Maya Miteva Stoyanova

Professor Maya Miteva Stoyanova is a distinguished academic at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", serving as Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI) and Professor in the Department of Algebra. She earned her M.Sc. in 1992 and Ph.D. in 2009 from the same institution, with a career progression from Assistant Professor (1999) to her current position as Professor (since 2021).

Her research focuses on Coding Theory, particularly spherical codes and designs, orthogonal arrays, and energy minimization of combinatorial configurations in polynomial metric spaces. She also contributes significantly to Algebra, Combinatorics, and Number Theory. Her work bridges theoretical mathematics with practical applications in information theory and discrete geometry.

Professor Stoyanova's recent publications (2018-2023) demonstrate a consistent research trajectory in spherical codes, orthogonal arrays, and energy bounds, primarily through collaborations with prominent mathematicians like Peter Boyvalenkov, Peter Dragnev, Douglas Hardin, and Edward Saff. Her work appears in high-impact journals such as Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, and Designs, Codes and Cryptography.

She has successfully supervised doctoral students including Tanya Todorova Marinova and Tedis Arben Ramaj, whose research continued her work on orthogonal arrays and combinatorial configurations. Her academic leadership is evident through her role as Head of the Department of Algebra (2016-2020) and her current position as Dean of FMI.

Professor Stoyanova maintains an active research profile with numerous publications in top-tier mathematics journals, reflecting her significant contributions to discrete mathematics and coding theory. Her work on distance distributions, energy bounds, and spherical designs represents cutting-edge research in combinatorial geometry.