Skip to main content
Home
envelope
ՀայերենРусскийEnglish

Main Navigation (Eng)

  • Admission
    • Undergraduate admission
    • Master’s degree admission
    • Postgraduate admission
    • Foreign Students
    • Preparatory courses
    • Work Carried out with Applicants
    • YSU STEM High School
  • Education
    • Guide Book for First Year Students
    • Educational programs
    • Granting qualification of a pedagogue
    • Center for Academic Writing
    • Continuing education
    • Academic Calendar
  • Science
    • Open science
    • Conferences
    • Library
    • Grants
    • Publishing House
    • Doctoral Thesis Defence Councils
    • HRS4R
  • News and events
    • Events
    • Activities
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Announcement
    • Photo gallery
    • Video gallery

Secondary Navigation (Eng)

  • About YSU
    • YSU Management
    • YSU Symbols
    • YSU International Cooperation
    • Quality assurance
    • YSU History Museum
    • Vacancies
    • FAQ
  • Structure
    • YSU Faculties and Educational Centers
      • Faculty of Geography and Geology
      • Faculty of Theology
      • Faculty of Oriental Studies
      • Faculty of European Languages and Communication
      • Faculty of Journalism
      • Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
      • Faculty of Law
      • Faculty of Biology
      • Faculty of Armenian Philology
      • Faculty of International Relations
      • Faculty of History
      • Institute of Physics
      • Faculty of Russian Philology
      • Faculty of Sociology
      • Faculty of Economics and Management
      • Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology
      • Faculty of Chemistry
      • Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
      • Pedagogy and Education Development Center
      • Center for European Studies
      • Institute of Pharmacy
      • Information Technologies Educational and Research Center
      • Chair of Civil Defense
      • Chair of Physical Education and Sports
    • Column Wrapper
      • YSU STEM High School
      • YSU Ijevan Branch
    • Scientific Centers and Laboratories
      • American Studies Center
      • Center for Mathematical and Applied Research
      • Institute for Armenian Studies
      • Institute for Social and Humanitarian Studies
      • Research Center for Chemistry
      • Research Institute of Biology
      • Research Institute of Physics
      • Research Center for the Institute of Pharmacy
    • Scientific and Educational Centers
      • Observatory
      • Scientific and Educational Center for Control and Monitoring of the Quality of Medicines
      • Specialized cabinet-laboratory for the Design of Very Large Integrated Circuits (Synopsis)
      • Legal Clinic
      • Center for Applied Psychology
      • Research Center-Library of Greek Studies
      • Innovation Center for Microbial Biotechnology and Biofuels
      • Russian Center
      • Center for Russian Studies
      • Distance Learning Laboratory of Sociology
    • Column Wrapper
      • Banner
    • Administrative Divisions of YSU
      • Academic Secretary
      • Center for Doctoral Education
      • General Division
      • YSU History Museum
      • Department of Energy System Operation
      • Financial Analysis Department
      • Human Resources Department
      • Center for Admissions and Affairs with Applicants
      • Vehicle Fleet
      • Business Incubator
      • Byurakan Industrial Practice Base
      • Medical Center
      • Science Policy Department
      • Procurement Planning Department
      • Dilijan Sports and Health Center
      • YSU Archive
      • Publishing House
      • Legal Service
      • Marketing Department
      • International Cooperation Office
      • Tsaghkadzor training and production base
      • Cultural Center
      • Fire Safety Service
      • Alumni and Career Center
      • Hankavan Industrial Practice Base
      • Accounting Department
      • Center for Quality Assurance
      • Department for Special Affairs
      • Guest House
      • Student Dormitory
      • Educational-Methodological Department
      • Marie and Sarkis Izmirlian Library
      • Center for Strategic Planning
      • Rectorate
      • Rector's Office
      • Department of Territory Improvement and Landscape Design
      • Information Technology Department
      • Department of Organization and Control of Economic Activities
      • Student Affairs Center
  • Structure
  • Alumni and Career
    • Alumni Community
    • Career Center
    • Friends of YSU
  • Student life
    • YSU Student Scientific Society
    • YSU Student Council
    • Art and Culture
ՀայերենРусскийEnglish
envelope

Main Navigation (Eng)

