Education
1999 - 2003: Faculty of Biology, Department of Biophysics, Yerevan State University, Undergraduate student for Bachelor’s Degree
2003 - 2005: Faculty of Biology, Department of Biophysics, Yerevan State University, Graduate student for Master’s Degree.

Academic degree
PhD (Biophysics)

Professional experience
2004 - 2013: Senior lab assistant at Laboratory of General Biology, of Faculty of Biology, Department of Biophysics, Yerevan State University.
Since 2014: Junior researcher in Laboratory of Microbiology, Bioenergetics and Biotechnology Research Institute of Biology at Yerevan State University

Academic courses
Applying of Modern approaches in Industrial Microbiology

Scale of professional interests
Microbiology (Food, Medical), Biophysics, Biochemistry, Bioenergetics, Biotechnology

P articipation in grant projects
2005 - 2006 Research grant from the New York based Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF) titled “Redox sensing by bacteria: oxidizers, reducers, proton-coupled membrane systems and bacterial growth”(as student).
2015 - 2017: ISTC Research grant “Development of a new effective method for monitoring environmental state by investigating changes in biological membrane structures in a post-radiation period”(as group coordinator).
2016 - 2017: Research grant from the New York based Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF) titled ''The Isolation and Investigation of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Armenian Farm Wines:The Combied Effects of Electromagnetic Irradiation and SO2 on Isolated Bacteria''(as supervisor).

Languages
English (fluent), Russian (fluent)

Professional membership
Member of Pan-Armenian Biophysical Association (PABA), member society of EBSA and adhering body of IUPUB
Member of Armenian Association of Biochemists (AAB), Constituent Member of Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
Member of Armenian Microbiological Association, member society of Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS).
Member of American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

Awards received
2012: ‘’We Demand Increase in Science Financing’’ Facebook initiative and ‘’Tashir’’ charitable Organization award for the articles in scientific journals with the highest winning reference.
2014: Grant for young scientists to attend Seventh Framework Programe (FP7)- International Summer School for Young Scientists ''Enhancing Health Promoting Compounds in Food'', Bazelati, Georgia.
2015: Early Career Scientists Award, Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS 6th Congress Maastricht, The Netherlands).
2015: YSU-Biofuel Team Runner up, UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in Armenia, team award.
2015: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation travel grant to attend FEMS 6th Congres (Maastricht, The Netherlands).
2016: FEMS travel award for young scientists to attend 4th Congress of Targeting Microbiota (Paris France).
2016: Youth Foundation of Armenia travel grant award to attend 4th Congress of Ttargeting Microbiota (Paris, France)
2017: Youth Foundation of Armenia travel grant award to attend 42th FEBS congress (Jerusalem, Israel)

d.soghomonyan@ysu.am