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Shiraz A. Markarian
Head of Chair | Chair of Physical and Colloids Chemistry Education (beginning with IHE)
M. Sc. Physical Chemistry (Full Course), Yerevan State University, 1970 Physical Chemistry (post-graduate Course) Institute of Chemical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow , 1973 Academic degree Candidate - “Quantitative Study of Nuclear Polarization and magnetic Effects in Chemical Reactions”, 1975, Yerevan State University. Doctoral - “Intermolecular Interactions and Reactions of Sulfoxides, Sulfides Ethers and Amines.”, 1989, Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry of the University Rostov-Don, Russia Professional experience Junior Scientific Researcher, Yerevan State University, 1974 - 1977 Senior Scientific Researcher, Yerevan State University, 1977 - 1989 Professor and Head of Research Group, Yerevan State University, 1989 - 2000 Head of Chair of Physical Chemistry, Yerevan State University, 2000 - present Visiting Positions University Zurich, Switzerland (postdoc, Prof. H.Fischer,,s group), 1991 Visiting Professor, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University Zurich and Institute of Physical Chemistry, University Basel, Switzerland, 2000 Fellowship, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University Muenster, Germany (Prof. M.Stockhausen`s group),1998 Fellowship University Regensburg, Germany (Prof. R. Buchner`s group), 2006 Fellowship University Bochum, Germany (Prof. H. Weingartner`s group), 2010 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Italy, 1998, 2000, 2003 Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA (Prof. F. Lewis group), 1999, 2004 Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis (Prof. W. R. Fawcett`s group), 2000 Visiting Researcher, Birkbeck College, University of London, 2008 Visiting Professor, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, Reims, France, 2008 Visiting Professor, University Rostock, Germany, 2009 Visiting Professor, University of Saarland, Germany, 2011 Academic courses Special Courses on Molecular Spectroscopy, General Course on Physical Chemistry Statistical thermodynamics Biophysical Chemistry Scale of professional interests Physicochemical studies of chemical and biological systems. Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy, Solvation Effects, FT IR, Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy Participation in grant projects (present and past) Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF), 05-NS-biochem-0830-415, 2006 National Foundation of Science and Advanced Technologies (NFSAT) and U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Armenian-U.S. Bilateral Grants Program-III, NFSAT CH 103-02/ CRDF 12033, 2003-2004 International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), A-199-99, 1999-2002 Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF), NS- # 1534, 2009 Bilateral research project ARM 11/002 between Yerevan State University, Armenia and Saarland University, Germany supported by BMBF; runs from 01.11.2011 until 31.10.2013 Languages Armenian, English, Germany, Russian Professional membership 1992 - 2004: Member of editorial board of Armenian Journal of Chemistry 2000 - 2006: Member of editorial board of Communications of YSU 2002 - 2006: Member of Counsel award of Science Degree 2005 - 2007: Member of Counsel for educational programs Awards received Presidential award of the Republic of Armenia in area of natural sciences. “Cellular membrane transport enzymathyc activity and their interaction with sulfur-containing organic compounds”, 2003 Best Scientific Work of the Republic of Armenia in area of natural sciences, 2010 (+374 10) 55-51-72 shmarkar@ysu.am |