Nina Vankova Nikolova ƙwararriyar masaniyar yanayin ƙasar Bulgaria ce, kuma farfesa ce a Jami’ar Sofia. Nikolova ta kammala karatu a jami'ar Sofia a cikin shekara ta 1991 tare da digiri a fannin ilimin kasa. Ta kare karatun digirin digirgir a fannin "Canje-canje a yanayin zafin a yankin tsaunuka na Bulgaria" a ranar 27 ga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1991. Daga watan Fabrairun shekara ta 1999 zuwa watan Janairun shekara ta 2000, ta kasance kwararriya a Cibiyar Nazarin Hasashen yanayi a Tsukuba, Japan, inda ta gudanar da bincike kan sauyin yanayi na duniya da na yanki. Tun a shekara ta 2001 aka nada ta a matsayin mataimakiya, sannan kuma a matsayin babbar mataimakiya a sashen nazarin yanayi, ilimin kimiyyar halittu da na ruwa a fannin Kimiyyar kasa da kasa a Jami’ar Sofia. A shekara ta 2001 aka nada ta a matsayin kwararriyar ilimin kasa a Cibiyar Nazarin Hasashen yanayi da Hydrology a Kwalejin Kimiyya ta Bulgaria. Tun daga watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2008 ta kasance mai nuna isa, kuma a cikin shekara ta 2018 ta zama farfesa.