Education 1972 - 1976: Graduated from Yerevan State University, Dept. of Physics (Theoretical Physics) 1986: Ph.D., Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of Armenian Academy of Science, Ashtarak, Armenia; title: “The features of coulomb interactions in periodic semiconductor structures. 1993: Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University; title: “The role of excitons in the nonlinear and collective processes” 2000: Professor for Physics, Departments of Physics and Radiophysics, Yerevan State University Work Experience 2003 - since: Professor for physics at the Yerevan State University, Chair of Microwave and Telecommunication, Department of Radiophysics. Topic: “Surface polaritons” and “THz-radiation” 2000 - 2003: Professor for physics at the Yerevan State University, Chair of Quantum electronics, Department of Physics. Topic: “Excitation and propagation peculiarities of surface polaritons” 1994 - 2000: Associated professor at the Yerevan State University, Chair of Quantum electronics, Department of Physics. Topic: “Superfocusing of surface polaritons” 1992 - 1994: Associated professor at the Yerevan State University, Chair of Physics of Semiconductors, Department of Radiophysics Topic: “Semiconductor sensors” 1983 - 1992: Senior scientific researcher at the Research Institute of Condensed Media Physics, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University Topic: “Nonlinear optics of excitons” 1976 - 1983: Junior scientific researcher at the Research Institute of Condensed Media Physics, Department of Physics, Yerevan State University, Topic: “Semiconductor superlattices: optics of low dimensional semiconductors” Academic courses/Teaching &Training Experiences Electricity and Magnetism, Quantum Electronics, Nanooptics, Integral Optoelectronics Awards, Honors Yerevan State University, “Gold Medal”, 2011 Language skills Fluent in Armenian (native), Russian, satisfactory working knowledge of English Scientific visits abroad 2011, 2009, 2008: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark 2010: University of Jena, Germany 2007, 2005: Kaiserslautern University of Technology, Germa