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Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI) was founded in 1942 by brothers Abraham Alikhanov and Artem Alikhanyan as a branch of Yerevan State University. In 1943 YerPhI acquired the status of a Physics Institute within the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR․ Later on, two cosmic ray stations were set on Mount Aragats: Aragats (3200m) and Nor Amberd (2000m). In 1963, YerPhI was under the governance of the State Atomic Energy Committee of the Soviet Union. In September 2011, according to the decision by the RA Government, the Yerevan Institute of Physics was reorganized into the foundation “A. I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute). Alikhanyan National Laboratory has significantly strengthened its status as a leader in science in Armenia, annually having more than 30% of all scientific publications in the country in international journals with the highest impact factor. According to Thomson Reuters, AANL stands out with 70% of the citations to the entire scientific work of Armenia. This accounts for AANL scientists mainly publishing in high impact journals.
The main strategic goal of the creation of the educational center as a separate unit of AANL is the involvement of young people in scientific works and scientific life, both with the prospect of becoming a future scientist, and in order to bring the public closer to science. Along with all this, a high level of students' knowledge and skills should be guaranteed.
The main target of the Media Group of A. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory is the large-scale publicity of the works of the scientific structure. The Media Group uses a wide range of tools to inform the public about scientific activities. The media group actively cooperates with television companies, news sites, and radio stations, which regularly cover the work of the institute.
Khachatur Nerkararyan
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
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