Assoc. prof. Dimitrov graduated with a master’s degree in Biology from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 1996.

From 2000 to 2014 dr. Dimitrov worked as a researcher in the area of human reproduction in the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In 2006 he became an assistant professor at the Department of Molecular Immunology at the same institute.

In 2009 he successfully completed his doctoral dissertation, entitled Characteristics and Biological Effects of Peritoneal Fluid in the Case of Endometriosis. In 2013 he was granted the academic title “associate professor” by the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

From 2009 until the beginning of 2014 assoc. prof. Rumen Dimitrov held the position of a biologist-embryologist at In Vitro Obstetrics & Gynecology Medical Center Dimitrov during which time he successfully completed his ESHRE (European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology) certification. He is also a member of the Bulgarian Association for Reproductive Human Embryology.

Asoc. prof. Dimitrov has undergone a number of training programmes abroad, most notably:

✓At the University Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Magdeburg, Germany in 2005

✓At the Institute for Immunology of Reproduction, Magdeburg, Germany in 2009