Vesselina Breskovska

After successfully completing Second Young Women's High School in Plovdiv she was admitted to study in the Soviet Union.

Later she became docent and full professor, and taught the main courses in mineralogy, crystallography, X-ray analysis to students of natural sciences.

She taught it for many years, and dedicated a major portion of her research to treating the subject in a systematic manner.

[2] Vesselina Breskovska's administrative positions included: Scientific Secretary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1973–1977), Dean of the Faculty of Geology and Geography (1980–1984) and Vice Rector in Charge of International Relations of Sofia University (1984–88).

[11][12] Since 1959 she had been a member of New Minerals Nomenclature and Classification Commission of the International Mineralogical Association, and was the general secretary of their 13th Congress.