Education
1977 - 1982: Department of Physics, Yerevan State University

Academic degree
candidate - “Electromagnetic Vacuum Effects in Presence of Macroscopic Bodies”, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics,1983-1987, Yerevan State University
doctoral - “Some Questions of Scalar-Tensor Gravity and Effective String Cosmology”, Theoretical Physics, 2001, Yerevan State University

Professional experience
1996 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics Yerevan State University
1987 – present: Senior Research Associate, Institute of Applied Problems in Physics, National Academy of Sciences of RA
2003 – present: Regular Associate, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
2007: Visiting Professor, Departamento de Fisica-CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraiba Joao Pessoa, PB, Brazil
1992 - 1996: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University
1982 – 1986: Postgraduate, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University

Academic courses
Classical Mechanics
Classical Field Theory
Quantum Mechanics
Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
Vector and Tensor Analysis
Physical Cosmology
Cosmology of the Early Universe
Qualitative Methods in Physics
Casimir Effect
Theories of Gravitation and their Astrophysical and Cosmological Applications

Scale of professional interests
Relativity and Gravitation, Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics
Quantum Field Theory Under the Influence of External Condition High-Energy Electromagnetic Processes in Inhomogeneous Media and in Presence of Acoustic Waves Superdense Matter and Stellar Configurations

Participation in grant projects
1996 - 2000: Grant 96-855 of Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Armenia
1998 - 2000: ISTC Grant A100
1998 - 2000: INTAS Grant
2001: ANSEF Grant PS14-00
2000 - 2004: Grants 0887, 1361, 119 of Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Armenia
2003: DAAD Grant
2005: ANSEF Grant
2005: CNR-NATO Senior Fellowship

Languages
Armenian (native), Russian (fluent), English (fluent)

Professional membership
Scientific Secretary of the Research Council, Yerevan State University

Awards received
1989, Honorable Mention by Gravity Research Foundation,USA
2005, Armenia President’s Prize