Center for Advanced Sciences and Technologies

Project:

The project imagines the establishment of a center for advanced sciences and technologies in Armenia with multiple divisions encompassing the physical sciences, natural sciences, mathematical sciences, computational sciences, and engineering. Each division might be hosted by a local institution and draw the participation of international scholars.

Task Forces

- Applied Health Sciences - Mathematical Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Environmental Sciences - Life Sciences - Robotics and Artificial Intelligence - Physical Sciences

Task Force on

Applied Health Sciences

Members

Core Team

Arshak Alexanian

Founder, Owner and Chief Scientific Officer of Cell Reprogramming and Therapeutics LLC

Biology, Biotechnology, Cell biology

Wisconsin, USA

Apkar Apkarian

Professor Departments of Neuroscience, Anesthesia, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University

Biology, Engineering, Neuroscience

Illinois, USA

Alexander Bazarchyan

Director of the National Institute of Health of Armenia

Armenia

Jerry Manoukian

Emeritus Staff El Camino Hospital

Internal Medicine

California, USA

Arthur Melkonyan

Medical director of diagnostic centers, Armenia

Armenia

Advisors

Ruben Alexanian

Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine Faculty, Clinical Science Center

Wisconsin, USA

Karina Galoian

Research associate professor University of Miami , Miller School of Medicine

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery

Florida, USA

Task Force on

Chemical Sciences

Members

Core Team

Vartkess Apkarian

Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, UC Irvine

Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry

California, USA

Ivan Aprahamian

Professor of Chemistry, Dartmouth College

Chemistry

New Hampshire, USA

Lou Charkoudian

Professor of Chemistry, Haverford College

Biochemistry, Chemical Education, Chemistry

Pennsylvania, USA

Anzhela Galstyan

Faculty of Chemistry, Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) and Center for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen

Photobiology, Photophysics

Germany

Syuzanna Harutyunyan

Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen

Chemistry, Organic Chemistry

The Netherlands

Advisors

Valentine Ananikov

Russian Academy of Sciences

Chemistry, Material Science, Nanotechnology

Moscow, Russia

Justin Du Bois

Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, by courtesy, Stanford University

Chemical Biology, Chemistry

California, USA

Vladimir Gevorgyan

Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, University of Texas at Dallas

Chemistry

Texas, USA

Task Force on

Environmental Sciences

Members

Core Team

Taniel Danelian

Professor of Paleobiodiversity and Paleoenvironments, University of Lille

Paleontology

France

Alen Gasparian Amirkhanian

Director, American University of Armenia Acopian Center for the Environment

Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences

Armenia

Irina Ghaplanyan

Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Climate Change, International Relations, Political Science, Sustainability Studies

Armenia

Dork Sahagian

Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University

Climate Change, Geophysics, Science and Society, Volcanology

Pennsylvania, USA

Advisors

Kevork Abazajian

Professor, University of California, Irvine

Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

California, USA

Rafi Baghdjian

Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation

Energy

Armenia

Naira Hovakimyan

Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Control Theory, Optimization

Illinois, USA

Ann Karagozian

Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Combustion, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

California, USA

Marlyne Sahakian

Associate professor, Sociology department, University of Geneva

Consumption, Energy, Sustainability Studies

Switzerland

Tatevik Sekhposyan

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas AM University

Economics

Texas, USA

Task Force on

Life Sciences

Members

Core Team

Arshak Alexanian

Founder, Owner and Chief Scientific Officer of Cell Reprogramming and Therapeutics LLC

Biology, Biotechnology, Cell biology

Wisconsin, USA

Diane Barber

Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco

Cell biology

California, USA

Haig Alexander Eskandarian

TB RAMP Scholar, Center for TB Research, Division of Experimental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Biology, Medicine, Microbiology

California, USA

Alexandre Persat

Global Health Institute and Institute for Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Biology, Biophysics, Microbiology

Switzerland

Advisors

Viken Babikian

Professor of Neurology, Boston University

Cerebrovascular Disorders, Neurology

Massachusetts, USA

Ara Darzi

Co-Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation and Paul Hamlyn Chair of Surgery, Imperial College London

Global Health, Medicine, Surgery

United Kingdom

Grigori Enikolopov

Professor, Center for Developmental Genetics, Stony Brook University

Biology, Neuroscience

New York, USA

Karina Galoian

Research associate professor University of Miami , Miller School of Medicine

Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery

Florida, USA

Robert Istepanian

Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College

Electrical Engineering, Healthcare

United Kingdom

Armen Kherlopian

Scientific Advisory Board Member, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Venture Capital