  • Admission
    • Undergraduate admission
    • Master’s degree admission
    • Postgraduate admission
    • Foreign Students
    • Preparatory courses
    • Work Carried out with Applicants
    • YSU STEM High School
  • Education
    • Guide Book for First Year Students
    • Educational programs
    • Granting qualification of a pedagogue
    • Center for Academic Writing
    • Continuing education
    • Academic Calendar
  • Science
    • Open science
    • Conferences
    • Library
    • Grants
    • Publishing House
    • Doctoral Thesis Defence Councils
    • HRS4R
  • News and events
    • Events
    • Activities
    • News
    • Newsletter
    • Announcement
    • Photo gallery
    • Video gallery

Secondary Navigation (Eng)

  • About YSU
    • YSU Management
    • YSU Symbols
    • YSU International Cooperation
    • Quality assurance
    • YSU History Museum
    • Vacancies
    • FAQ
  • Structure
    • YSU Faculties and Educational Centers
      • Faculty of Geography and Geology
      • Faculty of Theology
      • Faculty of Oriental Studies
      • Faculty of European Languages and Communication
      • Faculty of Journalism
      • Faculty of Informatics and Applied Mathematics
      • Faculty of Law
      • Faculty of Biology
      • Faculty of Armenian Philology
      • Faculty of International Relations
      • Faculty of History
      • Institute of Physics
      • Faculty of Russian Philology
      • Faculty of Sociology
      • Faculty of Economics and Management
      • Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology
      • Faculty of Chemistry
      • Faculty of Mathematics and Mechanics
      • Pedagogy and Education Development Center
      • Center for European Studies
      • Institute of Pharmacy
      • Information Technologies Educational and Research Center
      • Chair of Civil Defense
      • Chair of Physical Education and Sports
    • Column Wrapper
      • YSU STEM High School
      • YSU Ijevan Branch
    • Scientific Centers and Laboratories
      • American Studies Center
      • Center for Mathematical and Applied Research
      • Institute for Armenian Studies
      • Institute for Social and Humanitarian Studies
      • Research Center for Chemistry
      • Research Institute of Biology
      • Research Institute of Physics
      • Research Center for the Institute of Pharmacy
    • Scientific and Educational Centers
      • Observatory
      • Scientific and Educational Center for Control and Monitoring of the Quality of Medicines
      • Specialized cabinet-laboratory for the Design of Very Large Integrated Circuits (Synopsis)
      • Legal Clinic
      • Center for Applied Psychology
      • Research Center-Library of Greek Studies
      • Innovation Center for Microbial Biotechnology and Biofuels
      • Russian Center
      • Center for Russian Studies
      • Distance Learning Laboratory of Sociology
    • Column Wrapper
      • Banner
    • Administrative Divisions of YSU
      • Academic Secretary
      • Center for Doctoral Education
      • General Division
      • YSU History Museum
      • Department of Energy System Operation
      • Financial Analysis Department
      • Human Resources Department
      • Center for Admissions and Affairs with Applicants
      • Vehicle Fleet
      • Business Incubator
      • Byurakan Industrial Practice Base
      • Medical Center
      • Science Policy Department
      • Procurement Planning Department
      • Dilijan Sports and Health Center
      • YSU Archive
      • Publishing House
      • Legal Service
      • Marketing Department
      • International Cooperation Office
      • Tsaghkadzor training and production base
      • Cultural Center
      • Fire Safety Service
      • Alumni and Career Center
      • Hankavan Industrial Practice Base
      • Accounting Department
      • Center for Quality Assurance
      • Department for Special Affairs
      • Guest House
      • Student Dormitory
      • Educational-Methodological Department
      • Marie and Sarkis Izmirlian Library
      • Center for Strategic Planning
      • Rectorate
      • Rector's Office
      • Department of Territory Improvement and Landscape Design
      • Information Technology Department
      • Department of Organization and Control of Economic Activities
      • Student Affairs Center
  • Structure
  • Alumni and Career
    • Alumni Community
    • Career Center
    • Friends of YSU
  • Student life
    • YSU Student Scientific Society
    • YSU Student Council
    • Art and Culture
  1. Main
  2. Employees
  3. Karen Armen Trchounian
download PDF
45-35
(060) 71-05-35
k.trchounian@ysu.am
Karen
Armen
Trchounian
Research Institute of Biology
Director

