National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Members / Deceased academicians

Evrik G. Afrikyan

Specialization: Microbiology

Place of birth: Yerevan, Armenia

Date of birth: 14/05/1925

Date of death: 17/07/2016

Membership:

Academician

Education

Graduated from Yerevan Medical Institute (1947). Candidate (1953), Dr. of Biological Sciences (1970). Prof. (1974), corr. member (1974), acad. (1982)

Positions

Scientific Lead of the Centre of Microbiology and Microbial Depository (since 2006). Chairman of the 018 Specialized Council of Microbiology and Biotechnology. Chief Editor of the "Biological Journal of Armenia"

Membership of other Organizations

Council of Scientists of the Association INTAS, Brussels, Belgium (1993-1998). Executive Board of the World Federation of Culture Collections (WFCC) (1981-1987). Bacillus Subcommittee of the International Society for Systematic Bacteriology (1980-1990). Vice-President of the All-Union Society of microbiology, USSR (1970-1975)

Honors

Awarded with "Order of Honour", medals of Ananiya Shirakatsi, S.P. Korolev and with 4 other medals. Two Diplomas of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR. Honoured Science Worker (2003)

Other information

Director (1964-2000) and Honorary Director (since 2001). Institute of Microbiology. Director. State Microbial Depository Center, NAS of Armenia (1999-2006)