PhD, Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Master's degree, physics, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Master's degree, medical cybernetics, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute, Armenia
Viral entry into cells: receptor-mediated fusion of virus to membranes, retroviral fusion in ebola, HIV, SFV and VSV, formation and evolution of fusion pores, mechanisms of insertion of viral proteins into membranes, mechanism for pH- dependence of membrane fusion protein activity, role of transmembrane potential across endosomal membrane for viral fusion, effect of redox potential in the regulation of fusion