Education and Employment

 

Education

1969-1979

Pupil (finished with a Gold Medal)

No. 114 secondary school with English bias

Yerevan

France

1977-1978

Courses of French

Yerevan House of Techniques

Yerevan

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1979-1982

B.Sc. student, B.Sc. degree in Physics

Department of Physics, Yerevan State Univ.

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1980-1983

Courses of English; Diploma of a translator of English

Faculty of Social Professions, YSU

YSU

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1982-1984

M.Sc. student, M.Sc. degree in Astrophysics

Chair of Astrophysics, Yerevan State Univ.

YSU

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1988-1991

Post-graduate fellowship

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

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1994

Ph.D. degree in Astrophysics

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

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Employment

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1986-1990

Assistant astronomer

Laboratory of the 2.6m telescope, BAO

BAO

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1990-1995

Junior research associate

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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1994-2001

Scientific Secretary

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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1995-1999

Research associate

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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1999-2007

Senior research associate

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

INI

2000-2012

Resident Director

Isaac Newton Institute Armenian Branch

INI

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2001-2002

President

Armenian Astronomical Society

ArAS

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2001-presently

Lecturer

Department of Physics, Yerevan State University

YSU

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2002-presently

Co-President, Acting President

Armenian Astronomical Society

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2002-2007

Principal Investigator

Digitization of the First Byurakan Survey

DFBS

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2005-presently

Project Manager

Armenian Virtual Observatory

ArVO

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2005-2017

Head of a research group

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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2006-presently

Program Director

Byurakan International Summer Schools

BISS

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2007-presently

Leading research associate

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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2007-2015

Director’s Advisor on International Affairs

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

NASRA

2009-presently

Head of Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize office

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

NAS RA

2009-presently

Scientific Secretary, International Steering Committee

Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize

VA Prize

2014-presently

Acting President

IAU National Committee for Astronomy (NCA) in Armenia

IAU

2014-2017

Armenian National Contact Point (NCP) for Space

EU H2020

H2020

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2015-2017

Project Manager

BAO Plate Archive Project

BAO

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2015-2017

Deputy Director on International Affairs

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

2015-presently

Head, Chair of Scientific Tourism

Armenian Institute of Tourism

AIT

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2015-presently

Vice-Chair

Euro-Asian Astronomical Society

EAAS

2015-presently

Director

IAU South West and Central Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development

SWCA

2017-presently

Space Program Committee (PC) member from Armenia

EU H2020

H2020

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2017-2022

Director

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

BAO

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2017-presently

Head of Research Department “Astronomical Surveys”

Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory

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