Every year, Bulgarian students earn distinctions from prestigious international competitions, outperforming hundreds of the world’s best high schoolers. Тhe Association of Olympic Teams in Natural Sciences supports the training and competitive careers of Bulgarian youth teams in disciplines such as mathematics, chemistry, physics, bi- ology, astronomy, astrophysics, linguistics, and informatics. Since the association’s founding in 2010 until now, Bulgarian competitors have brought back over 720 medals, including more than 120 gold, 300 silver, and 300 bronze medals. Since 2010, the America for Bulgaria Foundation has donated nearly 3.7 million levs in aid of the teams’ preparation and participation in the world’s top science competitions. The support is an investment in the future of Bulgaria and its youth, who in the coming years will be the driving force behind the innovations and scientific achievements that will change the country and perhaps the world. Additionally, the Foundation financed the creation of chemistry and biology labs at Sofia University to support competitors’ hands-on training.
FROM COMPETITIVE PROGRAMMING TO THE HEIGHTS OF GLOBAL SCIENCE: RUMEN HRISTOV’S STORY
With two engineer parents and one of Bulgar- ia’s top IT academies located in his hometown, Shumen, 29-year-old Rumen Hristov’s success in the tech world was as good as certain. But even an ardent techie like him couldn’t have predicted how far his youthful fascination with computers would go. Today, a technology de- veloped by Rumen and his team is on its way to unlocking the secrets of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s and speeding up the discovery of a cure.
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