EDUCATION 1994-1997 – Post-graduate aspirant/ PhD student of the Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences (the topic of the candidate's thesis was "Poems of Nerses Shnorhali", defended in 2006 and received the title of Candidate of Philological Sciences) 1989-1994 – Yerevan State University, Faculty of Philology, specialty Armenian Language and Literature 1977-1987 – Vagharshapat Secondary School No. 9 WORK EXPERIENCE 2025 – Head of the Department of Armenian Ancient and Medieval Literature of the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature of the NAS RA 2023, September – up to now – Director of the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature of the NAS RA 2023-2024 – Temporary Acting Head of the Department of Armenian Ancient and Medieval Literature of the M. Abeghyan Institute of Literature of the NAS RA 2015-2023 – Deputy Director of the Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences, also performing the duties of the Scientific Secretary (since 2013) 2006-2022 – Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences, Senior Researcher 1998-2005 – Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences, scientific worker Teaching 2015-2022 – Vagharshapat Primary School No. 7, Deputy Director for Educational process (cocollaborrated) 2012-2015 – Vagharshapat Primary School No. 7, Teacher of Armenian Language and Literature (cocollaborrated) 1993-2011 – Vagharshapat Secondary School No. 9, Teacher of Armenian Language and Literature (cocollaborrated) LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE Armenian, Russian, English (intermediate level) COMPUTER SKILLS MS WINDOWS, MS Office User (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint), Internet User (WEB-MAIL, SKYPE), Adobe Reader AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS Armenian ancient and medieval literature, Armenian modern literature ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (titles, awards, prizes, grants, etc.) 2018 – NAS RA, Certificate of Merit 2015 – "Honorary Citizen of the City of Echmiadzin" 2015 – Echmiadzin Municipality, Certificate of Gratitude 2013 – Echmiadzin Municipality, Certificate of Honor 2013 – up to now – member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences 2018 – up to now – member of the Literary Studies Council 003 of the Institute of Literature after M.Abeghyan of the RA National Academy of Sciences (Zh.01.01- "Armenian Classical Literature" specialty) Member of the editorial board of a number of books, editor․