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Aram A. Saharyan
Head of Chair | Academician Gourgen Sahakyan's Chair of Theoretical Physics Education
1977-1982, Faculty of Physics, Yerevan State University (YSU) Academic degree 1987, PhD, Thesis title “Electromagnetic vacuum effects in presence of macroscopic bodies”, YSU 2011, Doctor of Sciences, Thesis title “Some questions of scalar-tensor gravity and effective string cosmology”, YSU Professional experience 1982 – 1986, PhD student, Faculty of Physics, YSU 1992 – 1996, Assistant of Professor, Faculty of Physics, YSU 1996 – 2008, Docent, Faculty of Physics, YSU 1987 – present, Leading scientist, Institute of Applied Problems of Physics NAS RA 2003 – 2009, Regular Associate, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy 2006, 2011, Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Paraiba Federal University, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba, Brazil 2008 – 2018, Professor, Faculty of Physics, YSU 2016 – 2018, Head of Department of Science Policy, State Committee of Science, Republic of Armenia 2017 – present, Head of Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, YSU 2018 – present, Professor, Head of the Chair of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, YSU Academic courses Classical Mechanics Classical Field Theory Quantum Mechanics Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics Vector and Tensor Analysis Cosmology Qualitative Analysis of Dynamical Systems Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spaces Theories of Gravity and Their Astrophysical and Cosmological Applications Theory of Strings and Branes Scale of professional interests Theories of Gravity, Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics Quantum Field Theory Under External Influences High Energy Electromagnetic Processes in Inhomogeneous Media and in Presence of Acoustic Waves Theory of Superdense Stellar Configurations Participation in grant projects 1996 – 2000, Grant 96-855, Ministry of Education and Science, RA 1998 – 2000, ISTC Grant A100 1998 – 2000, INTAS Grant 2001 ANSEF Grant PS14-00 2000 – 2004, Grants 0887, 1361, 119, Ministry of Education and Science, RA 2003 DAAD Grant, Germany 2005 ANSEF Grant 2005 CNR-NATO Grant, Italy 2006, 2011CAPES Grant, Brazil 2008, 2010, 2012 CNPq Grant, Brazil 2011 APS Grant, USA 2013-2015 Grant 13-1C040, State Committee of Science RA 2015-2017 Grant 15T-1C110, State Committee of Science RA 2016 ANSEF Grant 2020 Grant 20RF-059, Science Committee RA 2021 PMI Research Grant, Philip Morris 2021 Grant 21AG-1C047, Science Committee RA Languages Armenian, Russian, English Professional membership Member of Specialized Council 049 Physics Member of Editorial Board of Journal “Astrophysics” Member of Editorial Board of Journal “Symmetry” Awards received 1989, Honorable Mention by Gravity Research Foundation, USA 2005, Armenia President’s Prize 2019, Yerevan State University Gold Medal saharian@ysu.am |