Krassimir Metodiev
Professor Dr. Krassimir Metodiev, MD, PhD, DSc(Med), is head of the Department of Preclinical and Clinical Sciences, Medical University, Varna, Bulgaria; president, IMAB; vice president, FESCI; referent, UICC; and director, ARW Bioterrorism, Scientific Affairs’ Division, NATO. His specialties are immunology and clinical microbiology. He has published over 250 papers, IF 175.00, 9 books on medicine, and 2 books on poetry. He is the editor in chief of the Journal of IMAB and editorial board member of IJIP, EJI, CEJM, JAA, and JISAO. He has edited Risk Infections and Possibilities for Biomedical Terrorism (IOS Press, NATO), Immunodeficiency (InTech Press), and Immunopathology and Immunomodulation (InTech Press). Prof. Dr. Metodiev was an invited speaker and a chairperson of congresses and symposiums, in over 60 countries worldwide. He is a holder of prestigious awards in Bulgaria, Israel, the UK, Germany, Italy, Greece, the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Serbia, Turkey, Romania, and Slovenia. He is a board member of ISC, FESCI, EUCAST, ESC, ISAO/IFAO, EANO, ICHS, etc. Prof. Dr. Metodiev is also an honorary consul of Israel to Bulgaria.