Education
1959-1964, Yerevan State University, Physics Department, Physicist
1966-1969, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, post graduate student

Academic degree
candidate - “Some Non-linear Problems of Radiative Transfer”, 1970, Yerevan State University
doctoral – “Spectral Lines Formation for the General Laws of the Radiation Redistribution over Frequencies and Directions”, 1986, Leningrad State University

Professional experience
In Ambartsumian Byurakan Observatory of Armenian Nat. Academy of Sci. 1965-1966, 1969 -1974 - junior researcher; 1974-1983 – senior researcher, 1983-1987 - of laboratory, 1987 – 2006 – leading researcher, 2006 up to the present – principal investigator
Pluralistically, 1965-1994, 2006 – up to the present, Yerevan State University, Physical Department, senior lecturer
Scientific collaborations and business trips: France, Institute of Astrophysics in Paris, Meudon Observatory, 1980, 83, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2006, 07, Romania, Bukharest Astrophysical Observatory, 1997.

Academic courses
Theoretical astrophysics, physics of nebula

Scale of professional interests
Stellar Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer Theory, Solar Physics
Flare Stars, Nebula, Luminous Blue Variable Stars
Non-Stationary Phenomena in Solar Atmosphere

Participation in grant projects
1996-1998, NATO grant CRG 960346
2007-2008, INTAS grant, Ref. No. 06-1000017-9041

Professional membership
Member of the IAU (International Astronomical Union, Commission 36, Stellar Atmospheres),
Member of the European Astronomical Society
Member of the Euro-Asian Astronomical Society
Associate Editor of the international scientific journal of «Astrofizika» (Astrophysics)
Vice-chairman of the specialized council of “Astronomy”

Awards received
Medal of Anania Shirakatsi

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, German