Education
2004 - 2008: Yerevan State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biochemistry, BSc.
2008 - 2010: YSU, Department of Biochemistry, MSc.
2010 - 2013: PhD at the Department of Biochemistry, YSU, Yerevan, Armenia

Scientific degree
PhD in Biological Science, “The role of ureotelic and nonureotelic arginases in polyamine biosynthesis”, YSU, Faculty of Biology, Yerevan Armenia

Work experience
2013 - 2014: Senior laboratory assistant at the Department of Biochemistry of Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.
2015 - 2016: Head of Educational Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, YSU.
2014 - till now: Junior researcher at the Department of Biochemistry of Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia.

Scientific interests
Biochemistry, enzymology, biomedicine, Cancer biochemistry

Participation in grant projects (present and past)
2012: Travel grant, FEBS Sofia “School of Protein Science: Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules”, September, Bulgaria.
2016 - 2018: Grant from Ministry of Education and Science of Armenia, State committee of science, the research project № 16YR-1F023 “Arginase and nitric oxide synthase: old enzymes with new perspectives in breast anticancer therapy”. Head of Scientific Group.

Professional Membership
Member of Council of “Young Biologists Association” NGO.
Member of Armenian Association of Biochemists (Federation of European Biochemical Societies) NGO.

Languages
Armenian (native), Russian (Advanced), English (Upper intermediate)

nv.avtandilyan@ysu.am