Education (beginning with IHE)
2000-2003 – Ph.D. student at the Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty, YSU
1994-1999 – Department of Biophysics, Biological Faculty, Yerevan State University (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
Biomembrane Biochemistry, Biophysical chemistry, Biomembranes in normal conditions and in pathology, Microbe Biotechnology, Structure and function of prokaryotic membranes, Microbiology

Scale of professional interests
Bioenergetics, biochemistry and biotechnology of phototrophic microorganisms (purple bacteria; microalgae; biohydrogen production; photo-fermentation; regulation of microbial growth; redox regulation);
Biophysics and bioenergetics of biological membranes (membrane ion transfer, membrane potential, proton motive force, proton-translocating ATPase);
Nanotechnology (green synthesis of nanoparticles, antimicrobial activity).

Participation in grant projects
2021-2024: Grant from Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports RA Committee of Science (21T-1F179), PI.
2021-2023: Grant from Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports RA Committee of Science and the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus (21SC-BRFFR-1F012), PI.
2021-2022: “Productive Scientist” grant (21PR-1F0222) from the Science Committee of Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia.
2019-2020: Grant for Productive Scientists (Top-100) from the Science Committee of Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia.
2019-2020: ANSEF 2019 Grant (NS-Biotechnology-5351) Consultant.
2018-2020: Grant from Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science (18T-1F045), Researcher.
2018: Travel grant from Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia Science Committee.
2018-2019: Grant for Productive Scientists (Top-100) from the Science Committee of Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia.
2016: Travel grant from Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science.
2015-2017: Grant from Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science (15T-1F123), Researcher.
2015: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation travel grant.
2015-2016: ANSEF Grant (NS-Biotechnology-3777) Principal Investigator.
2015-2016: ANSEF 2015 Grant (NS-Biotechnology-3921) Consultant.
2013-2015: Grant of Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science (13-1F002), Researcher
2013-2014: Grant for Productive Scientists (Top-100) from the Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia.
2013: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation travel grant.
2012: ANSEF Grant (NS-Biotechnology-2704) Principal Investigator
2011-2013: Grant of Ministry of Education and Science RA State Committee of Science (11-1F202), Researcher.
2009: ANSEF Grant (NS-Biotechnology-1668) Principal Investigator

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
2022: “Award for Excellence in Teaching at Yerevan State University” in the category of Natural Sciences.
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
The Biochemistry Global Summit (25th IUBMB Congress, 46th FEBS Congress, 15th PABMB Congress), Portugal, Lisbon, July 9-14, 2022.
FEMS Conference on Microbiology, Belgrade, Serbia, June 30–Jule 2, 2022.
Int. scientific conference “Molecular, membrane and cellular fundamentals of biosystem operation”, Minsk, Belarus, June 15–17, 2022.
V International Conference on Biotechnology and Health, Yerevan, Armenia, October 29–31, 2020.
Int. scientific conference “Molecular, membrane and cellular fundamentals of biosystems operation”, Minsk, Belarus, June 17-19, 2020.
Int. Conference “Modern trends in biochemistry, radiation and space biology: the Great Sissakian and importance of his research”, Yerevan, Armenia, November 11–13, 2019.
44th FEBS Congress, Krakow, Poland, July 6-11, 2019.
10th Int. Conference “Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability”, Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 23-28, 2019.
FEBS Advanced Lecture Course “Current Advances in Pathogen Research”, Yerevan, Armenia, March 25-30, 2019.
VIII Int. Congress “Low and Superlow Fields and Radiations in Biology and Medicine”, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 10–14, 2018.
43th FEBS Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, July 9-12, 2018.
Int. scientific conference “Molecular, membrane and cellular fundamentals of biosystems operation”, Minsk, Belarus, June 27-29, 2018.
ASM Workshop “ASM week in Armenia: Microbiology today”, Yerevan, Armenia, October 2–6, 2017.
5th Pan-Armenian Conference on Natural Science Education “Natural Science in the 21st Century”, Yerevan, Armenia, October 1, 2017.
International scientific conference “Molecular, membrane and cellular fundamentals of biosystems operation”, Minsk, Belarus, June 28-30, 2016.
FEBS Advanced Lecture Course “Current Advances in Pathogen Research”, Yerevan, Armenia, March 21-26, 2016.
ASM Workshop on Culture of Responsibility: from Lab to Environment, Yerevan, Armenia, September 30, 2015.
VII Int. Congress “Low and Superlow Fields and Radiations in Biology and Medicine”, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, September 7–11, 2015.
10th EBSA European Biophysics Congress, Dresden, Germany, July 18-22, 2015.
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.

Languages
Russian (fluent), English (good), German (fair)

lgabrielyan@ysu.am