Educational Background:
1967 - 1973: Student of Physics Department at Yerevan State University, Armenia. Graduation with excellent marks, Diploma N124083.Qualification “Radiophysics”
1975 - 1979: Postgraduate student of Radiophysics Department and Junior, Scientific worker at Yerevan State University, Armenia

Research and Work Experience
1973 - 1975: Laboratory Assistant and Junior Scientific worker of Physics, Department at Yerevan State University, Armenia
1979 - 1993: Senior Research Scientist, Theacher, Senior Theacher at Yerevan State University in Armenia
1991: Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics at the Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, Ashtarak, Armenia
Thesis “Generation of ultrashort pulses of millimeter and centimeter ranges in the waveguide partially filled with a nonlinear crystal”
1994 - up to now: Associate Professor in Radiophysics Department at Yerevan State University, Armenia
1996 - 2011: Leader of THz Radiation project in Radiophysics Department at Yerevan State University, Armenia.
2007 - 2012: Leader project of collaboration between the department of Microwave and Telecommunication faculty of Radiophysics of Yerevan State University, Armenia and Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Main Research Interests/ Expertise
Physics of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses and Quantum Radiophysics,
Generation and Detection of Terahertz (THz) Radiation,
Non-Linear Optics, Quantum Optics

Current research interests
Generation and Detection of THz Radiation,
Coherent Pulses - THz Spectroscopy (TDS) and Imaging,
High Temperature Superconductors (HTSC)
THz waveguides

Working Abroad
2001 - 2004: Several Research stays at Leeds University in Leeds and National Physics Laboratory in London (NPL) / UK by several Grants: NATO Grant, British Royal Society Grants, Invitation of Great Britain Ministry of Trade and Industry.
2008 - 2011: Institute of Space Systems in Stuttgart, Germany.

Teaching Experience
1973 - up to now: Yerevan State University in the fields of Microwaves, Electronics and Solid State Physics, Electromagnetic Physics, Nonlinear Optics, THz spectroscopy, THz imaging.

Conferences participated, scientific trips
“Coherent and Nonlinear Optics”, “Ultrafast processes in spectroscopy”,
“Laser application in technology and information processing”, IQEC/LAT,
CLEO/Europe-EQEC International Conference, Conference on Infrared
and Millimeter Waves and International Conference on Terahertz Electronics
(IRMMW-THz), ICEC 23-ICMC, Inter. Conference on Laser Physics,
International Conference on Semiconductor Micro- & Nanoelectronics (ICSMN),
“THz Technique of Microwave and THz Waves and its Application in Biomedical
and Radar Technologies and in remove Sensing”
"Terahertz and Other Electromagnetic Wave Techniques for Defense and Security”,
Symposium on Space Terahertz Technologies, ICONO/LAT-SYS,
Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Estonia, China, USA, France, Great Britain, Italy, Germany.

Language skills
Armenian - excellent, Russian - excellent, English - good, German - poor.

nika@ysu.am