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”.

Dr. Georgi Parlichev
Member of CCMS Foundation Council
Marine Ecology, Oceanology
Dr. Georgi Parlichev has a Master degree in Ecology and Environmental protection and obtained his PhD from the Institute of Oceanology – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2012. During his research he worked on the development of innovative reef breakwaters to restore the eroded beaches as Natured-Based Solutions (NBS) and participated in several research projects at IO-BAS:

Milena Manova
Marine ecologist of CCMS team - MARSPLAN-BS II Project
Milena Manova holds MSc degree in Ecology and Environmental Protection from Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria. She has professional experience in the area of marine environmental investigation and protection, sustainable development of marine ecosystems, influence of the anthropogenic impact on the phytoplankton in the Black Sea.