BRIEF OVERVIEW
EDUCATION:
PhD Student in Zoology (2019 – present) Scientific Center for
Zoology & Hydroecology, Institute of Zoology, Department of Vertebrate
Sciences, NAS Armenia
MSc. in Environmental Sciences and Policy (1999-2000) the University of Manchester (undertaken at Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)
Diploma in English Philology and Literature (1990-1995), Dept of Romance-Germanic Languages Yerevan State University, Yerevan (Armenia)
Trained in Protected Area Management, 2012, University
of Montana, MT, USA (Northern
Rocky Mountains of the Western United States and Washington, DC, funded by the
USDA Forest Service International Programs, the Universities of Montana, Idaho,
and Colorado State)
Trained in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), June, 2002, Colorado
State University, CO, USA
EMPLOYMENT:
National Program Coordinator (April 2017 – October 2018), Jermuk
National Park Coordination Office, Treweek
Environmental Consultants (TEC) Ltd, UK
IUCN Country Program Coordinator for ENPI East FLEG II Program IUCN - International Union for the
Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, 2009 – 2016)
Founder & CEO of Armenian Society for the Protection of Birds / BirdLife International in Armenia 2003 - 2011.
Applied Research Coordinator, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) office in Armenia: 2001-2006
Scientific translator, American University of Armenia: International Birds of Armenia (BOA) Project, Yerevan. 1993 - 1999. Translation of a Field Guide to the Birds of Armenia (1997) and a scientific Handbook of the Birds of Armenia (1999)(http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/biology/boa/book.htm)
