Expertise
His current research interests are primarily in the areas of bio-analytical sensors, nano/biomaterials and functional interfaces. Nanocomposite films and nanoparticles for biosensor applications.; Real-time monitoring of biological toxins.; Biosensor development for environmental analysis; food safety; medicine; agriculture; veterinary; industrial process control.; Biosensors for organophosphate neurotoxins detection; Application of Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy for biomolecules/surface interaction analysis.
Past Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Materials Engineering Program, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Professor, Materials Engineering Program, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Associate Professor, Materials Engineering Program, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Associate Professor, Materials Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Visiting Professor, Biochemistry/ Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (past)

Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University (past)

Alumni Professor Emeritus, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Alumni Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, Auburn University

Communities
Mechanical Engineering
Degrees
DSc, Moscow Institute of Applied Biochemistry, Russia, Bioengineering, 1993
PhD, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Armenia, Molecular Biophysics, 1973
MS, Yerevan State University, Armenia, Physics, 1969
Keywords
biosensors food safety mechanical engineering biotechnology biological markers & sensor mechanisms analytical chemistry colloid & surface chemistry environmental monitoring biophysics spectroscopy
Languages
Armenian, Italian, Russian
Associations
American Chemical Society
Biomedical Engineering Society
Xi Sigma Pi