Sunday, January 12, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.
Ararat-Eskijian Museum—Sheen Chapel
15105 Mission Hills Road, Mission Hills, CA 91345
Professor Ani Aprahamian was appointed Director of A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Physics Institute) in April 2018. She is the first woman and the first diasporan Armenian to hold this important position. Prof. Aprahamian was born in Lebanon, and is a descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors. She holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Professor Aprahamian has over 200 invited talks at various National and International Conferences and over 200 publications in refereed journals, book chapters, etc. She is active in numerous international and national advisory committees in nuclear science. Among the many honors recognizing her achievements, she is an Elected Fellow of Science Academy of Republic of Armenia, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Physical Society.
CO-SPONSORS
Ararat-Eskijian Museum
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research