Education
2005–2009 BSc in Biology, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, YSU
2011-2013 MSc in Biology, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology , Faculty of Biology, YSU
2010-2013 PhD at the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia

Scientific degree
PhD in Biological Science, “Biochemical characteristics of some herbs from Armenian flora”, YSU, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan Armenia

Work experience
2016-2019: Junior researcher at Research Institute of Biology, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia.
2019-present: Researcher at Laboratory of Basic and Pathological Biochemistry, Research Institute of Biology, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia.
2020 (23․01․ - 30․04) – Invited researcher at the Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

Read courses
Microbial metabolism and antibiotics
Modern Applied Microbiology

Scientific interest
Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Ethnopharmacology, Cancer biochemistry
Participation in grant projects (present and past)
2022: FEBS Bursary grant for attendance to The Biochemistry Global Summit (the 25th IUBMB, 46th FEBS and 15th PABMB Congresses)
2021: Grant for "Material and Equipment Purchase Support”. Science Committee of Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports RA under "Young scientist support Program"
2020։ Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) grant from the COST Action CA16112 (NutRedOx) for performing research experiments in the Gdańsk University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Technology and Biotechnology of Food (Gdańsk, Poland)
2018: ASM Student and Postdoctoral Travel Award for attendance to the ASM Microbe 2018 conference
2017: Young scientist support Program (Armenia) travel grant for attendance to 42nd FEBS Congress
2017: FEBS Bursary grant for attendance to 42nd FEBS Congress
2016: YSF grant for attendance to 16th FEBS Young Scientists' Forum and 41st FEBS Congress
2015: Young scientist support Program (Armenia) travel grant for attendance to 41st FEBS Congress
2015: Grant for "Material and Equipment Purchase Support”. Young scientist support Program
2015: Sponsorship for attendance to “115th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology” funded by “Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), USA

Professional Membership
2019-present COST Action CA16112 (NutRedOx) MC Observer from COST Near neighbour Countries
2015-present The American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
2013-present Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) .

Languages
Russian (Full professional proficiency), English (Full professional proficiency)

E-mail: mikayel.ginovyan@ysu.am