Areg Mickaelian
Director
Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory
Armenia
Biography
Dr. Areg Mickaelian (1962) is Leading Scientist, Head of Research Department and the Director at Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO, Armenia), Director of IAU South West and Central Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (SWCA ROAD), Acting President of Armenian Astronomical Society (ArAS), Project Manager of Armenian Virtual Observatory (ArVO) and Director of Byurakan International Summer Schools (BISS). He is the Vice-Chair of Euro-Asian Astronomical Society (EAAS), Executive Committee member of International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA) and International Planetary Data Alliance (IPDA). In 1997-2019 he has worked in the scientific centres of France, Germany, Italy and USA. His research relates to astronomical surveys, active galaxies, X-ray, IR and radio sources. He has revealed 1100 blue stellar objects, ~300 IR stars and ~1200 IR galaxies, among which he has discovered new ULIRGs and active galaxies. He has identified some 6000 X-ray sources. He has discovered the most powerful IR galaxies showing IR/opt flux ratios up to 1000 and higher. In 1999, he has founded ArAS. He has accomplished the Digitized First Byurakan Survey (DFBS). In 2005, he has created ArVO. He is author of some 260 research papers, 14 electronic catalogues, a number of books and numerous popular articles. He has edited many books, including the Proceedings of a number of meetings, published by Cambridge Univ. Press, ASP Conf. Series and other publishing companies. He is member of IAU, EAS, EAAS, AAS, ASP, ArAS, and editorial boards of 5 scientific journals.
Research Interest
Astronomical Observations, Telescopes