People

Haykanush Martirosyan joined the American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment in October 2021 as a Project Assistant for “Copernicus Assisted Environmental Monitoring Across the Black Sea Basin” – PONTOS Project. She graduated from the American University of Armenia, earning a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Affairs (PSIA), and Yerevan State University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations.  Haykanush’s functions include assistance in the organization and participation in the Project’s various meetings, support for the development of the Project management and assurance documents, participation in the elaboration of periodic progress reports, preparation and dissemination of promotional materials, as well as the implementation of other Project-related functions.

Contacts
Email: [email protected]
Work phone: +37460 61 2776

Arpine Zakaryan joined the Acopian Center in November 2021 as a Project Assistant for Sida-funded “Mobilizing the Private-Sector to Advance Responsible Consumption and Production in Armenia” project. Then she joined Iliad Project in May 2022. She graduated from Brusov State University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages. She provides full administrative support for the project, supporting preparations of reports, coordinating external and internal communication flows, assisting in organizing events and internal work meetings etc.

Contacts
Email: [email protected]
Work phone:  +37460 61 2689

Dr. Irina Ghaplanyan is a political analyst and a published author. She holds a doctorate degree in political science from the University of Cambridge. Her main areas of expertise are political leadership, states in transition, conflict resolution, gender and gender in conflict, and security studies. Her previous education includes a Master’s Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of London and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations from the University of Malta. She has worked in several international organizations and think tanks around the world, including UNDP, Georgetown University, Eurasia Foundation, Hudson Institute, and many others. She has also been a catalyst for change in the field of sustainable business and social entrepreneurship in Armenia. Dr. Ghaplanyan was noted for her work in this field and, in 2015, was awarded as one of the top social venture entrepreneurs by the Global Good Fund Leadership program in Washington DC. Irina has a number of academic and media publications, among which the most anticipated is the upcoming book titled “Armenia: A Country in Search of Leaders,” due to be released in 2017 by Routledge Publishers in London.

Contacts
E-mail: [email protected]

Anahit Papoyan is an Administrative Coordinator at the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment. Prior to joining AUA, she has worked as Leading Specialist at the Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. Anahit has a proven track record of fostering international collaboration and organizing the participation of Armenian representatives in international conferences. Anahit is a translator with more than four years of experience specializing in the translation of technical documents. She started her professional life working at Secondary School after G. Margaryan as Operator and continued at UCOM, a mobile network operator company, as Sales and Customer Service Specialist. She has also worked as a Travel Specialist at Soft Construct CJSC. She is a graduate of Armenia’s Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences with a Bachelor  in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication.

Contacts

Email: apapoyan[at]aua.am

Work phone: +374 60 612 520