New York, USA

John Kolligian

Executive Director, University Health Services, Princeton University

Healthcare, Psychology, Trauma

New Jersey, USA

Sarkis Mazmanian

Luis and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology, California Institute of Technology

Microbiology, Neuroscience

California, USA

Ara Nazarian

Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery

Massachusetts, USA

Ardem Patapoutian

Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute

Biology, Neuroscience

California, USA

Task Force on

Physical Sciences

Members

Core Team

Kevork Abazajian

Professor, University of California, Irvine

Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

California, USA

Ani Aprahamian

Professor of Nuclear Physics, Notre Dame

Astrophysics, Nuclear Chemistry, Nuclear Physics

Indiana, USA

Ruben Minasian

Professor, Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA-Saclay

High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics

France

Levon Pogosian

Professor, Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University

Cosmology, Theoretical Physics

British Columbia, Canada

Vatche Sahakian

Professor of Theoretical Physics, Harvey Mudd College

High Energy Physics, Theoretical Physics

California, USA

Emil Yuzbashyan

Professor, Rutgers University

Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Physics

New Jersey, USA

Advisors

Felix Aharonian

Professor, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)

Astroparticle Physics, Astrophysics

Ireland

Vladimir Airapetian

Senior Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Astrobiology, Astrophysics, Heliophysics

Maryland, USA

Armen Allahverdyan

Alikhanian National Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute)

Applied Mathematics, Theoretical Physics

Armenia

Roger Balian

Emeritus researcher at Institut de Physique Théorique, CEA, Saclay

Theoretical Physics

France

Areg Danagoulian

Professor, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Applied Physics, Nuclear Physics

Massachusetts, USA

Stephan Fauve

Professor, Department of Physics, Ecole normale superieure

Non-linear physics

France

Naira Hovakimyan

Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Control Theory, Optimization

Illinois, USA

Ann Karagozian

Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Combustion, Fluid Mechanics, Propulsion

California, USA

Gor Khachatryan

Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Department of Economics and Management, Yerevan State University

Mathematics

Armenia

Elias Kiritsis

APC, CNRS, Universite de Paris

Theoretical Physics

Greece

Task Force on

Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Members

Core Team

Sos Agaian

Distinguished Professor Director, Computational Vision and Learning Lab., Computer Science Department, College of Staten Island, CUNY

Artificial Intelligence, Computational vision, Computer Science

New York, USA

Nora Ayanian

Professor, Brown University

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

Rhode Island, USA

Tigran Bakaryan

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Mathematics, Optimal control

Saudi Arabia

Karen Eguiazarian

Tampere University; Noiseless Imaging Ltd

Computational imaging & optics

Finland

Astghik Hakobyan

Seoul National University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Control Theory, Optimization, Robotics

South Korea

Naira Hovakimyan

Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Control Theory, Optimization

Illinois, USA

Arec Jamgochian

Stanford University

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

California, USA

Nare Karapetyan

Postdoctoral Associate at Maryland Robotics Center , University of Maryland, College Park

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics

Washington, D.C., USA

Areg Karapetyan

Postdoctoral Fellow at Autonomous Vehicles Lab, Khalifa University

Algorithm Design, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science

United Arab Emirates

Yervant Zorian

Chief Architect and Fellow, Synopsys Corp

Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

California, USA

Advisors

David Akopian

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Machine-Human Conversational Systems, Mobile Positioning Technologies, Wireless Communication

Texas, USA

Rafi Baghdjian

Advisor to the Centre for Scientific Innovation and Education Foundation

Energy

Armenia

Armen Kherlopian

Scientific Advisory Board Member, Translational Research Institute for Space Health

Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Venture Capital

New York, USA

Hovannes Kulhandjian

Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering California State University, Fresno

Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

California, USA

Michel Kulhandjian

Research Associate at School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Ottawa

Electrical Engineering, Wireless Communication

Ontario, Canada

Iren Mkhoyan

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre, Flight Physics and Loads group; Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering, Optimization

The Netherlands

Sergey Nersesov

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University

Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Pennsylvania, USA

Armen Zakarian

Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn

Data Analytics, Digital Manufacturing, Systems Engineering

Michigan, USA

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