Vladko Panayotov (Bulgarian: Владко Тодоров Панайотов[1]) (born 7 May 1950, Pavlikeni) is a scholar and Bulgarian member of the European Parliament who sits on the committee for the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. He is also a substitute for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. He is a member of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms party of Bulgaria and in the European Union he is part of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.[2]
Early life
editProf. Vladko Panayotov was educated in Moscow and Sofia, and holds a Ph.D. His areas of study include mineral processing and chemical cybernetics. In 1975, he worked as an Engineer at the Central Institute on Complex Automatics in Sofia. Between 1975 and 1977 he carried out regular military service.[2]
Inventions
editPanayotov created an environmentally friendly technology which extracts non-ferrous metals from industrial waste (including copper, nickel and aluminum). This technology avoids the use of cyanides, acids and over non-environmentally friendly materials and reduces the amount of industrial waste produced.[3]
Publications
editPanayotov has published over 160 works including 26 inventions, 5 monographs (in Bulgarian and in English) and 4 textbooks.[2]
References
edit- ^ За мен, from vladkopanayotov.eu (in Bulgarian)
- ^ a b c About Vladko Panayotov from vladkopanayotov.eu. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ "Turning Waste into Gold" from The Sofia Echo. Published 20 November 2009 and retrieved 10 February 2012.