Education
1965 M.S., Faculty of Physics, Moscow Lomonosov State University
1969 Post Graduate Studies, Faculty of Physics, Moscow Lomonosov State University
1975 PhD (Candidate of Phys. Math. Sciences), Yerevan State University
1990 Doctor of Phys. Math. Sciences, Institute of Applied Problems of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Specialization: main field: Theory of Solid State and Semiconductor Physics, Theory of Low Dimensional Electronic Systems

Employment
2005-present Head of Research Laboratory of Solid State Physics, Yerevan State University
2018-present Honorable Head of Department of Solid State Physics, Yerevan State University
1992-present Professor, Department of Solid State Physics, Yerevan State University
2000-2018 Head of Department of Solid State Physics, Yerevan State University
2004-2009 Senior Researcher, Armenian State Program “Semiconductor Nanoelectronics”
1992-2005 Supervisor, Research Group on Theoretical Investigation of Kinetic and Optical Characteristics of Low-Dimensional Electronic Systems, Yerevan State University
1975-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Solid State Physics, Yerevan State University
1969-1975 Senior Lecturer, Department of Theoretical Physics, Yerevan State University

Current research
Semiconductor dot-ring structures, double quantum rings and their optical properties in the laser fields,
Effect of external factors (electric and magnetic fields, hydrostatic pressure, temperature) and interdiffusion on electronic, optical and kinetic properties of low-dimensional structures,
Relaxation processes in semiconductor nanostructures

Student teaching
More than forty years of teaching experience in Faculty of Physics of Yerevan State University

Atomic Physics, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Quantum Theory of Solids, Collective Excitations in Condensed Matter, Physics of Low-dimensional Electronic Systems

Academic Honours and Grants
1999 INTAS (No. 99-00928, Stranski- Krastanow Quantum Dots in a Microcavity),
2002 ANSEF (No. PS24-01, Investigation of Relaxation Processes in Nanostructures),
2004 ANSEF (No. 04-ps-condmatth 83-95, Effect of the Strain Field on the Electron States and Electron-Polar Optical Phonon Interaction in Lens-Shaped Quantum Dots),
2006 ANSEF (No. 05-PS-nano-0811-228, Energy Relaxation By
Multiphonon Processes In Quantum Dots),
2013 Armenian-Russian Project (No.13RF-093, Electron-phonon interaction in quantum dots Ge/Si heterostructures; supported by the State Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science of RA and Russian Foundation of Basic research)

Supervisor: Fourteen dissertations on problems of the solid state and semiconductor theory
Consultant: Two doctoral dissertations on semiconductor physics

Conferences
Participation in International, Republican and many other scientific conferences and symposia on solid state and semiconductor physics

Scientific Publications
Author of the books “Introduction to Solid State Physics” (part I, II), Coauthor of the books “Problems on Solid State Physics” (part I), “Solid State Physics (Laboratory Works, part I)”, “Atomic Physics (Laboratory Works)” for university students and graduate students (in Armenian)

Awards
Gold medal of RA Ministry of Education and Science
YSU Gold medal
RA Presidential Award for a breakthrough discovery or significant contribution to the area of physics
The winner of the competition “Productive Researcher” 2013,2014 (Armenian State Committee of Science)

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English

kirakosyan@ysu.am