Leadership
Academician Alpik R. Mkrtchyan
Founded the Institute in 1980. His research focused on Mössbauer spectroscopy, X-ray and optical modulation spectroscopy, acoustics, and scientific instrumentation.
Prof. Artak H. Mkrtchyan
Corresponding member of the NAS RA. Led the Institute through a period of expanded international collaboration and research.
Dr. Vahan R. Kocharyan
Currently leading the Institute, continuing its tradition of fundamental and applied research in physics and related fields.
Research Areas
Condensed Matter Physics
Acoustics & Acoustophysics
Radiation Physics
Low-Temperature Plasma Physics
Materials Science
Nano & Mesoscale Systems
Medical Physics
Alternative Energy
Scientific Instrumentation
Overview
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, including three Corresponding Members of the NAS RA, eighteen Doctors of Science, and forty-seven Candidates of Science.
From its founding in 1980 until 2006, the Institute was directed by Academician Alpik R. Mkrtchyan. After returning to Yerevan in 1968, he focused his research on gamma-resonance (Mössbauer) spectroscopy, X-ray and optical modulation spectroscopy, acoustics, and the development of scientific instruments. Having assembled a team of talented young specialists, he began establishing the Institute in 1980.
Based on the results of fundamental investigations conducted at the Institute, a new scientific discipline — acoustophysics — has emerged. This field 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.
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 Named after Academician Alpik Mkrtchyan (ASRP), the International Scientific School-Conference on Acoustophysics, and the International Scientific School Named After G. A. Askaryan.