List of Armenian scientists

This list comprises scientists who are Armenian.

List

A

• Alexander Abian – mathematician
• Sarkis Acopian (1926–2007) – inventor, designed and manufactured the first solar radio
• Hovhannes Abgari Adamian – engineer, inventor of color television
• Sergei Adian – one of the most prominent Soviet mathematicians
• George Adomian – mathematician; developed a new methodology in math, the "Adomian Decomposition Method" (ADM) for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial, which was considered a mathematical revolution
• Tateos Agekian – astrophysicist, one of the pioneers of stellar dynamics
• George Aghajanian – Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry at Yale; pioneer in the area of neuropharmacology; discovered the mechanisms by which LSD produces hallucinations; uncovered how atypical antipsychotic drugs work; discovered the synaptic mechanism by which ketamine rapidly reverses major depressive disorder. Elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
• Hagop S. Akiskal  – psychiatrist; pioneer in the study of outpatient mood disorders; today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping; rose to prominence with his integrative theory of depression
• Artem Alikhanian – physicist; discovered the first artificial radioactive element which ejects electrons; first to mark the existence of new elementary particles in cosmic rays; with Pyotr Kapitsa, Lev Landau, Igor Kurchatov, Abraham Alikhanov and others, laid the foundations of nuclear physics in Soviet Union
• Sos Alikhanian – microbiologist/microbial geneticist
• Abraham Alikhanov – nuclear physicist; in 1949 built the first nuclear reactor in the USSR; one of the principal persons in laying the foundations of nuclear physics in Soviet Union
• Roger Altounyan – asthma researcher, pharmacologist who pioneered the use of cromolyn sodium inhalation therapy for asthma
• Sergey Aleksandrovich Ambartsumian (Hambardzumyan) – mechanician and engineer, the author of refined theories of elastic and magnetoelectroelastic plates, shells
• Hagop S. Akiskal – psychiatrist best known for his research on temperament and bipolar disorder (manic depression); today's leading conceptual thinker in the area of bipolar subtyping; rose to prominence with his integrative theory of depression
• Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (1908–1996) – astronomer and astrophysics pioneer; discovered Stellar Associations; one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics
• Apkar Apkarian – pioneer in magnetic resonance spectroscopy research of the brain
• Emil Artin – Austrian-American mathematician of Armenian descent
• Andreas Artsruni – pioneer in geochemistry
• Gurgen Askaryan – physicist, inventor of light self focusing
• Vandika Ervandovna Avetisyan  – botanist and mycologist; graduate of Yerevan State University; fellow of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences. Major contributor to knowledge of the flora of her native Armenia.
• Suren Ayvazyan  – geologist

B

• Boris Babaian – father of Soviet supercomputer
• Viken Babikian – cardiovascular researcher
• James P. Bagian – NASA astronaut
• Arthur H. Bulbulian – pioneer in the field of facial prosthetics

C

• Levon Chailakhyan – physiologist and cloning pioneer; [roduced world's first successfully cloned mammal, rge mouse "Masha", 10 years before the famous "Dolly"
• Mikhail Chailakhyan – founder of hormonal theory of plant development
• Karapet Chobanyan – mechanical engineer, discovered the phenomenon of Low-Stress in mechanics. Made the first discovery in Armenia and Transcaucasus which was registered in the Soviet Union's discovery registry under the number 102
• Giacomo Luigi Ciamician (August 27, 1857–January 2, 1922) – Italian photochemist of Armenian descent; "father of photochemistry and solar energy"

D

• Harry Daghlian – physicist who worked and died at the Manhattan Project Los Alamos laboratory
• Raymond Vahan Damadian – inventor of the Magnetic Resonance (MRI) scanning machine; produced the first MRI scan of the human body
• Mkhitar Djrbashian – mathematician, author of significant contributions to analysis
• Richard Donchian – known as the father of trend following; a pioneer in the field of managed futures; considered to be the creator of the managed futures industry and is credited with developing a systematic approach to futures money management; developed the trend timing method of futures investing and introduced the mutual fund concept to the field of money management

G

• Gregory M. Garibian (1924–1991) – Soviet Armenian physicist known for developing the Theory of Transition Radiation and showing the feasibility of functional transition radiation detectors (TRDs)
• Grigor Gurzadyan – outstanding astronomer; pioneer of space astronomy; pioneered the construction and use of small space telescopes, 20 years before the Hubble telescope

