Curriculum Vitae
Valentin Boyanov Savov
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Valentin Boyanov Savov
Citation names
- Boyanov, Valentin
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- CD11-D1DE-251F
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-2458-7200
Email addresses
- valentinboyanov@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Particles and Fields Physics
- Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Bulgarian (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
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2018/10/30 - 2023/03/25
Concluded
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Doctorate in Physics (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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2017/09/21 - 2018/06/08
Concluded
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Master's in Theoretical Physics (Master)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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2013/09/23 - 2017/06/05
Concluded
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Degree in Physics (Bachelor)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/05/01 - 2026/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Journal article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/12/18 | Compact astrophysical objects, viscosity and gravitational waves | IX FTAE Christmas Workshop (invited talk)
University of Granada (Granada, Spain)
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| 2025/07/15 | Semiclassical evolution of a dynamically formed spherical black hole | GR24-Amaldi16
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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| 2024/11/13 | Evolution of trapped regions in classical and semiclassical gravity | Towards a Non-singular Paradigm of Black Hole Physics
SISSA (Trieste, Italy)
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| 2024/02/20 | Pseudospectrum of black holes and horizonless black hole mimickers | Gravity and Cosmology 2024
YITP (Kyoto, Japan)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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|---|---|---|
| 2025/12/10 - Current | Hyperboloidal foliations and the Cauchy horizon instability
Co-supervisor
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MSc thesis (Master)
Københavns Universitet Niels Bohr Instituttet, Denmark
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| 2025/05/15 - 2026/05/15 | Fields on Naked Singularities
Co-supervisor
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MSc thesis (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
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| 2025/01/15 - 2025/06/15 | Causal Structures of Reissner-Nordström Interiors
Co-supervisor
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Projeto Integrador 1 Ciclo (Degree)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/12/21 - Current | Physical Review Letters (1079-7114) | American Physical Society |
| 2022/09/20 - Current | Physical Review D (2470-0029) | American Physical Society |
| 2021/12/07 - Current | AVS Quantum Science (2639-0213) | AIP Publishing |
| 2021/04/06 - Current | Classical and Quantum Gravity (0264-9381) | IOP Publishing |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/06/18 - 2024/06/21 | Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes Workshop III | Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa |
| 2023/05/24 - 2023/05/26 | Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes Workshop II | Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC) |
| 2022/05/23 - 2022/05/27 | Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes Workshop | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA-CSIC), Universidad de Valencia |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/11/05 - 2025/01/10 | Black holes and gravitational waves: theory and exercises (for the black holes half of the course), a total of 46 hours taught in 2023 and 2024, for a master’s course at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa | Black holes and Gravitational Waves (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal |
| 2019/09/15 - 2021/12/20 | Mathematical Methods I and II (ordinary and partial differential equations, complex variable analysis): exercise classes, a total of 72 hours taught between September 2019 and December 2021, for a second year undergraduate course at Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Mathematical Methods I and II (Bachelor) | Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain |
| 2019/09/15 - 2021/01/15 | Classical Mechanics: exercise classes, a total of 18 hours taught between September 2019 and January 2021, for a second year undergraduate course at Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Classical Mechanics (Bachelor) | Complutense University of Madrid Department of Theoretical Physics, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
| 2025 | Diploma for excellence in teaching
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico Departamento de Física, Portugal
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| 2025 | Extraordinary Prize for PhD thesis
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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| 2022 | Honorable Mention in the 2022 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation
Gravity Research Foundation, United States
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| 2017 | Extraordinary Degree Prize for highest average grade among graduates in Physics in
2017 at Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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