Education
1947 - 1952: MSc in Biology, Faculty of Biology,Yerevan State University, Armenia.

Academic degree
Candidate - “Parasitic Hyphales fungi of the Armenian SSR”, 1958, National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia.
Doctoral - “Pathogenic Hyphales and Peronosporales fungi of the Armenian SSR”, 1970, National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia.

Professional experience
1952: laboratory assistant of the Chair of Botany, Yerevan State University (YSU)
1952 - 1954: Chief of the Section of Young people of Central Committee of the Armenian Young Communist League
1954 - 1959: assistant-lecturer of the Chair of Botany, YSU
1960 - 1961: scientific secretary of the scientific research section of YSU
1961 - 1971: assistant professor of the Chair of Botany, YSU
1971 - 2005: Chief of the Chair of Botany, YSU
2005 - until now: Honoured Chief of the Chair of Botany, YSU

Academic courses
Deuteromycetes, Methods of laboratory and field research, Medicinal mycology

Scale of professional interests
Flora, systematics, ecology of Peronosporales, Hyphales, Ustilaginales: fungal diseases of wild-growing and cultural plants, contamination of foodstuffs with fungi and mycotoxins, opportunistic fungi attending human mycoses.

Participation in grant projects
Biodiversity in the countries of the former CIS. Darwin Initiative Grant Program. Biodiversity of Fungi. 2001 - 2005:
Development of the project biological safety of the environment of Armenia. GEF. 2003-2004:
1993 - project “Biodiversity” (Soros foundation).

Languages
Armenian, Russian, German

Professional membership
Russian National Society of Botany.
Armenian National Society of Botany.
National Association of Consumers.
“Ecofung” Armenian Mycological Society
Scientific Special Councils in Botany, Mycology and Ecology of NAN RA.
Member of editorial boards of “Scientific Notes of YSU”.
Member of editorial boards of “Biological Journal of Armenia”.
Member of the Board of Association of Sustained human development.
Republican Council of Women of Armenia.

Awards received
Honoury scientist of Armenia

(+374 10) 55-23-52
losipyan@ysu.am