Chief Embryologist
Dr Maya Popova is a clinical embryologist with extensive experience in assisted reproductive technologies and reproductive biology.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology and a master’s degree in genetic and cellular engineering from Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”. In 2019, she was awarded a PhD by the Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her doctoral research focused on the molecular mechanisms underlying impaired male fertility caused by contemporary environmental factors.
Dr Maya Popova is an ESHRE-certified clinical embryologist. She is the author and co-author of numerous scientific publications in Bulgarian and international specialist journals in the fields of reproductive medicine, infertility and reproductive genetics.
In her work, she combines in-depth scientific knowledge with extensive practical experience, applying advanced embryological techniques to support successful patient treatment.
Samuel, Koki and their embryologist, Dr Maya Popova – to select them from an egg and a sperm, to care for them as they develop into viable embryos, and then to see them walking and laughing… To me, that is an extraordinary profession.
To be able to touch the very essence of creation, to help it with your knowledge and care, and to know that you have contributed to one of the most beautiful things in a woman’s life – hearing, in the darkness of the night: “Mum, move over, I want you close to me!”
I will never have enough words to thank you for taking care of us and for making it possible for us to be together and love each other.