Personal information

Date of birth
1989
Scientific interests
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bioenergetics, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Education
Institution
YSU
Faculty
Biology/Biophysics
Date
2009 - 2011
Degree name
Masters
Institution
YSU
Faculty
Biology/Biophysics
Date
2005 - 2009
Degree name
Bachelor
Scientific Rank/degree
Institution
YSU
Date
2021
Degree name
Professor
Specialty
Biological sciences
Institution
YSU
Date
2019
Degree name
Associate professor
Specialty
Biological sciences
Institution
YSU
Date
2017
Degree name
Doctor
Specialty
Biological sciences
Research Topic
Improving routes of molecular hydrogen production and hydrogenase activity in bacteria during dark fermentation
Institution
YSU
Date
2013
Degree name
Candidate
Specialty
Biological sciences
Scientific Supervisor
Armen Trchounian
Research Topic
HYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AND PECULIARITIES OF H2 PRODUCTION BY ESCHERICHIA COLI DURING GLYCEROL FERMENTATION
Language skills
Русский
English
Deutsch
Work experience
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2023 till now
Rank/degree
Director Research Institute of Biology
Institution
MoESCS
Period of time
2021 - 2023
Rank/degree
Deputy Minister
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2021 till now
Rank/degree
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2020 - 2021
Rank/degree
Head of the laboratory of Microbiology, Bioenergetics and Biotechnology Research Institute of Biology
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2020 - 2021
Rank/degree
Acting Head of Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2019 - 2021
Rank/degree
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology
Institution
YSU
Period of time
2015 - 2021
Rank/degree
Deputy Director Research Institute of Biology
Participation in international conferences and seminars
20/06/2019 - 24/06/2019
ASM2019 meeting
United States of America (the)
06/06/2018 - 11/06/2018
ASM2018 meeting
United States of America (the)
17/06/2018 - 22/06/2018
22nd World Hydrogen Energy Congress
Brazil
01/07/2019 - 01/09/2019
DAAD Research Fellowship for short stays for academics
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Germany
06/07/2019 - 11/07/2019
44the FEBS meeting
Poland
17/11/2022 - 22/11/2023
COST CA18113 meeting
TU Wien
Austria
30/06/2022 - 02/07/2023
2nd FEMS Conference on Microbiology
Serbia
19/09/2023 - 22/09/2023
Microbial stress meeting
TU Wien
Austria
04/12/2023 - 10/12/2023
Erasmus+ staff mobility
University of Bourgogne Franch Comte
France
09/07/2023 - 13/07/2023
FEMS2023 Congress
Germany
Membership
Institution
American Society for Microbiology Ambassador to Armenia
Period of time
2018 till now
Institution
American Society for Microbiology
Period of time
2010 till now
Institution
Armenian Association of Biochemists
Period of time
2010 till now
Institution
Armenian Microbiological Association
Period of time
2009 till now
Institution
YSU Faculty of Biology Scientific Council
Period of time
2017 till now
Institution
051 Specialized Council on doctoral degrees
Period of time
2017 till now
State awards and honorary titles
2019
YSU Gold medal
2013
Academia Award dedicated to 70th Anniversary of NAS RA

