Biography:

Dr. Nelson V. Tabiryan received his Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Physical Investigations of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, Yerevan (1982), and Doctor of Sci. (2nd Doctor degree) from the Highest Certifying Commission of the USSR. He is the co-founder (with Prof. B.Ya. Zeldovich), President and Director of research of Beam Engineering for Advanced Measurements Corporation (since 1996). He was a visiting Scientist of CREOL/UCF, Orlando, Florida (1994-1996) and Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (1992-1994). He led the development of Crystal-Scan Optical Multimeter, recognized by Photonics Circle of Excellence Award as one of 25 most innovative products of the year 2001. Dr. Tabiryan is a fellow of the Optical Society of America (since 1999) and has published around 200 articles in refereed journals, 1 monograph.