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Associate Professor (Reader), Senior Researcher.

E-mail: Dr. Siranush BEZIRGANYAN

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Armenian Crystallographic Association (ArCA).
Please, contact us if your are interested.

SPIE Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications (SPIE 2009),
that was held from 2^nd to 6^th August, 2009 in San Diego, CA, USA.

( My contribution to SPIE Symposium 2009)

XXI Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr 2008).
that was held from 23^rd to 31^st August, 2008 in Osaka, JAPAN.

( My contribution to MS01 432 KB )

( My contribution to MS13 212 KB )

PHOTOS taken during IUCr XXI Congress.

SPIE Symposium on Optical Engineering + Applications (SPIE 2008),
that was held from 10^th to 14^th August, 2008 in San Diego, CA, USA.

( My contribution to SPIE Symposium 2008)

24^th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-24),
that was held from 22^nd to 27^th August, 2007 in MARRAKECH the prestigious southern city of Morocco.

( My contribution to MS37 219 KB )

23^rd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-23),
that was held from 6^th to 11^th August 2006 in historic university town of Leuven, BELGIUM.

( My contribution to MS35 43 KB )

XX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr 2005),
that was held from 23^rd to 31^st August, 2005 in Florence, ITALY.

( My contribution to MS11 108 KB )

( My contribution to MS17 128 KB )

American Crystallographic Association (ACA) 2002 Annual Meeting,
that was held from 25^th to 30^th May, 2002 in
San Antonio, TX, USA.

( My contribution to ACA 2002 Meeting)

19^th European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-19),
that was held from 25^th to 31^st August, 2000 in Nancy, FRANCE.

( My contribution to ECM-19 47 KB )

XVIII Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr 1999),
that was held from 4^th to 13^th August, 1999 in Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM.

( My contribution to MS 12OE 144 KB )

( My contribution to MS 05.18 144 KB )

XVII Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr 1996),
that was held from 8^th to 17^th August, 1996 in Seattle, USA.

( My contribution to XVII IUCr Congress 1996)

Graduate:

Yerevan State University, Faculty of Physics.

1971-1976.

Specialty: Physics.

Post Graduate:

Yerevan State University.

1978-1982.

Specialty: 01.04.07 - Solid State Physics.

Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) in Physics & Mathematics:

1987.

Yerevan State University.
Specialty: 01.04.07 - Solid State Physics. Thesis entitled: "The Development of the Theory of X-ray Moire Patterns".

Certificates:

1991.

Invention (Author) Certificate of Former Soviet Union No.1287714.

1992.

Invention (Author) Certificate of Former Soviet Union No.1679313.

Memberships:

1993 up today

International Union of Crystallography (IUCr).

Main Research Interests:

The development of electromagnetic wave diffraction theory for the applications to the medical and nano-biotechnological problems.

The development of hard-x-ray nanoscopy schemes and high-numerical-aperture nanofocusing lens.

Hard-x-ray based ultra-high density optical data storage.
X-ray optical memory (X-ROM).

Theory and development of grazing-angle incidence hard-x-ray waveguide-resonators.

X-ray and particle diffraction optics.
The problem of waves propagation in the periodical structures.
The theory of x-ray backscattering diffraction.

Micro and nano structure investigations by the use of x-ray standing waves and grazing-angle incidence x-rays.

Theory and general solutions of the second-order linear ordinary differential equation with periodic coefficient - tabulation of eigenvalues and construction of eigenfunctions.

Subsidiary Research Interests:

Surface atomic structures and electronic properties.

Grants:

1993-1996:
Grant No. 93-363 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Armenia: Study of thin film perfection by means of electron diffraction.

1996-2000:
Grant No. 96-902 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Republic of Armenia: Kikuchi electron double-diffraction in the single crystalline films.

2001:
Travel grant: round-trip airfare, local travel expences, waived registration fee, accommodation, reimbursement for visa fees, and emergency medical insurance for Materials Research Society (MRS) 2001 Spring Meeting (San Francisco, USA, 16^th - 20^th April 2001) by U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF) Travel Grants Program and Local Organizing Committee.

2002:
Travel grant: waived registration fee and check in the amount of $1,000 by the American Crystallographic Association (ACA) Inc. for the expenses associated with the attendance of the ACA Annual Meeting (San Antonio, Texas, USA, 25^th - 30^th May 2002).

2006:
Travel grant to participate in 23^rd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM-23, 2006 held in Leuven, BELGIUM from 06^th to 11^th August 2006) awarded by the Organizing Committee.

2008:
Travel grant to participate in XXI Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr 2008 held in Osaka, JAPAN from 23^rd to 31^st August 2008) from the IUCr President's Fund and Local Organizing Committee. Reduced registration fee.

Publications:

More than 80 publications.

Page is created in:

December 15, 1999.

Last updated:

January 03, 2010.

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