Education :

1992 -1996 Doctor Course in Agriculture: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

1990-1991 Japanese Language Study: Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

1979-1982 Doctor Course in Automation: Faculty of Automation in Agriculture,

Academy of Agricultural Science, Moscow, Russia.

1973-1978 Undergraduate Student at the Department of Automation, Technical

University, Rouse, Bulgaria.

1970-1973 High School in Mathematics, Rouse, Bulgaria.

Formal Qualification :

1980 Dr. Eng. (Automation), Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria and

Faculty of Automation in Agriculture, Academy of Agricultural

Science, Moscow, Russia.

Thesis: Near Infrared (NIR) Method and Optoelectronical Device for an

Early Diagnosis of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows.

Academic career:

1996 (tenure)

to present Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Information Bio-production Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.

1992-1996 Visiting Scholar, Department of Agricultural Engineering,

Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

1991-1992 Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Animal Husbandry, University of

Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

1990-1995 Associate Professor, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1987-1990 Head Assistant Professor, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1982-1987 Senior Assistant Professor, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1979-1982 Assistant Professor, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

Professional experience :

Research in: Near Infrared Spectroscopy for biomonitoring and disease diagnosis

Automation in Agriculture and Food Industry ( Automation in Dairy Farms and Factories)

Bioinstrumentation ( Devices for Early Mastitis Diagnosis)

Statistics for Biological System Analysis & Computer Systems ( Diagnose in Veterinary and Microbiology)

Education ( Bilateral Quantitative evaluation of the teaching process).

Research Projects

1996 to 2000 Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Bio Monitoring in Dairy Farms (64 800 000 Yen Project of the Program for Promotion of Basic Research Activities for Innovative Bioscience (PROBRAIN), Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Japan).

1992-1995 NIR Spectroscopy for Unhomogenized Milk Component Analysis, Laboratory of Agricultural Process Engineering, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

1991-1992 NIR Spectroscopy for Cow's Mastitis Diagnosis,

(Based on Quarter and Bulk Milk Samples Analysis),

Department of Animal Husbandry, University of

Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

1991-1993 Intensification of Foreign Language Learning and Teaching Department of Japanese Language Education, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

1979-1988 Near Infrared (NIR) Method and Optoelectronical Device for an

Early Diagnosis of Subclinical Mastitis in Dairy Cows, a Joint Research with the Moscow Academy of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Automation in Agriculture, Russia.

Teaching

1996 to date Undergraduate s , 3-th and 4-th grade , Kobe University, Japan on:

Bio Production Engineering

Fluid Dynamics

Graduates

NIRS &Chemometrics

1985-1990 Undergraduates: 2-nd and 4-th grade at the Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria on:

Automation in Agriculture;

Automated Control Systems in Agriculture;

Automation Systems and Devices ( Introduction Course).

1985-1990 Conducting a Research Project, Involving Hight School Students, University Undergraduate Students and Graduated Students, Bulgaria.

1979-1990 Seminars and Practice s at the Department of Automation, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

Lecturing :

Invited Lecturer

2000, 2001 Tsukuba University : Full Course on Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Biosystem Analysis for graduate students

2000 Faculty of Science, Waseda University , Japan

Kobe University Summer Program

1998 “All in One “ Academy for Agricultural Science , Japan

1998 Ocha no Mizu University , Tokyo……………

1995 Hokkaido Women's Association, Sapporo, Japan.

1995 Kansei University, Faculty of Science, Osaka, Japan.

1995 S.A.E. Afi Kim Company: Board of Directors, R&D Department, Israel.

1995 S.C.R. Engineers Ltd.: Board of Directors, Israel.

1995 Hokkaido Agricultural Research Station, Sapporo, Japan.

1995 Alfa Laval: R&D Department, Research & Test Center, Sweden.

1995 Fullwood: Board of Directors, R&D Department, Holland.

1994 Fullwood: Board of Directors, R&D Department, UK.

1994,1993 Hokkaido University, Faculty of Agriculture, Food Processing Laboratory, Sapporo, Japan.

1992 University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

1992 Foss Electric: R&D Department, Denmark.

1988 Annual Meeting of the Bulgarian President with Bulgarian Union of Scientists, Varna, Bulgaria.

Elections to Honorary Societies:

1989-1990 Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Automation in Angriculture, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1987-1994 Member of the Congress of the Union of Bulgarian Scientists, Bulgaria.

1988-1990 Member of the Scientific Committee of Biotechnology, Medicine and Agriculture, Bulgarian Union of Scientists, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1987-1990 Member of the National Young Scientists Commission, Union of Bulgarian Scientists, Sofia, Bulgaria.

1985-1990 Chairman of the Young Scientists Commission, Union of Bulgarian Scientists, Rousse, Bulgaria.

1977-1987 Member of the National Youth Congress, Bulgaria.

1975-1978 Member of the Students University Council, Technical University, Rousse, Bulgaria.

Visiting Research er:

1995 Kansei University, Faculty of Science, Osaka, Japan.

1991, 1995 National Food Research Institute, Nondestructive Evaluation Research Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan.

1991, 1992, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen, Holland.

1995

1992 Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan.

1992-1993 University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

1992 Kubota Company: Research Institute, Japan.

1987 National Institute of Agriculture, Godolo, Hungary.

1980, 1982, Moscow Academy of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Automation in

1985 Agriculture, Moscow, Russia.

1981 Institute of Agriculture, Riga, Latvia.

Membership (since) :

2001 Editorial Board of Near Infrared Analysis Journal

2000 New York Academy of Sciences

2000 Editorial Board of the japanese Journal for Agricultural Structure

1997 American Society for Dairy Science

American Society for Animal Science

1996 American Society for Applied Spectroscopy

1994 American Society of Agricultural Engineers ( ASAE).

National Mastitis Council, US ( NMC).
Japanese Society of Agricultural Machinery ( JSAM).
International Committee of N ear Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS).
Bulgarian Union of Scientists.

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments:

1990-1992 University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan.

1979, 1984 Agricultural Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

Editorial/Reviewing:

Journal of Near Infrared Analysis, Editorial Board, 2001 – present

Journal of the Society of Agricultural Structures, Japan, Editorial Board, 2000 – present

Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy

Food Science and Technology Research

USDA, Cooperative State Research Program

Awards

ICNIRS Award for poster presentation at International Diffuse Reflectance Conference
Japanese Advanced Award for Near Infrared Spectroscopy

1987 Inventor's International Exhibition Award

1986 Bulgarian National Award for Young Inventors

1985 Young Inventor's World Exhibition, Moscow

1984 National Award for Best Patent: September 1984 , Bulgaria

1974 – 1978 Award for Excellent University Student , Bulgarian Ministry of Education

Patents :

Tsenkova, R.. “Method and Instrument for Mastitis Diagnosis in the Visible and Near Infrared Range”. Jap. Patent Reg. No 2000 – 99142, 2000.

Tsenkova, R. “Method and Instrument for Mastitis Diagnosis in the Visible and Near Infrared Range”. Jap. Patent Reg. No 2000 – 99144, 2000.

Kirilin, N. & R. Tsenkova. “Express analyzer for subclinical mastitis diagnosis”. Bulgarian Patent No: 51016, (Bulg.), 1981.

2. Tsenkova, R. N. et al. “Instrument for cow’s mastitis diagnosis”. Bulgarian Patent No: 76572,(Bulg.), 1987.