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Maths & Physics
Academic Resumé
Employment
Jan 2022 - present | Senior Researcher, Analysis and PDEs Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium. Analysis of PDEs, Non-commutative harmonic analysis. |
Jul 2018 - Aug 2021 | Vis. Assist. Prof., University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. Analysis of PDEs, Fourier Analysis, Mathematical Physics. Teaching PDEs, ODEs, Analysis, Topology. |
Jul 2021 - Dec 2021 | Leading Researcher, Regional Mathematical Center of Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Harmonic Analysis, Operator Theory. Research Supervision. Organizational activities. |
Feb 2015 - Mar 2018 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, University College London, London, UK. Microlocal analysis, systems of PDEs. Teaching Analysis problem classes. |
Mar 2014 - Jan 2015 | Researcher, Yerevan Physics Institute, Yerevan, Armenia. Research in Mathematical Physics. Series of graduate lectures. |
May 2013 - Jan 2015 | Teacher, Quantum College, Yerevan, Armenia. Teaching in olympic sections. Head trainer of the college olympic team. |
Apr 2013 - Feb 2014 | Junior Researcher, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Research in Mathematical Physics. |
Jan 2005 - Aug 2008 | Teacher, Quantum College, Yerevan, Armenia. Teaching in olympic sections. Head trainer of Armenian national olympic team. |
Non-Academic Activity
Sep 2021 - present | Member of the Board of Trustees, "Bright Minds" Scientific-Educational Fund, Yerevan, Armenia. Charitable fund organizing olympics classes in Armenian schools. www.brightminds.am |
Sep 2017 - present | Chair of the Board of Trustees, Quantum College Alumni Charitable Fund, Yerevan, Armenia. Charitable fund supporting Armenian students with scholarships. www.quantum-alumni.am |
Sep 2020 - present | Board Member, King Mampreh OJSC, Yerevan, Armenia. Educational and scientific business projects. |
Education
Sep 2008 - Mar 2013 | PhD, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences and University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rainer Verch. Thesis: Mode decomposition and Fourier analysis of physical fields in homogeneous cosmology. |
Sep 2008 - May 2010 | MS in Physics, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia (Remote tuition). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Edvard Chubaryan. Thesis: Homogeneous isotropic states of electromagnetic field on FRW spacetimes. Construction of states of low energy. |
Sep 2004 - May 2008 | BS in Physics and Pedagogy, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia. Supervisor: Dr. David B. Saakian. Thesis: Investigation of dynamics and stability of recombination phenomenon in evolution using methods of theoretical physics. |
Achievements
2021 | Awarded a lifetime membership to ISAAC Society |
2017 | Selected participant of the 5th Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Heidelberg University, Germany |
2016 | Poster "Fourier Analysis in Integrable Systems", Mathematical Sciences Exhibition, SET for Britain 2016 (UK wide contest). Reached the final stage, presented in Houses of Parliament |
2008 | IMPRS Doctoral Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences |
2008 | Best student prize from the faculty of physics, Yerevan State University |
2006 | Best student in IT sphere prize from the President of Armenia |
2004 | Bronze Medal, International Physics Olympiad, Korea |
2004 | Winner Diploma, Remote Olympiad in Maths and Physics by Moscow PhysTech Institute |
2004 | Winner Diploma, Travelling Olympiad in Maths and Physics by Moscow PhysTech Institute |
2003 | Gold Medal and Prize for Best Result in Practical Round, International Astronomy Olympiad, Sweden |
2002 | Bronze Medal, International Astronomy Olympiad, Russia |
2001 | Silver Medal, International Astronomy Olympiad, Ukraine |
Membership in Professional Bodies
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft | Member |
International Association for Mathematical Physics | Members |
Sigma Xi Society | Full Member |
Languages
Armenian | Mother tongue |
English | Fluent |
Russian | Fluent |
German | Intermediatory |