Tigran Stepan Hakobyan

Tigran Stepan Hakobyan is an Associate Professor at the Department of Theoretical Physics within the Faculty of Physics at Yerevan State University, Armenia. He also serves as a leading researcher at both the YSU Institute of Physics and the A. Alikhanyan National Scientific Laboratory (Yerevan Institute of Physics). His academic career spans over three decades with continuous appointments since 1982.

Hakobyan's research focuses on mathematical physics with particular expertise in integrable systems, quantum mechanics of exactly solvable models, and topological phases of matter. His work centers around Calogero-Moser systems, quantum groups, conformal mechanics, and topological quantum phases protected by symmetry. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of parafermionic systems, Majorana chains, and symmetry-protected topological order.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward understanding Z3 symmetry-protected topological phases, parafermion physics, and extensions of exactly solvable quantum models. The research spans both fundamental mathematical structures and potential applications in quantum information science, particularly in topological quantum computing platforms.

Hakobyan completed his Master's degree in 1989 and postgraduate studies in 1992 at YSU's Faculty of Physics, Department of Theoretical Physics. He earned his Candidate of Sciences degree in 1996 and Doctor of Science degree in 2013, with his doctoral work focusing on 'Exact methods in one-dimensional and quasi-one-dimensional systems' in physical and mathematical sciences.