Mutagenesis and antimutagenesis, molecular cytogenetics, ecological and toxicological genetics

Yerevan State University (1969), DBS (1982), professor since 1991, Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences (elected in 2006)

Professor since 1988, Head of Department of Genetics and Cytology of Faculty of Biology of Yerevan State University since 1990, Academician-Secretary of the Division of the Natural Sciences of NAS RA (since 2016), Member of the Presidium of NAS RA (since 2016)

Laureate of medals of Gregor Mendel (1981), Nikolay Vavilov (1987), Anania Shirakatsi (1999)

Author of more than 150 scientific works, two monographs and two training textbooks