List of Armenian scientists

This list comprises scientists who are Armenian.

List

A
  • Alexander Abian (1923-1999)  – mathematician
  • Sarkis Acopian (1926-2007)  – inventor, designed and manufactured the first solar radio
  • Hovannes Adamian (1879-1932)  – engineer, inventor of color television
  • Sergei Adian (1931-2020)  – mathematician, head of the department of mathematical logic at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics
  • George Adomian (1922-1996)  – mathematician; developed a new methodology in math, the "Adomian Decomposition Method" (ADM) for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial, which was considered a mathematical revolution
  • Tateos Agekian (1913-2006)  – astrophysicist, one of the pioneers of stellar dynamics
  • George Aghajanian (born 1932)  – Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry at Yale; pioneer in the area of neuropharmacology; discovered the mechanisms by which LSD produces hallucinations; uncovered how atypical antipsychotic drugs work; discovered the synaptic mechanism by which ketamine rapidly reverses major depressive disorder. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
  • Hagop S. Akiskal (born 1944)  – psychiatrist; pioneer in the study of outpatient mood disorders; today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping; rose to prominence with his integrative theory of depression[1]
  • Artem Alikhanian (1908-1978)  – nuclear physicist, one of the founders and first director of the Yerevan Physics Institute
  • Sos Alikhanian (1906-1985)  – geneticist, one of the founders of molecular genetics in the USSR, founder of the State Research Institute of Genetics
  • Abraham Alikhanov (1904-1970)  – nuclear physicist, one of the founders of nuclear physics in the USSR, founder of Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP)
  • Roger Altounyan (1922-1987)  – asthma researcher, pharmacologist who pioneered the use of cromolyn sodium inhalation therapy for asthma
  • Sergey Ambartsumian (1922-2018)  – mechanician and engineer, the author of refined theories of elastic and magnetoelectroelastic plates, shells
  • Hagop S. Akiskal (born 1944)  – psychiatrist best known for his research on temperament and bipolar disorder (manic depression); today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping; rose to prominence with his integrative theory of depression[2]
  • Viktor Ambartsumian (1908-1996)  – astrophysicist, one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics
  • Apkar Apkarian  – pioneer in magnetic resonance spectroscopy research of the brain
  • Emil Artin (1898-1962)  – mathematician, one of the founders of modern algebra
  • Michael Artin (born 1934)  – mathematician, known for his contributions to algebraic geometry
  • Andreas Artsruni (1847-1898)  – pioneer in geochemistry
  • Gurgen Askaryan (1928-1997)  – physicist, inventor of light self focusing
  • Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan (born 1928)  – botanist and mycologist, graduate of Yerevan State University; fellow of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Major contributor to knowledge of the flora of her native Armenia.
  • Suren Ayvazyan (1933-2009)  – geologist

B

C
  • Levon Chailakhyan (1928-2009)  – physiologist and cloning pioneer; produced world's first successfully cloned mammal, rge mouse "Masha", 10 years before the famous "Dolly"
  • Mikhail Chailakhyan (1902-1991)  – founder of hormonal theory of plant development
  • Karapet Chobanyan (1927-1978)  – mechanical engineer, discovered the phenomenon of Low-Stress in mechanics. Made the first discovery in Armenia and Transcaucasus which was registered in the Soviet Union's discovery registry under the number 102
  • Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (1857–1922) – photochemist, "father of photochemistry and solar energy"

D
  • Harry Daghlian (1921-1945)  – physicist who worked and died at the Manhattan Project Los Alamos laboratory
  • Raymond Damadian (born 1936)  – physician, inventor of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); produced the first MRI scan of the human body
  • Mkhitar Djrbashian (1918-1994)  – mathematician, author of significant contributions to analysis
  • Richard Donchian (1905-1993)  – known as the father of trend following; a pioneer in the field of managed futures; considered to be the creator of the managed futures industry and is credited with developing a systematic approach to futures money management; developed the trend timing method of futures investing and introduced the mutual fund concept to the field of money management

G
  • Gregory M. Garibian (1924-1991)  – physicist, known for developing the Theory of Transition Radiation and showing the feasibility of functional transition radiation detectors (TRDs)
  • Grigor Gurzadyan (1922-2014)  – outstanding astronomer; pioneer of space astronomy; pioneered the construction and use of small space telescopes, 20 years before the Hubble telescope

