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Lilit S. Gabrielyan
Associate Professor | Chair of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology Education (beginning with IHE)
1994-1999 – Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty of the Yerevan State University (YSU), 2000-2003 – Ph.D. student at the Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty, YSU Academic degree Ph.D. "Effect of the high temperatures and optical irradiation on primary processes of photosynthesis of Chlorella pyrenoidosa and Spirulina platensis", 2006, YSU, Biological Faculty Professional experience 2015 - present: Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology, YSU 2012 - 2015: Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, YSU 2007 – 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics, YSU 2006 - present: Senior Scientific Researcher, Department of Biophysics, YSU 2006 - 2012: Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics, YSU 2003 - 2006: Junior Scientific Researcher, Department of Biophysics, YSU 2001 - 2003: Lab. Assistant and Senior Lab. Assistant, Department of Biophysics, YSU Academic courses Microbe Biophysics and Biotechnology, Membrane Biophysics and Bioenergetics, Algae and Fungi Biotechnology, Membranology Scale of professional interests Membrane biophysics and bioenergetics, biotechnology, microbiology Participation in grant projects 2015: ANSEF Grant Principal Investigator (NS - Biotechnology - 3777, “Novel substrates for enhancement of bio-hydrogen photoproduction by Rhodobacter sphaeroides from Armenian mineral springs and development of bio-hydrogen technology”) 2013 - 2015: Grant of Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science, Researcher (13 - 1F002, “The pathways for developing the H2 production biotechnology by chemotrophic and phototrophic bacteria”) 2013: Grant for Productive Scientists (Top - 100) from the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia 2012: ANSEF Grant Principal Investigator (NS - Biotechnology - 2704, “Growth stimulation and enhancement of hydrogen photoproduction by Rhodobacter sphaeroides strains from mineral springs by various metal ions”) 2011 - 2012: Grant of Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science, Researcher (11 - 1F202, “Hydrogen gas production by chemotroph and phototroph bacteria: hydrogenases mechanisms, their interactions and regulation pathways”) 2009: ANSEF Grant Principal Investigator (NS - Biotechnology - 1668, “Study of mechanisms and evolution of pathways to increase the molecular hydrogen production efficiency by Rhodobacter sphaeroides strains isolated from spring waters in Armenia”) Languages Russian (fluent), English (good), German (fair) Professional membership Member of International Association of Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) Member of American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Member of Federation of the Societies of Biochemistry (FEBS) Member of Pan-Armenian Biophysical Association (IUPAB) Member of Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Awards received 2015: Cleantech Armenia National Business Ideas Competition award (UNIDO GEF Global Cleantech Innovation Programme for SMEs in Armenia) 2013: “Productive Scientist” award from the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia 2012: "We Demand Increase in Science Financing" initiative and "Tashir" charitable organization award. 2011: The “Best scientific work” awards of World Armenian Congress, The Union of Armenians in Russia and The National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Participation in international conferences ASM Workshop on Culture of Responsibility: from Lab to Environment, Yerevan, Armenia, September 30, 2015 VII International Congress “Low and Superlow Fields and Radiations in Biology and Medicine”, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2015, September 7 – 11 10th EBSA European Biophysics Congress, 2015, Dresden, Germany, July 18 - 22. 3rd International Scientific Conference on “Dialogues on Sciences”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2015, June 23 – 26. International Scientific Workshop “Trends in Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014, October 5 – 8. 4rd Pan-Armenian Conference on Natural Science Education “Natural Science in the 21st Century”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2014, May 3 – 4. 38th FEBS Congress “Mechanisms in Biology”, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2013, July 6 – 11. 3rd Pan-Armenian Conference on Natural Science Education “Natural Science in the 21st Century”, Yerevan, Armenia, 2012, April 28. NATO Advanced Research Workshop “The Black Sea: Strategy for Addressing its Energy Resource Development and Hydrogen Energy Problems”, Batumi, Georgia, 2012, October 7 - 10. International Conferance “Biotechnology and health – 4” and DAAD Alumni seminar, Yerevan, Armenia, 2010, October 28 – 30. International Symposium “Solvation and Ionic Effects in Biomolecules: Theory to Experiment”, Tsakhkadzor, Armenia, 2010, May 17 – 21. gabrielli@ysu.am (+374 10) 22-04-31 |