Education
2005: PhD/Political Sciences, Thesis: “Transitional Period of Political Regimes in the Republic of Armenia”, Awarded by High Attestation Commission. Thesis defended at Joint Scientific Council of Yerevan State University and National Academy of Sciences in Armenia
2002 - 2005: Postgraduate Studies Department of Political Sciences of the Faculty of International Relations, Yerevan State University
2000 - 2002: Degree: MA in Political Sciences, Faculty of International Relations, Yerevan State University. Graduated with excellence.
1996 - 2000: Degree: BA in Romance and Germanic Philology, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, English Department. Yerevan State University

Professional experience
2008 - present: Yerevan State University, Centre for European Studies, Deputy Director
2006 - 2008: Yerevan State University, Faculty of International relations, department of Political Science, Deputy Dean
2005 - present: Yerevan State University, Faculty of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Associate Professor of Political Sciences
2002 - 2004: National Assembly of Armenia, Commission on International Relations, Commission on Health Care and Ecology, Expert

Academic courses
Political Regimes
Comparative Analysis of Political Systems of the Eastern Democracies
Introduction to European Integration: Cultural perspective

Scale of professional interests
Eastern democracies
Democratization
Political regimes

Participation in grant projects (present and past)
MA programme in European Studies: 2008
MA programme in Human rights and Democratization: 2010

Languages
Armenian, English, Russian

Professional membership
Centre for European Studies, Board member
Armenia in Europe NGO, Board member