PERSONAL

Gender:               Male

Nationality:          Armenian (German work permit holder)

Martial status:     Married, 1 child

EDUCATION

1993            Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, National Academy of Sciences in Armenia.

1983             M.Sci in Physics, Yerevan State University, Departament of Physics, Yerevan, Armenia.

SCIENTIFIC SKILLS

*  Ability to define and lead a scientific research project.

*  Preparation of applications for international scientific grants in UK, Germany, and Russia.

*  Broad experience to participate in international scientific projects.

*  Deep knowledge of theory of probability, statistical description and modeling of data.

*  +60 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings.

*  Organization of scientific workshops.

*  Great experience to lecture and perform visual presentations in front of large scientific or student auditorium.

*  Supervision of Diploma and PhD students.

*  Scientific writing in three languages: English, Armenian, and Russian.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

*  Extensive skills in design and development of software packages in Fortran 77, C/C++, and Java.

*  Experience in modeling and data analysis using analytical and numerical methods, Monte-Carlo simulations. Solution of differential equations by means of Monte-Carlo simulations.

*  Extensive use of statistical tools in data analysis.

*  Working knowledge with Numerical Recipes, Mathematica and Statistica packages.

*  Working knowledge with MySQL database and astronomical  databases.

*  Working knowledge of data and image analysing packages: AIPS and MeqTrees.

*  Document preparation in LATEX, HTML, and Microsoft office.

*  Internet development, Java, HTML.

LANGUAGE

Fluent in English, Armenian (native) and Russian, basic knowledge of German.

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

2008                        DFG-SPP Fellowship, MPI for Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany

2002                Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, MPI for Radioastronomie, Bonn,

                        Germany

1997-1999       Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Cambridge, UK

1993-1995       ESOP C&CE program grant

1995                Euro-Asian Astronomical Society´s annual prize for young astronomers

1994                Society of Armenian Physicists´ annual prize

MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIEETIES

Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS, from 1996)

International Astronomical Union (IAU, from 1994)

European Astronomical Society (EAS, from 1993)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005-present   Research Fellow at the MPI fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany:

·      Development and modeling of a novel evolutionary dynamo model of disk galaxies.  (in Fortran/C).

·      Development of Fortran codes to simulate the polarized sky at 1.4 GHz.

·      Software development and computer modeling of the evolution of radio galaxies (Fortran, C).

·      Series of lectures for IMPRS students and young astronomers in number of  Summer schools.

·      Project leader (Germany-Mexico) to investigate the link between jets, black holes and optical properties of host galaxies. Supervision of two PhD students.

·      Participation in international projects which include US, Netherlands, Russia, Mexico, and Germany and numerous collaboration visit.

·      Principal investigator of three proposals approved for observations with radio telescopes.

·      Organization of workshops.

·      Design and development of the Internet site of workshops on HTML.

·      Member of committees for developing and planning the key science projects for future radio facilities.

·      Participation in international conferences and workshops, oral presentations.

·      Published more than 10 papers in refereed journals and 15 papers in the conference proceedings.

Key skills developed: Coordination/management of international projects;

Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively; Strong organizational

skills; Effective visual and oral presentations; Delivery of products under

deadline.

2002-2004      Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the MPI fuer Radioastronomie:

·      Modeling the jet kinematics. Software development in Fortran.

·      Development of the novel software for analysing the cross-correlation function between uneven sparsely sampled data (C/Fortran) .

·      Internet and Intranet interactive site development on HTML, JavaScript.

·      Oral presentations in number of conferences.

                         Key skills developed: Leading own projects; Fostering external

                        collaborations; Presenting material.

2000-2002       Software Developer at the financial computing company, Parelian ltd:

·      Design and development of a software package of the agent for performing statistical and econometric analysis of financial data (Java).

·      Software development for evaluating derivatives using the closed form solutions and Monte-Carlo simulations (C and Java).

Key skills developed: Experience in the product development process

(requirements, development, testing, debugging, documenting); Team

working skills; Working under pressure; Delivering quality products to

clients within the deadlines; New computing skills (Java, MySQL).

1999-2000       Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK:

·      Development of a new relativistic model for classical double radio galaxies.

·      Development of Fortran codes for different routines using the NAG library.

·      Implementation of the Maximum Entropy inversion method.

1997-1998       Royal Society/NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of    

                        Cambridge, UK:

·      Development and numerical simualtion of an asymmetric relativistic model for double radio galaxies in Fortran.

·      Use of the MEM package to perform a reconstruction of images.

Key skills developed: Independent research; Collaborating in internal

projects and international collaborations; Adapting to new international

environments; Effective communication during international conferences

and workshops.

1994-1997       Research Associate at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO),   

                        Armenia:

·      Application of the numerical and analytical methods in data analysis (Fortran, C).

·      Development of the programming software for studying the evolution of pulsars (C/C++).

·      Teaching experience in statistical methods, evolution of radio pulsars. Supervision of students.

1984-1993           Junior Research Associate at the  BAO, Armenia:

·      Development and application of inverse problems approach to astronomical tasks.

·      Development and simulation of dynamics of relativisticaly expanded shells of Supernova Remnants (Fortran, Pascal).

·      Developed a unique algorithm to estimate the preferential direction of sources distributed on a sphere (Fortran).

·      Defended PhD, published four papers.

Key skills developed: Learning computing languages; Strong experience

in application of numerical and statistical methods; Lecturing experience.