Ara Aghamyan
Founder of Triada Studio (Shadowmatic) Founded in 1993, Triada Studio is an award-winning animation, motion design and visual effects studio with a strong team of talented directors, CG supervisors, concept artists, animators, and 3D generalists. Our unique combination of creative capabilities, technical knowledge, and experience helps to produce work that can meet any expectations. Shadowmatic is a puzzle game developed and published by Armenian indie studio Triada […]
Yervant Zorian
Inventor of Built-in self-test control network Yervant Zorian is an American electrical engineer known for his work on Integrated circuit testing. He is an IEEE Fellow for contributions to built-in self-test of complex devices and systems since 1999. Zorian won the 2005 Hans Karlsson Award and is a Chief Architect and Fellow at Synopsys. Zorian is also the President […]
Paris Herouni
Founder of Herouni Mirror Radio telescope Paris Misaki Herouni was a Soviet and Armenian physicist and engineer. He was a member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences in the fields of radio-physics, radio-engineering, and radio-astronomy and the head of the Antenna Systems chair, which he founded, at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia and Radio Physics Research Institute (RRI). In 1986, he was […]
Benjamin Makarian
Discoverer of a group of galaxies names Markarian’s Chain Benjamin « Benik » Egishevitch Markarian (Armenian: Բենիամին Եղիշեի Մարգարյան) born November 29, 1913, died September 29, 1985 in Yerevan, was an Armenian astrophysicist. Markarian’s Chain is a group of galaxies which was named after him when he discovered that its members move with a common motion. He […]
Viktor Ambartsumian
First to study stellar radiation transfer in gaseous nebulae Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian was a Soviet Armenian astrophysicist and science administrator. One of the 20th century’s top astronomers, he is widely regarded as the founder of theoretical astrophysics in the Soviet Union. Educated at Leningrad State University (LSU) and the Pulkovo Observatory, Ambartsumian taught at LSU and founded the Soviet Union’s first department of astrophysics […]
Artem Alikhanian
Discovered the production of electron-positron pairs by internal energy conversion Artem Alikhanian was a Soviet and Armenian physicist, one of the founders and first director of the Yerevan Physics Institute, a correspondent member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1946), academic of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. With Pyotr Kapitsa, Lev Landau, Igor Kurchatov, Abram Alikhanov and others, he laid the […]
University of Gladzor
First University University of Gladzor was a medieval Armenian university, one of the two « great centres of learning » along with the University of Tatev (c. 1340–1425) that were « essentially of a single tradition. » It was established around 1280 by Nerses of Mush, a student of Vardan Areveltsi, and operated until 1340 and « left behind a rich intellectual heritage ». The university grew out […]
Mkhitar Heratsi
Father of Armenian medicine and author of the Relief of Fevers Mkhitar Heratsi was a 12th-century Armenian physician. He was born in Khoy (present-day northwestern Iran). He was well versed in the Persian, Greek, and Arabic languages. Heratsi, is often being called the father of Armenian medicine, was the author of the Relief of Fevers, an encyclopedic work in which he discussed, among other subjects, surgery, diet and psychotherapy. Legacy A […]
Matenadaran
First knowledge center The Matenadaran, officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world’s largest repository of Armenian manuscripts. It was established in 1959 on the basis of the nationalized collection of the Armenian Church, formerly held at Etchmiadzin. Its collection has gradually expanded since its establishment, mostly from […]
