I was born and brought up in Haskovo, a small town in southern Bulgaria. My pre-university education was at a foreign language school in Haskovo and, later, at the City and Islington Sixth-Form College in London.
In 2010, I entered the University of Edinburgh to begin studying for a combined degree in sociology and psychology. I also took courses in philosophy, philosophy of science, statistics and German language. In 2014, I was awarded a scholarship by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which enabled me to study for a masters and a doctoral degree at Edinburgh. After completing my PhD, I continued my research career as a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-23). Between 2015-23, alongside my research work at Edinburgh, I taught statistical methods and data literacy to undergraduate students from varied backgrounds and disciplines.
The role of science in society lies at the heart of all my studies. My broader research interests include the history of science, the history of statistics and quantification and the history of science popularisation. When not ‘time-travelling’ for research, I enjoy doing maths and statistical programming in R (calculus + coding + coffee == a perfect breakfast for me).
In my free time, I love hiking, photographing wild mushrooms and going to the cinema. I also enjoy hunting for old books in the second-hand bookshops of Edinburgh. I spent six years helping out in an antiquarian bookshop where I learnt the art of conversation, how to fall off ladders and how to mend broken books. I’m at my happiest when wallowing in nature, with my loved ones, or lost among dusty old tomes.
