The IAPP Institute is located at 25 Hr. Nersisyan Street in Yerevan. With a strong foundation of scientific tradition and a well-established research school, the Institute currently employs approximately 200 staff members. Among them are distinguished scientists and promising young researchers, including three Corresponding Members of the NAS RA, eighteen Doctors of Science (according to the Soviet research classification), and forty-seven Candidates of Science (equivalent to the Ph.D. research level). From its founding in 1980 until 2006, the Institute of Applied Problems of Physics of NAS RA was directed by Academician Alpik R. Mkrtchyan, a member of the NAS RA. Academician Mkrtchyan began his scientific career in 1961 at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He has published extensively in various fields of science and technology, though the main part of his work was devoted to applications of nuclear magnetic resonance phenomena in solids. After returning to Yerevan in 1968, he focused his research on gamma- resonance (Mössbauer) spectroscopy, X-ray and optical modulation spectroscopy of the beam, and acoustics, as well as the development of scientific instruments. Having assembled a team of talented young specialists, he began establishing the Institute of Applied Problems of Physics in 1980. From 2006 to 2022, the Institute was led by Prof. Artak H. Mkrtchyan, a corresponding member of the NAS RA. Dr. Vahan R. Kocharyan has led the Institute since 2022. Currently, the Institute carries out a broad spectrum of research activities, including fundamental and applied studies in condensed matter physics, acoustics, radiation physics, low-temperature plasma physics, materials science, the physics of nano- and mesoscale systems, medical physics, alternative energy, and scientific instrumentation. Based on the results of fundamental investigations conducted at the Institute, a new scientific discipline — acoustophysics — has emerged. This field of study examines various physical phenomena in the presence of acoustic fields. The Institute actively pursues scientific and technical developments, including the creation of innovative prototypes of scientific instruments and the implementation of projects for newly developed and existing devices. Thus, a scientific school has formed within the Institute, and its existing research potential is preserved and enhanced by involving young researchers. 5 The Institute has a specialized council for defending theses for Candidate and Doctoral degrees in the specialties of “Condensed Matter Physics” and “Semiconductor Physics.” The Institute regularly organizes international scientific meetings, including the International Conference on Electron, Positron, Neutron, and X-Ray Scattering under External Influences, the International Scientific School for Radiation Physics and Related Applications Named after Academician Alpic Mkrtchyan (ASRP), the International Scientific School-Conference on Acoustophysics Named after Academician A. R. Mkrtchyan, and the International Scientific School Named After G. A. Askaryan.
