The main research covers the investigation of planetary nebulae by radio astronomy methods, as well as the study of interstellar matter, ultraviolet excess galaxies

Graduated from Indiana University (USA, 1963)

David C. Duncan Professor, Cornell University, USA; Director of NASA New York State Space Grant program; Chairman of Research Council of ANSEF; Chairman of the US SKA Consortium of universities and institutes; Co-President of the Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS)

Foreign member of NAS RA (1990), International Astronomical Union (IAU, 1967), International Scientific Radio Union, American Astronomical Society, Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society), Astronomical Society of New York, Society for Scientific Exploration, Hellenic Astronomical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Founding member of Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS, 2001)

Honorary Doctor of Indiana (USA, 1989), Yerevan State (Armenia, 1994), Thessaloniki (Greece, 1997), and Union College (USA, 1999) Universities; Clark Distinguished Teaching Award (Cornell Univ., 1984), Gold medal of Armenian Ministry of Education and Science (2008)