Established: 1967 Director: Dr. Aram V. Papoyan | Website: www.ipr.sci.am Founded 1967 | |
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The Institute for Physical Research (Russian: Институт Физических Исследований; Armenian: Ֆիզիկական Հետազոտությունների Ինստիտուտ) of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia is a physics research institute located in Armenia.
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History
Institute for Physical Research (IPR) was founded in 1967 by a prominent Armenian scientist Mikael Levonovich Ter-Mikaelian and currently is one of the leading research institutions in Armenia.
Location
It is situated near the town of Ashtarak in Aragatsotn province of Armenia, 20 km northwest of capital Yerevan and includes a small scientific settlement called Gitavan, inhabited by the part of its staff and by the scientists of the nearby Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics (IRPhE).
Research Topics and Other Activities
The institute's main research topics are:
Besides the research, IPR organizes annually the National Conference on Laser Physics – an authoritative conference attended internationally.
Research Groups
Many of research groups from IPR have intensive collaboration with European and US research organizations and foundations. The basic research laboratories of the institute are the following:
International Collaboration
There is active collaboration with worldwide scientific groups, in particular with France, Germany, USA, etc. Visit the IPR website for the list all collaborators and for the ongoing grant list.
In particular, there are several European Seventh Framework Programs running: