8 March 1988, Beniamin village, Republic of Armenia


2011 – 2014: Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil/PhD) | University of Oxford. Research areas: supramolecular chemistry and new carbon allotropes
2005 – 2010: Degree in Pharmacy (Pharmacist qualification) | Yerevan State Medical University

On September 2, 2026 he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.

October 2024 – January 2025: Project Manager II | ICON Bioanalytical Laboratories, Assen, the Netherlands
•    Reviewed comprehensive study documentation packages against the company's corporate quality management system (QMS) and international regulatory frameworks (GLP, GCP, FDA, and EMA), ensuring full audit readiness.
August 2022 – August 2024: Project Manager and Senior Scientist | ZoBio, the Netherlands
•    Managed the end-to-end delivery of international drug-discovery programmes, successfully advancing several projects to later stages.
•    Led the automation and digitalisation of quality-control workflows, reducing costs and increasing data-processing throughput.
•    Led a cross-functional team; managed international client relationships; prepared technical proposals and managed contract negotiations, budgets.

November 2021 – July 2022: Senior Scientist | Symeres, the Netherlands
•    Coordinated technical activities across departments and project delivery, and conducted freedom-to-operate (FTO) and intellectual property analyses to mitigate legal and commercial risks in client projects.

February 2021 – September 2021: Consultant | HVM, California, USA (remote)
•    Conducted comprehensive technical and scientific assessments and due diligence of start-ups to support investment decisions.
September 2018 – December 2020: Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Alberta, Canada
•    Led the setup and launch of a new chemistry laboratory, including equipment evaluation and procurement, and the implementation of safety procedures and data-quality standards.
•    Initiated and led programmes to develop new formulations, coordinating parallel analytical testing.

January 2016 – April 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland
•    Conducted research into the discovery and development of new drug candidates and, within an international consortium, coordinated project activities and planning, aligned technical data with academic groups and F. Hoffmann-La Roche.

November 2014 – September 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Oxford, United Kingdom
•    Selected as the programme's lead researcher; coordinated the work and schedule of an international research network involving four leading universities in the United Kingdom and Germany, ensuring the timely, high-quality delivery of planned results.
Additional Training and Experience
Eleven-week CTI entrepreneurship training programme – "Business Concept" (Module 2), STARTUP CAMPUS, Zurich, Switzerland | 2017
Ten-week entrepreneurship lecture programme, "Building a Business", Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom | 2012–2013
Served as an expert reviewer of scientific manuscripts for international academic journals. | 2012–2020
Supervised the research projects of approximately ten PhD, master's, and bachelor's students. | 2012–2020
Research visit, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany | 2012
Awards and Scientific Activity

Awards: Oxford Raffy Manoukian Scholarship; Luys Foundation Scholarship; International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad Bronze Medal
Author and co-author of 10 international scientific publications

Married, with two children

Fluent in English and Russian