Education
2001 - 2005: BSc in Biology, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology , Faculty of Biology, YSU;
2005 - 2007: MSc in Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology , Faculty of Biology, YSU;
2007 - 2012: PhD student in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology YSU.

Academic degree
PhD

Professional experience
2012 - present: Researcher at the Research Institute of Biology, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan State University, Armenia
2011 - present: Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology,
2012: Research, PhD exchange student at Department of Biology, Bergen University (Bergen, Norway),
2008: Summer School at Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, USA),
2007 - 2012 Senior Laboratory Assistant at the Department of Microbiology, Plants and Microbes Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology

Academic courses
Microbiology and Virology (Laboratory Courses); Analytical Methods used in Microbiology

Scale of professional interests
Microbiology, Molecular biology, Microbial ecology, Microbial Biochemistry

Participation in grant projects
2019: Participant in Thematic Grant, Project num.: 18T-1F261
2018: Participant in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: Microbio-4959
2017: Principal investigator in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: Microbio-4619
2016: Participant in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: Biotech-4328
2016 - 2018: Researcher in Thematic Project 15T-1F399 provided from Ministry of Education and Science of RA
2015: Principal investigator in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: microbio-3869
2014 - 2017: Participant in ISTC Research Grant, Project num.: A2089
2014: Participant in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: Microbio 3362
2012: Participant in ANSEF Research Grant, Project num.: NS-microbio 2493

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English

Professional membership
American Society of Microbiologist (ASM)
Armenian Microbiological Society (FEMS Full Member)
Armenian Association of Biotechnologists
Armenian Association of Biochemists (FEBS Associative Member)

Awards received
2014: Travel Grant # 135348, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2013: Young Scientists Travel Grant, 5th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists; FEMS Young Scientists Award
2013: Travel Grant from Sport and Youth Affairs Ministry
2013: FEBS Bursary Winner
2012: NFSAT Sort Travel Grant (TSP 19/12)
2010: Third prize at the Conference “Contribution of Young Scientists to Biotechnology”, Yerevan, Armenia.
2010: Diploma for the best poster of the Second Balkan Conference on Biology, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2007: Diploma for the best report of the Conference for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students and Young Scientists, Moscow State University after M. Lomonosov, Moscow, Russia

arminemargaryan@ysu.am