universität Innsbruck
Hristo Varbanov


Hristo VARBANOV
Mag. Pharm., Dr.rer.nat.

Institute of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of Innsbruck
Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine
Innrain 80 - 82/IV
Room: L.04.113
6020 Innsbruck / Austria

e-mail: hristo.varbanov@uibk.ac.at
phone: +43-512-507-58253
fax: +43-512-507-58299

ORCID:https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4450-7332

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hristo-Varbanov

09/2003 – 12/2008
Mag. Pharm. (MSc in Pharmacy), Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria

02/2009 - 04/2013
Dr.rer.nat. (PhD in Chemistry), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

09/2011 – 12/2011
Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark

11/2013 - 01/2014
Visiting Scientist, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sofia, Bulgaria

09/2014 – 10/2016
Postdoctoral fellow (FWF Schrödinger fellowship), Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

10/2016 - 01/2018
Senior Postdoctoral fellow (FWF Schrödinger fellowship, return phase), Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

02/2018 - 12/2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria (in cooperation with Bayer AG)

03/2021 – 06/2021
European Project Management Training, University of Applied Sciences Graz, Austria

02/2022 – 06/2022
Part-time lecturer in analytical chemistry, Trakia University – Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Since 07/2022
University Assistant (PostDoc), Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Research focus:

Design, development and investigation of new metal-based drug candidates

  • Gold and platinum N-Heterocyclic Carbene complexes with anticancer and antimicrobial activity

  • Multifunctional platinum(IV) prodrugs

  • Metal-based CT contrast agents

  • Understanding the medicinal chemistry of metallodrugs and metallodrug candidates

Bachelor's Programme Pharmaceutical Sciences

UE Analysis of drugs and their active (pharmaceutical) ingredients (laboratory course) (740158)

Master‘s Programme Pharmaceutical Sciences

UE Chemical Diagnostics (laboratory course) (740131)

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