Information

Membership Number: FCA2117

Membership Type: Fellowship

Division: Natural Sciences

Corresponding Email: president@sci.am

Homepage(s): https://www.sci.am/m/membersview.php?id=334&d=&l=&langid=2 

Present and Previous Positions

The President of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Director of the Scientific and Production Center "Armbiotechnology" NAS RA (2010)

Head of Pharmacy Department YSU (2002), Editor-in-chief of the "Chemical Journal of Armenia" (2008)

Representative of NAS RA in the Coordination Board of ISTC

Member of the Presidium of NAS RA (since 2016)

Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests

Chemistry of natural compounds, Biotechnology, Industry technology of drug, Bioorganic chemistry and Biotechnology

Honors, Awards and Other Membership

Full Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

Member of the International Academy of Ecology

Member of the Biotechnology Association of China

Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2022)

European "Descartes Prize" (2001), "Award of Friendship", "Tien-Shan" prize (2002), President's Prize of RA (2004), President’s Prize of RA (2011)

Other Information

http://publishing.ysu.am/en/Ashot-Saghyan 

https://en.armradio.am/2021/06/28/ashot-saghyan-elected-president-of-armenian-national-academy-of-sciences/