Publications

- Կատեգորիա -
Article
Glycerol and mixture of carbon sources conversion to hydrogen by Clostridium beijerinckii DSM791 and effects of various heavy metals on hydrogenase activity
Karen Trchounian
Nicolai Muller
Bernhard Schink
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2017
7875-7882
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Improving biohydrogen productivity by microbial dark- and photo-fermentations: Novel data and future approaches
Karen Trchounian
R. Gary Sawers
Armen Trchounian
Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews
2017
1201-1216
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-and-sustainable-energy-reviews/
Article
Evidence for hydrogenase-4 catalyzed biohydrogen production in Escherichia coli
Satenik Mirzoyan
Pablo Maria Romero-Pareja
Maria Dolores Coello
Armen Trchounian
Karen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2017
21697-21703
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Hydrogen production by Escherichia coli growing in different nutrient media with glycerol: Effects of formate, pH, production kinetics and hydrogenases involved
Karen Trchounian
Satenik Mirzoyan
Anna Poladyan
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2017
24026-24034
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Millimeter waves or extremely high frequency electromagnetic fields in the environment: what are their effects on bacteria?
Diana Soghomonyan
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2016
4761-4771
http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/microbiology/journal/253
Article
Optimizing strategy for Escherichia coli growth and hydrogen production during glycerol fermentation in batch culture: Effects of some heavy metal ions and their mixtures
Karen Trchounian
Anna Poladyan
Armen Trchounian
Applied Energy
2016
335-340
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/apenergy
Article
Novel approach of ethanol waste utilization: Biohydrogen production by mixed cultures of darkand photo-fermentative bacteria using distillers grains
Harutyun Sargsyan
Karen Trchounian
Lilit Gabrielyan
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2016
2377-2382
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Escherichia coli growth and hydrogen production in batch culture upon formate alone and with glycerol co-fermentation at different pHs
Karen Trchounian
Varduhi Abrahamyan
Anna Poladyan
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2015
9935-9941
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Hydrogen production from glycerol by Escherichia coli and other bacteria: An overview and perspectives
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
Applied Energy
2015
174-184
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/apenergy
Article
H2 production by Escherichia coli batch cultures during utilization of acetate and mixture of glycerol and acetate
Karen Trchounian
Harutyun Sargsyan
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2015
12187-12192
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Escherichia coli hydrogen gas production from glycerol: Effects of external formate
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
Renewable Energy
2015
345-351
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy
Article
Effects of Carbon Sources Mixtures on Hydrogen Production by Escherichia coli during Mixed-Acid Fermentation
K. A. Trchounian
ՀՀ ԳԱԱ զեկույցներ
2015
148-155
http://www.flib.sci.am/eng/Reports/Frame.html
Article
Hydrogen production by Escherichia coli depends on glucose concentration and its combination with glycerol at different pHs
K.Trchounian
H. Sargsyan
A. Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2014
6419-6423
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Different role of focA and focB encoding formate channels for hydrogen production by Escherichia coli during glucose or glycerol fermentation
K.Trchounian
A. Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2014
20987-20991
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Hydrogen producing activity by Escherichia coli hydrogenase 4 (hyf) depends on glucose concentratio
K.Trchounian
A. Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2014
16914-16918
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
H2 Producing Activity by Escherichia Coli During Mixed Carbon Fermentation at Slightly Alkaline and Acidic pHs: Novel Functions of Hydrogenase 4 (hyf) and Hydrogenase 2 (hyb)
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, Black Sea Energy Resource Development and Hydrogen Energy Problems
2013
137-151
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400761513
Article
Escherichia coli multiple [Ni–Fe]-hydrogenases are sensitive to osmotic stress during glycerol fermentation but at different pHs
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
FEBS Letters
2013
3562-3566
http://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291873-3468/
Article
Hydrogen-oxidizing hydrogenases 1 and 2 of Escherichia coli regulate the onset of hydrogen evolution and ATPase activity, respectively, during glucose fermentation at alkaline
Anna Poladyan
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
R. Gary Sawers
FEMS Microbiology Letters
2013
143-148
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1574-6968
Article
Escherichia coli hydrogenase 4 (hyf ) and hydrogenase 2 (hyb) contribution in H2 production during mixed carbon (glucose and glycerol) fermentation at pH 7.5 and pH 5.5
Karen Trchounian
Armen Trchounian
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
2013
3921-3929
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-hydrogen-energy/
Article
Hydrogenase activity and proton-motive force generation by Escherichia coli during glycerol fermentation
Karen Trchounian
Syuzanna Blbulyan
Armen Trchounian
Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
2013
253-260
http://www.springer.com/chemistry/organic+chemistry/journal/10863

Pagination

  • « Սկիզբ First page
  • < Previous page
  • …
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • …
  • > Next page
  • Վերջ » Last page

Quick access

  • Intranet
  • E-learning
  • Mulberry
  • Online applications
  • Phone book
  • Registrar
  • Documentation

Footer(ENG)

  • Main pages
    • Admission
    • Education
    • Science
    • News
  • Information
    • Frequently asked Questions
    • Vacancies
    • Search for educational programs
    • For the applicants
    • For the students
  • About YSU
    • YSU management
    • YSU symbols
© Yerevan state university 2025
Address: Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, 0025, 1 Alex Manoogian (+37460) 710000 info@ysu.am