Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA, Head at the Department of Folklore Textology, Lecturer at the Department of Culture Studies of the Faculty of History of YSU. Scientific interests: epic genres of Armenian folklore, in particular, comparative typology and system of symbols of Armenian fairy tales and a group of international fairy tales, study of symbolic system. Author of 2 monographs, 5 collections and over 150 articles.