Iglika Pavlova
Associate Professor
East Lansing, Michigan, United States
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolIglika Pavlova is an associate professor and curriculum designer with over a decade of experience crafting active-learning STEM courses that bridge college, high school, and teacher education. Trained as a molecular geneticist and virologist (Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis), she translates complex scientific concepts into transferable frameworks that empower students and educators to co-create learning experiences. Her work spans higher education and K–12 outreach, from developing integrated science courses to rapid-deployment teacher modules adopted within weeks. At Michigan State University she advances equitable, democratic student participation in curriculum design and instructor professional development. She also contributes practical back-end development work to open-source projects, demonstrating a rare blend of classroom pedagogy and technical coding chops. Colleagues note her knack for turning high-level educational theory into tangible classroom practices that spark lasting conceptual change.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.), Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering at Sofia University St. Kliment OhridskiPh.D., Molecular Genetics, Virology, Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Virology at Washington University in St. LouisMedicine, Medicine at Lucille P. Markey Special Emphasis Pathway Program in Human Pathobiology
bulgarian, russian, ever-improving spanish, some italian/other
Github Skills (10)
php10
backend10
laravel10
back-end-development10
laravel-mix10
configuration-management9
css8
admin7
javascript7
composer6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LaravelRUS/SleepingOwlAdmin
Feb 2018 - Feb 2021
🦉 Administrative interface builder for Laravel (Laravel admin)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:108 commits, 13 PRs, 60 pushes in 3 years
Contributions summary:Iglika primarily updated and modified code related to the `src/Navigation.php` and other related files within the `laravelrus/sleepingowladmin` repository. The changes included updates to versioning, modifications to the navigation functionality, and the addition of class attributes to the menu tree structure. The user also updated the `public/ckeditor/ckeditor.js` and the `public/default/css/admin-app.css` files, as well as various related configurations.
adminlaravel-crudinterface-builderphplaravel-admin
Aglok/upbrain3
Feb 2018 - Jan 2024
App Learning Game
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 6 years
reactreact-nativejavascriptfirebaselearning-app
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.