Armen Karlen Saghatelyan

Date of birth: Yerevan,  02.08.1953

The Area of Research Interests:

Geoecology

Ecology

Environmental geochemistry

Membership

Chairman of Scientific Board of the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies  NAS RA

Member of Bureau of the Department of Natural Sciences NAS RA

Corresponding member of International Geological Union “Cogeoenvironment”

Member of Scientific Board of Yerevan affiliation of Modern Moscow Social University

Chairman of “Man and Biosphere” National Committee of Armenian Commission for UNESCO

Member of United Scientific Council on fundamental issues of geography of International Association of Academies of Sciences (Moscow)

Member of the European Geoscience Union

Member of а specialized council in Botany 035 

Education

1971-1975 - Student at  Yerevan State University

1985 - Candidate of geologo-mineralogical sciences,  Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystallochemistry of
Rare Elements of the USSR Ministry of Geology (Moscow)

2000- Doctor of geologo-mineralogical sciences Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystallochemistry of Rare Elements of the USSR Ministry of Geology (Moscow)

Academic Degree 

Doctor of geologo-mineralogical sciences

Title

Professor

Specialty:

Geochemical methods of prospecting mineral deposits

Author of 180 scientific articles, 2 books,  3 educational and methodological manuals and a manuscript.

Editor-in-chief of the Explanatory Ecological Dictionary in Armenian. 

Languages:

Russian, English

Professional Experience:

Since 1993  - Director of the Center for Ecological-Noosphere Studies NAS RA

1989-1993  - Leading researcher, then head  of techno-geochemical laboratory of the Institute of Geological Sciences NAS RA

1983-1989 - Chief of Transcaucasian geological-geochemical party of the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and
Crystallochemistry of Rare Elements  of the USSR Ministry of Geology, (village of Dzorap , Ashtarak region, ArmSSR).

1979-1983  - Senior engineer, geologist, chief of detachment of central experimental-methodical geochemical expedition of the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystallochemistry of Rare Elements  of the USSR Ministry of Geology (village of N. Biragzang, Alagirski region, North Ossetic ASSR)

1975-1979 - Engineer-geologist of the Pambak geological prospecting expedition of Geology Department  ArmSSR.

Teaching experience:

Since 1996

Academic courses:

Life safety

Fundamentals of emergency situations

Biogeocoenology

Tel.  (+374 10) 572924 (work)

E -mail: ecocentr@sci.am