Education
High
1999 - 2002: Post-graduate courses, YSU,
1994 - 1999: Faculty of Biology, YSU; Biologist, Teacher of Biology and Chemistry,

Academic degree, title of PhD project
2003: Doctor of Biology, “Isolation and Study of Extremophilic Microorganisms from Sites with Thermal and Geochemical Anomalies of Armenia”, 03.00.07 “Microbiology”, Institute of Botany of NAS RA,

Academic title
2011, Associate Professor

Professional experience
2012: University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA), Research fellow,
2011 - up to date: Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology and Plant and Microbe Biotechnology of YSU,
2009: Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (Italy), Research fellow,
2009: University of Bergen (Norway), Research fellow,
2008 - 2010: Leader of the Thematic Project N 470 provided from Ministry of Education and Science of RA,
2007 - up to date: Associate Professor at the Department of Biology and Ecology of Gavar State University (GSU), Professor of GSU,
2005 - 2011: Assistant lecturer at the Department of Microbiology and Plant and Microbe Biotechnology of YSU,
2005: Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry (Italy), Research fellow,
2002 - up to date: Scientific researcher at the Department of Microbiology and Plant and Microbe Biotechnology of YSU,
2001: Scientific researcher of the State Microbial Depository Center (MDC) NAS, RA,
1999 - 2005: Scientific researcher of the Institute of Geology of NAS RA, Georisk Scientific Research Company

Scale of professional interests
Microbiology (Bacteria, Archaea), Phylogeny and Systematic of Prokaryotes, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Microbiology, Microbe Biotechnology, Microbial Biochemistry.

Academic courses
BSc Courses
General Microbiology and Virology,
Classification of prokaryotes
MSc Courses
Biotechnology for treatment of wastes,
Microbial Ecology,
Food microbiology

Participation in grant projects
Educational Grants
2011 - up to date: Coordinator of CPEA -2011/10081 Norwegian SIU grant
2010 - up to date: Participation of 159340-TEMPUS-ES-TEMPUS-JPCR Development of Master Course In Applied Biosciences, YSU
Scientific Grants
2012: National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT)
2011: ANSEF(Armenian National Science & Education Fund) Research Grant
2009: FEMS Research Fellowship
2009 and 2004: FEBS Short-Term Fellowship
2008 - 2010: Thematic Project N 470 provided from Ministry of Education and Science of RA
Travel grants
2010: Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian,
2010 and 2009: Federation of European Microbiological Society (FEMS),
2010 and 2007 and 2006: Federation of European Biochemical Society (FEBS),
2008: International Union of Microbiological Society (IUMS),
2008: International Symposium of Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM),
2006: International Society of Extremophiles (ISE),
2006: National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT)

Professional membership, Membership of professional councils
2012 – to date: Member of the Academic Council of Faculty of Biology, YSU,
2012 – to date: Member of the Examination Council for Biotechnology for PhD students
2011 – to date: expert of the State Committee of Science,2007 - to date, Armenian Microbiological Society (FEMS Full Member),
2006 - to date: Armenian Association of Biotechnologists,
2004 - to date: Armenian Association of Biochemists (FEBS Constituent Member)

Awards received
2007: First Degree Diploma of Young Scientist Conference dedicated to H.Buniatian 100th anniversary, Yerevan, Armenia
1998: FAR Scholarship for Excellence in Education

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English