Mariana has a research background with a PhD in Physics (Title of PhD Thesis: "Probing Localised States Distributions in Semiconductors by Laplace Transform Transient Photocurrent Spectroscopy") from the University of Abertay Dundee; an MSc in Medical Physics (specialisation in MRI, Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology) from the University of Aberdeen; and an MSc in Solid State Physics from her previous studies at the Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Currently, Mariana is working as a Physicist/Post-doctoral Research Associate within the MRI group at the Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology at the University of Dundee.

• Gueorguieva M., Yeo D., Eisma R. and Melzer A. MR Imaging of Thiel embalmed human cadavers. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging (In Print)
• Eisma R., Gueorguieva M., Immel E., Toomey R., Soames R., Melzer A. Liver displacement during ventilation in Thiel embalmed human cadavers – a possible model for research and training in minimally invasive therapies. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol. 2013 Mar 26. [Epub ahead of print]
• Hamed A., Fitzgerald A.G., Wang L., Gueorguieva M., Malik R. and Melzer A. (2013) Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Modification of ZnCrFeO4 Nanoparticles. Mater. Sci. Eng., C 33; 1623–1628
• Barnett C.M., Gueorguieva M., Lees M.R., McGarvey D.J., Hoskins C. (2012) Effect of hybrid composition on physicochemical properties and morphology of iron oxide gold nanoparticles. J. Nanopart. Res. 14: 1170
• Hoskins C, Min Y, Gueorguieva M, Macdougall C, Volovick A, Prentice P, Wang Z, Melzer A, Cuschieri A, Wang L. (2012) Hybrid gold-iron oxide nanoparticles as a multifunctional platform for biomedical application. J Nanobiotechnology. Jun 25; 10(1):27
• Wang Z, Aarya I, Gueorguieva M, Liu D, Luo H, Manfredi L, Wang L, McLean D, Coleman S, Brown S, Cuschieri A (2012). Image-based 3D modeling and validation of radiofrequency interstitial tumor ablation using a tissue-mimicking breast phantom. Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg. Jun 12
• Gueorguieva M.J., Main C, Reynolds S, Bruggemann R, Longeaud C., (2002). Probing localized states distributions in semiconductors by Laplace transform transient photocurrent spectroscopy. J. Non-Cryst. Solids 299: 541-545 Part A

• Barnett C, Gueorguieva M, Lees M, Darton R, McGarvey D, Hoskins C. Metallic Hybrid Nanoparticles For Image Guided Drug Delivery, International Conference on Nanotechnology in Medicine, UCL, November 7-9th 2012.
• Gueorguieva M., Yeo D., Eisma R. and Melzer A., (2012). MR Imaging of Thiel embalmed human cadavers. 20^th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, ISMRM, Melbourne, Australia
• Rube M., Kokkalis E., Immel E., Gueorguieva M., Eisma R. And Melzer A., (2012). Training and Testing Environment for MR-guided Vascular Interventions. 20^th Annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, ISMRM, Melbourne, Australia
• Eisma R., Gueorguieva M., Immel E., Toomey R., Soames R., and Melzer A., (2012). Thiel embalmed cadavers as a model for research and training in minimally invasive therapies – a study of respiratory liver displacement. Joint Winter Meeting of Anatomical Societies, Dec. 2011 , Cardiff, UK. To be published in Journal of Anatomy.
• Toomey R.J., Gueorguieva M, Immel E, Houston J.G., McLeod G.A., Eisma R., Melzer A. (2011). Value and Techniques of Multi-Modality Imaging of Thiel Soft-Embalmed Cadavers for Research, Training and Device Development (Educational Exhibit). 97^th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, RSNA, Chicago, Illinois, USA
• Gueorguieva M. J., Immel E, Eisma R, and Melzer A., (2010). Improvement of MR Imaging of Thiel Embalmed Human Cadavers (Abstract). Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, MITAT, Vol. 19, Supplement 1: 40-41
• Immel E., Eisma R., Gueorguieva M., Fernandez-Gutierrez F., Houston G., and Melzer A., (2010). Comparison of X-Ray and MRI guided Implantation of a Resonant Balloon Expandable Stent in a Thiel Embalmed Cadaver (Abstract). Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, MITAT, Vol. 19, Supplement 1: 22-23
• Immel E., Eisma R., Gueorguieva M., Fernandez F., Houston G., and Melzer A., (2010). MRI guided Implantation of a Resonant Vena Cava Filter in a Thiel Embalmed Cadaver (Abstract). Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, MITAT, Vol. 19, Supplement 1: 50-51
• Gueorguieva M.J., Main C., and Reynolds S., (2002). Analysis of Post-Transit Photocurrent-Time Data by Application of Tikhonov Regularization, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 715, A21.1.1 – A21.1.6
• Gueorguieva M.J., Main C., and Reynolds S., (2001). Comparison of Laplace Transform methods for determination of density of states from transient photocurrent data. Invited paper presented at the 11^th International School on Condensed Matter Physics (ISCMP 2000), Varna, Bulgaria, September 2000. Published in Materials for Information Technology in the New Millennium eds. J.M. Marshall, A. G. Petrov, A. Vavrek, D. Nesheva, D. Dimova – Malinovska, J.M. Maud (Published by the editors 2001), 332-335
• Gueorguieva M.J., Main C., and Reynolds S., (2001). Laplace-transform Transient Photocurrent Spectroscopy as a Probe of Metastable Defect Distributions in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon. Paper presented at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 2001, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 664, A19.3
• Reynolds S., Main C., and Gueorguieva M.J., (2001). Effect of Experimental Noise on Recovery of the Electronic Density of States from Transient Photocurrent Data. Paper presented at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 2001, MRS Symp. Proc. 664, A22.6
• Main C., Reynolds S., Gueorguieva M.J., and Badran R. I., (2001). New developments in the determination of the density of states from transient photocurrents in disordered semiconductors. Invited paper presented at the 11^th International School on Condensed Matter Physics (ISCMP 2000), Varna, Bulgaria, September 2000. Published in Materials for Information Technology in the New Millennium eds. J.M. Marshall, A. G. Petrov, A. Vavrek, D. Nesheva, D. Dimova – Malinovska, J.M. Maud (Published by the editors 2001), 8 – 17
• Reynolds S., Main C., and Gueorguieva M.J., (2001). Noise and Bandwidth Limitations in Transient and Modulated Photocurrent DOS Spectroscopies. Invited contribution in: Proceedings of the 11^th International School on Condensed Matter Physics (ISCMP 2000), Varna, Bulgaria, 3-8 September 2000. Published in Materials for Information Technology in the New Millennium eds. J.M. Marshall, A. G. Petrov, A. Vavrek, D. Nesheva, D. Dimova – Malinovska, J.M. Maud (Published by the editors 2001), 152-159
• Gueorguieva M.J., Main C. and Reynolds S., (2000). A Laplace Transform Technique for Direct Determination of Density of Electronic States in Disordered Semiconductors from Transient Photocurrent Data., in: Collins R. W., Branz H. M., Guha S, Okamoto H., Stutzmann M. (Eds.), MRS Proceedings, amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films, Vol. 609, MRS, Warrandale, PA, 2000, A27.8.1