Jordan Stamenov – Physicists

Created: 01.04.2014
Updated 23.10.2025

Biography
JORDAN NIKOLOV STAMENOV
(12.02.1940 – 27.03.2014)

Born

Jordan Stamenov was born in Bjala Slatina

Education

He graduated nuclear physics from the Technical University in Dresden, Germany (1963)

Stamenov specialised in the Tien Shan Observatory (1966–1970) Kazakhstan and graduated PhD thesis “Characteristics of the Muon Component in the extensive air showers” (1970)

DSc tesis "Investigation of primary cosmic rays with wide torrents in the atmosphere" USSR (1982)

Research

Astrophysics of ultrahigh energy and ecology

Professional experience

Two years he work in the Cosmic Ray station on the Musala Peak (1964–1966)

J. Stamenov worked in Russia (1972–1975)

In the INRNE – BAS, he was research fellow (1976–1978), associate professor (1980), and professor (1987)

He headed research group (1982–1986) and Laboratory on "Astrophysics of ultrahigh energies" in the INRNE - BAS from 1987

He was deputy director (1989–1993) and director of the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1993–2010) and head of the Moussala Basic Environmental Observatory

Awards

J. Stamenov was elected a corresponding member of BAS (2004)

Publications

L. Christov, I. Kirov, J. Stamenov, S. Ushev, V. Janminchev, Z. Zlatanov, Calibration of phototubes of the cherenkov teleskope hotovo, Annual Report 1993, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia (1994) p. 77

I. Kirov,N. Nikolskaja, J. Procureur, J. Stamenov, Constant Efficiency selection of EAS with energies 10-10 GeV at observational level 700 g, cm, Annual Report 1993, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Sofia (1994) p. 78

References

Obituary from the INRNE – BAS

Jordan Nikolov Stamenov Dr.Sci., Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1940–2014)

Pochina bivshijat director na Agencijata za jadreni izsledvanija

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