Scientific interests
- Bioenergetics and biochemistry of phototrophic microorganisms (bio-hydrogen production; photo-fermentation; regulation of microbial growth; redox regulation; purple bacteria; green algae)
- biophysics and bioenergetics of biological membranes (membrane ion transfer, membrane potential, proton motive force, proton-translocating ATPase)
- nanotechnology (green synthesis of nanoparticles, physicochemical characteristics, antibacterial potential)
Education
Institution
Yerevan State University
Faculty
Biology Faculty, Department of Biophysics
Date
-
Degree name
Qualified specialist
Scientific Rank/degree
Institution
Yerevan State University
Date
2012
Degree name
Associate professor
Specialty
Biological sciences
Institution
Yerevan State University
Date
2006
Degree name
Candidate
Specialty
Biological sciences
Language skills
Հայերեն
English
Deutsch
Русский
Work experience
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
Rank/degree
Chairman of the Competition Committee, Academic Council, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
Rank/degree
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Microbe and Plants Biotechnology, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Associate Professor, Department of Biophysics, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Senior Scientific Researcher, Department of Biophysics, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Junior Scientific Researcher, Department of Biophysics, Biology Faculty
Institution
Yerevan State University
Period of time
-
Rank/degree
Senior Lab. Assistant, Department of Biophysics, Biology Faculty
Membership
Institution
Member of the Academic Council of the Faculty of Biology
Period of time
State awards and honorary titles
2011
The “Best scientific work” award of The National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, World Armenian Congress and The Union of Armenians in Russia
2022
“Award for Excellence in Teaching at Yerevan State University” in the category of Natural Sciences
Publications
Conference
Изучение антибактериального действия наночастиц серебра на Salmonella typhimurium MDC1759.
Conference
Перспективы применения отходов алкогольной промышленности в фотовыделении водорода пурпурной бактерией Rhodobacter sphaeroides.
Conference
Антибактериальные свойства наночастиц серебра и мембранотропные механизмы иx действия.
Conference
Antibacterial Activity and Action Mechanisms of Silver Nanoparticles against Escherichia coli Wild Type and Drug-resistant Strains and Salmonella typhimurium
Conference
Prospective Trends in Biotechnology for Biohydrogen
Conference
Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation on Growth Properties of Green Microalga Parachlorella Kessleri
Conference
Biological Hydrogen Generation by Purple Bacteria as a Promising Way of Industrial Waste Treatment
Conference
Comparative Investigation of Silver Nanoparticles Action on Growth Peculiarities and Survival of Various Bacteria
Conference
Prospects of industrial and kitchen wastes application in H2 production
Conference
Antibacterial activity of Ribes nigrum extract-mediated synthesized AgNPs
Conference
Effect of various carbon sources on the growth properties and photosynthetic pigments content of Spirulina platensis
Conference
Hydrogen generation in sulfur-deprived green microalgae Chlorella vulgaris
Conference
Brewer’s spent grain as a potential substrate for hydrogen production by Parachlorella kessleri
Conference
Antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles biosynthesized from Stevia rebaudiana extract
Conference
Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their effect on the energy-dependent H+ -fluxes across the bacterial membrane
Conference
THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED BY Spirulina BIOMASS
Conference
The antibacterial potential of Spirulina platensis-mediated green synthesized silver nanoparticles
Conference
The effect of silver nanoparticles synthesized using Spirulina biomass on the hydrogen yield and FoF1-ATPase activity in Escherichia coli.
Conference
The case of industrial waste utilization by phototrophic microorganisms: incorporating active learning strategies for effective Biotechnology and Microbiology instruction at the graduate level
Conference
SPIRULINA-Ի ԿԵՆՍԱԶԱՆԳՎԱԾԻՑ ԱՐԾԱԹԻ ՆԱՆՈՄԱՍՆԻԿՆԵՐԻ ՍԻՆԹԵԶԸ ԵՎ ԴՐԱՆՑ ՀԱԿԱԲԱԿՏԵՐԻԱԿԱՆ ԱԿՏԻՎՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ
