Yerevan Physics Institute
Alikhanian Brothers str.2, Yerevan 375036, Armenia

Born January 8, 1931, in Tbilissi, Georgia.

Education:  Tbilissi State University, 1954, with honors; candidate of phys.-math. sciences (PhD), Tbilissi State University, 1958; Dr.Sci., Tbilissi State University, 1966;

Positions: Research Associate, Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP), 1956-57; Scientific secretary, senior researcher, 1957-1966; head lab., Institute of Physics, Tbilissi, 1966-1970; Professor, Tbilissi State University, 1959-1970; vice-director, head

of theoretical lab., Yerevan Physics Institute, 1970-1992; Professor, Yerevan State University, 1971-1993; Senior research scientist, visiting professor, Duke University, from 1993.

Membership: Academy of Sciences of Armenia, from 1990; Presidium of Russian physical society, 1992-1994; Councils of particles physics and cosmology (1989-1992), cosmic ray physics (1979-1991) and synchrotron radiation (1981-1991) of Academy of Sciences of USSR; Editorial board of Journal of Nuclear Physics, Moscow; American Physical Society, from 1987.