He graduated from the Faculty of Physics at the Sofia University(1969)
He defended doctoral dissertation (1979) and dissertation for Doctor of Physical Sciences (1999), approved for Doctor of Physical Sciences on 04.06.2001
Research
He worked in the field of growth and study of the properties of crystals (ferroelectrics), optical properties of photorefractive crystals of oxide compounds
He created equipment and technology for crystal growth using various methods (Czochlarski's with weight control of the crystal diameter, Bridgman's, growth from a gas phase with temperature oscillation)
Over 70 new types of crystals have been created in the crystal growth laboratory (semiconductor, complex oxide crystals, ferroelectric, manganate, etc.)
A technology has been created for growing crystals for infrared light receivers from 3 to 5 microns for night surveillance with an economic effect of 850,000 leva
Crystals for uncooled nuclear radiation detectors worth $20,000 were created for the American company Targetinstruments
Prof. Marin Gospodinov headed the scientific and applied project Zikatel at the Ministry of Defense
The technological control systems created in the laboratory have been implemented in several glass factories in the country with an economic effect of 400,000 leva
Teaching experience
Prof. Marin Gospodinov lectured two courses on Condensed Matter Physics 20 semesters and Experimental Methods in Condensed Matter Physics 16 semesters at the Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad (1988-1999)
At the Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad, he supervised 8 PhD students (1973-1978)
In the crystal growth laboratory, 4 graduate students from North Korea worked under his supervision for 2 months each and 1 from Vietnam for 1 year (1985-1987)
Professional experience
BAS Institute of Solid State Physics appointed him (03.02.1970)
He was assistant (1972-1983) and associate professor in 1983
He created and headed a crystal growth laboratory (from 1983) and Materials Physics Section (from 2009)
He was head of 8 research projects funded by the Scientific Research Fund
Crystal growth of high-temperature superconductors (1991)
Crystal growth of complex oxide compounds (1991-1993)
Photoelectric crystals growth and study (1993-1995)
Growth and study of crystals with silenite structure (1996-1998)
Growth and study of crystals with variable valence (2000-2002)
Growth and study of multiferroic and electromagnetic crystals (2007-2011)
Photorefractive crystals as media for volumetric information recording (2007)
Growth and study ferroic crystals (2007)
Prof. Marin Gospodinov was a member of the ISSP Scientific council (from 1983)
At the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, he is a member of the Council on Scientific Instrumentation, the Advisory Council on Nanotechnology and the Specialized Council on Condensed Matter Physics
He was a member of the scientific council at the Institute of Mineralogy and Crystallography and of the faculty council at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the Southwestern University in Blagoevgrad
He was Materials Research Society and Internationa Union of Crystalography member
He was awarded a diploma from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the occasion of his 70 anniversary (2014)
He was awarded the Nikolay Semenovich Kurnikov Memorial Medal by the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences. (19.11.1985)
ISSP-BAS awardet him with "Georgi Nadjakov" memorial medal
Publications
He published 233 articles and reports (171 articles and 19 reports)
B. Kostova, M. Gospodinov, L. Konstantinov, Optical absorption of Bi12SiO20:M (M = Cr, P, Cr+P), American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 1203, 193-198 (2009)
Y. Tseng, Ch. Lin, Sh. Jian, Ph. Le, M. Gospodinov, V. Marinova, D. Dimitrov, Ch. Luo, K. Wu, D. Zhang, J. Juang, Structural and electronic phase transition in Bi2Se2.1Te0.9 under pressure,
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (156) 110123 (2021)
D. Dimitrov, P. Rafailov, V. Marinova, I. Avramova, D. Kovacheva, I. Dionisiev, N. Minev, M. Gospodinov, NbSe2 Crystals Growth by Bromine Transport, Coating, 13 (5) 947 (2023)