H
  • Spiru Haret (1851-1912)  – astronomer, mathematician and politician
  • Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century) – medieval priest and physician; wrote an encyclopedia on medicine; theorized that fever results from internal changes in the body, a revolutionary idea for medieval medicine; his work included psychotherapy, surgery, diet and herbs to cure diseases
  • Paris Herouni (1933-2008) – radio physicist, astronomer; built world's most sophisticated radio telescope; has published over 340 scientific works

I
  • Bagrat Ioannisiani (1911-1985)  – engineer, designer of the BTA-6, one of the largest telescopes in the world
  • Andronik Iosifyan (1905-1993)  – aerospace engineer, chief electrician of Soviet missiles and spacecraft, including the R-7 Semyorka and the Soyuz spacecraft, chief designer of the first Soviet Meteor weather satellites
  • Garik Israelian (born 1963)  – astrophysicist; in 1999 provided the first evidence that stellar mass black holes are produced from supernova explosions; founder of Starmus Festivals; awarded gold medal by the Government of Canary Islands

K
  • Albert Kapikian (1930–2014)  – virologist, developed the first licensed vaccine against rotavirus
  • Varaztad Kazanjian (1879-1974)  – pioneer plastic surgeon
  • Alexander Kemurdzhian (1921-2003)  – aerospace engineer, designer of the first space exploration rovers for moon and mars
  • Edward Keonjian (1909-1999)  – engineer, an early leader in the field of low-power electronics, the father of microelectronics, designed the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter
  • Leonid Khachiyan (1952-2005)  – mathematician and computer scientist, best known for his ellipsoid algorithm for linear programming
  • Edward Khantzian – early pioneer in the psychological understanding of addictions; co-originator of the self-medication hypothesis
  • Semyon Kirlian (1898-1978)  – pioneer of photography
  • Ivan Knunyants (1906-1990)  – major chemist, significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry, one of major developers of Soviet chemical weapons program
  • Samvel Kocharyants (1909-1993), nuclear scientist, developer of the first Soviet nuclear warheads for ballistic missiles

L
  • Caro Lucas (1949-2010)  – computer engineer, leader in computer science in Iran
  • Ignacy Łukasiewicz (1822-1882)  – pharmacist, devised the first method of distilling kerosene from seep oil; one of the world's pioneers of the oil industry

M

N
  • John Najarian (1927-2020)  – surgeon, organ transplantation pioneer
  • Aram Nalbandyan (1908-1987)  – Soviet Armenian physicist, prominent in the field of physical chemistry, founder of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Yerevan, Armenia
  • Robert Nalbandyan (1937-2002)  – chemist; co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin; pioneer in the field of free radicals; leader in sickle cell research and testing methods

O

P

S
  • Dork Sahagian – climate scientist, contributed to three of four assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize)
  • Vladimir Sargsyan (1935-2013)  – mathematician, mechanician, founder of physical and geometrical small parameter method
  • Hrayr Shahinian – Director of the Skull Base Institute
  • Gagik Shmavonyan (born 1963)  – nanotechnology researcher and professor at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia
  • Luther George Simjian (1905-1997)  – inventor of 200 inventions, including the autofocus camera, ATMs, flight simulator, postage meter, teleprompter, medical ultrasound, golf simulator, meat ienderizer, and color X-ray machine
  • Norair Sisakian (1907-1966)  – biochemist, one of the founders of space biology

T
  • Armen Takhtajian (1910-2009)  – botanist, member of USSR SA; worked for Yerevan and Leningrad Universities; headed several departments of Botany Institute of Armenian SA; presided over international associations; member in a number of foreign academies; author of numerous publications, including a two-volume Supreme Plants book
  • Guy Terjanian – mathematician, has worked on algebraic number theory
  • Karen Ter-Martirosian (1922-2005)  – theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, founder and head of the department of Elementary Particle Physics of the MIPT
  • Michel Ter-Pogossian (1925-1996)  – medical physicist, father of positron emission tomography (PET)
  • Avie Tevanian – computer scientist, main developer of Apple Mac OS X

References
  1. Science, 1973
  2. Science, 1973
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