Prof. TOVMASSIAN, Hrant Mushegh
Member of
Senior Scientist
at Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE), Puebla,
Mexico (1992)
Leading Research Associate,
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) (till 1992)
Scientific
Secretary (1969-1972) and Deputy Director (1979-1986) of BAO
Head of Laboratory at BAO (1972), Head of Research
Group (1986)
Lectured at Department of
Astrophysics, Yerevan State University (YSU) (1967-1992)
Professor of
the YSU (1986)
Project Manager of
two Glazar (1987) and ASHOT space experiments
Editor-in-Chief of
Communications of the Byurakan
Observatory (1986-1991) (member of Editorial Board since 1969, then Vice
Editor-in-Chief)
Member of Editorial Board of Astrofizika (1969-1986) and Zemlya
i Vselennaya (1975-1996) journals
Member of BAO
Scientific and Specialized Councils (till 1992)
Born 03.06.1929
in Yerevan, Armenia
Graduated from
the Yerevan State University (YSU), Department of Astrophysics (1953)
Worked at BAO
in 1953-1992
Ph.D. degree
(1958), Doctor of Science (1970)
Member of the
International Astronomical Union (IAU, 1967), European Astronomical Society
(EAS, 1990), Mexican Scientific Society (1994)
Research fields:
radiogalaxies, radio properties of Markarian galaxies, space astronomy, groups
of galaxies, flare stars
Has published
more than 150 papers in Astrophys. J.,
Astron. J., Astron. Astrophys., MNRAS, Astrophysics, Astron. Reports, PASP, Astron. Nachrichten, Revista Mexicana Astron.
Astrophys., and Commun. of BAO,
papers in proceedings of international meetings, as well as 12 books and numerous popular articles
Address: Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica,
Optica y Electronica (INAOE), Puebla, Pue 72000, Mexico
Tel.: +374-10-585104
E-mail: hrant@inaoep.mx
See
Tovmassian’s biography in ArAS Newsletter #11