H

• Spiru Haret (1851–1912) – Romanian astronomer, mathematician and politician
• Mkhitar Heratsi (12th century) – medieval priest and physician; wrote an encyclopedia on medicine; theorized that fever results from internal changes in the body, a revolutionary idea for medieval medicine; his work included psychotherapy, surgery, diet and herbs to cure diseases
• Paris Herouni (born 1933) – radio physicist, astronomer; built world's most sophisticated radio telescope; has published over 340 scientific works

I

• Garik Israelian – astrophysicist; in 1999 provided the first evidence that stellar mass black holes are produced from supernova explosions; founder of Starmus Festivals; awarded Gold Medal by the Government of Canary Islands

K

• Varaztad Kazanjian – pioneer plastic surgeon
• Alexander Kemurdzhian – designed the first rovers to explore another world; pioneering scientist in the space flight program of the Soviet Union
• Edward Keonjian (1909–1999) – distinguished professor in residence at the University of Arizona; with eight other engineers from GE, published Principles of Transistor Circuits in 1953, the first book on transistors, which became an instant best seller among engineers; early leader in the field of low-power electronics; in 1954 designed the world's first solar-powered, pocket-sized radio transmitter; had more than 100 publications and 27 US and foreign patents
• Leonid Khachiyan – mathematician
• Edward Khantzian – early pioneer in the psychological understanding of addictions; co-originator of the self-medication hypothesis
• Semyon Kirlian – pioneer of photography
• Ivan Knunyants (1906–1990) – major chemist, Major General, authored 200 research works; in chemical science he introduced historical changes and significantly contributed to the advancement of Soviet chemistry, one of major developers of Soviet chemical weapons program

L

• Caro Lucas  – computer engineer, leader in computer science in Iran
• Ignacy Łukasiewicz – (1822–1882) Polish pharmacist of Armenian descent, devised the first method of distilling kerosene from seep oil; one of the world's pioneers of the oil industry

M

• Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor
• Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia
• B. E. Markarian – astrophysicist
• Sergey Mergelyan – mathematician; author of major contributions in approximation theory
• Artem Mikoyan – designer of MiG aircraft; his fighters established 55 world records; the Mikoyan MiG-19 was the first supersonic Soviet jet fighter
• Dmitry Mirimanoff  – mathematician
• Hayk Mirzayans – Iranian-Armenian entomologist; founder of the Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum

N

• John Najarian – surgeon, organ transplantation pioneer
• Aram Nalbandyan (1908–1987)  – Soviet Armenian physicist, prominent in the field of physical chemistry, founder of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Yerevan, Armenia
• Robert Nalbandyan – chemist; co-discoverer of photosynthetic protein plantacyanin; pioneer in the field of free radicals; leader in sickle cell research and testing methods

O

• Yuri Oganessian – major scientist; has made an outstanding contribution to the development of nuclear physics

P

• Charlie Papazian – nuclear engineer
• Mikhail Pogosyan – Director General of Sukhoi Aircraft Corporation

S

• Dork Sahagian – climate scientist, contributed to three of four assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (the work of the IPCC, including the contributions of many scientists, was recognised by the joint award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize)
• Vladimir Sargsyan (1935–2013) – mathematician, mechanician, founder of physical and geometrical small parameter method
• Hrayr Shahinian – Director of the Skull Base Institute
• Gagik Shmavonyan - Nanotechnology researcher and professor at The National Polytechnic University of Armenia
• Luther George Simjian – inventor of 200 inventions including the autofocus camera, ATMs, flight simulator, postage meter, teleprompter, medical ultrasound, golf simulator, meat ienderizer, and color X-ray machine
• Norair Sisakian – biochemist and one of the founders of space biology

T

• Armen Takhtajian (1910–2009) – botanist, member of USSR SA; worked for Yerevan and Leningrad Universities; headed several departments of Botany Institute of Armenian SA; presided over international associations; member in a number of foreign academies; author of numerous publications, including a two-volume Supreme Plants book
• Guy Terjanian – French-Armenian mathematician, has worked on algebraic number theory
• Karen Ter-Martirosian (1922–2005) theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory