Education
1987 - 1992: Yerevan State University, Romance and Germanic Philology Department, Department of German Language and Literature; Qualifications: philologist, teacher, interpreter
1990: International German Language Course, University of Frankfurt/Main, GDR
1992 - 1996: YSU Postgraduate
1993 - 1994: University of Bonn, Part of studies, GDR

Professional experience
1991 - 1992: Yerevan State University, Romance and Germanic Philology Department; senior assistant at Chair of German Philology
1992 - 2011: Lecturer, Yerevan State University, Chair of German Philology
2011 - present: Lecturer, Yerevan State University, Chair of Translation Theory and Practice

Training and research
1993: PnDS-Certificate of German language proficiency, Bonn
1995: Professional training at München Institute of Languages and Interpretation, GDR
1999: 2000 Research at the University of Graz, Austria
2003: Professional training at Goethe Institute, Yerevan
2003: Requalification training course, YSU, Yerevan
2003: Professional training at Goethe Institute, Yerevan
2003: Professional training at Goethe Institute, Yerevan
2004: Professional trainings at Goethe Institute, Gottingen
2007: High school Summer Courses 2007, DAAD, Yerevan
2008: Pedagogical-psychological requalification courses for Lecturers, YSU, Yerevan
2008: Professional training, “Kommunikative Lehrmethoden” (DAAD), Yerevan
2009: Requalification courses for lecturers, YSU, Yerevan
2009: Professional training, “Rhetoric Workshop” (DAAD), Yerevan
2010: Professional training, “Spielerisches Lehren und Lernen”, (DAAD), Yerevan
2010: Professional training “Österreichtage in Jerewan”, (DAAD), Yerevan
2011: Professional training "Fachkurs-Methodik - "Deutsch-international und innovativ""

Academic courses
German as major (Lexis, Grammar, Writing)
German as minor (Lexis, Grammar, Press, Rendering)
Text Linguistics
Fiction Translation

Scale of professional interests
Theoretical and Practical Problems of Translation, Fiction Translation
Stylistics, Lexicology, Grammar, Text Linguistics

Participation in Conferences
Conferences in the Republic of Armenia, Georgia, GDR, Austria

Professional membership
2005 - present: DAAD Alumni Member
2008 - present: Member of German Teachers Forum in Yerevan

Languages
Armenian, Russian, German, English