Our Team
Dr. Margarita Stancheva
Director CCMS
Dr. Margarita Stancheva has more than 22 years` professional experience with special interests in the scope of coastal processes, sand beaches/dunes, coastal erosion, shoreline changes, coastal and maritime tourism, Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP), Land-Sea Interactions (LSI), Multi-Use (MU) concept, Blue Economy, Circular Economy and sustainable coastal development.
Dr. Hristo Stanchev
Chair of CCMS Foundation Council
Geography, GIS
Dr. Hristo Stanchev has 25 years` professional experience with special interests in geography, Geographic Information System, coastal geomorphology, coastal erosion, Maritime Spatial Planning, Land-Sea Interactions (LSI), etc. Hristo holds MSc degree in geography (1993) from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.
Arman Sarkisyan
Marine ecologist of CCMS team – BLUE CONNECT Project
Marine ecologist of CCMS team – BLUE CONNECT Project. Arman Sarkisyan has a MSc of Marine Ecology from Naval Academy in Varna, Bulgaria. After internship in "Inspectorate for Environmental Protection", he started his own aquaculture reef project in parallel with his professional career as MARPOL Inspector in the Executive Agency Maritime Administration. Since 2009 Arman is founder, manager and technology innovator of the project "Sea harmony" (https://sea-harmony.com/) focused on the revival of marine ecosystems through business aquaculture technology. He has 2 Patents and 2-3 have been worked on.