Press Release

NAS RA V. Ambartsumian Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO)
Press release 11.03.2022

VIGEN MALUMIAN’S 90th ANNIVERSARY

On March 11, Prof. Vigen Malumian would celebrate his 90th anniversary.

Prof. Malumian was born on March 11, 1932 in Yerevan, Armenia. Prof. Malumian's main research interests include investigations of isolated and double galaxies, groups of galaxies, radio galaxies, quasars and other radio sources in both radio and other wavelengths ranges. On these and some other scientific topics he published more than 80 papers, presented a number of talks at different international scientific meetings.

Prof. Malumian worked at the Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory for more than half a century. He was a leading scientific researcher (since 1995), member of the Scientific Council and Council for Scientific Degrees of the BAO.

Malumian lectured at the Yerevan State University for many years. Since 1995 he was a Professor and has contributed significantly in preparation of Armenian astronomers as well.

Prof. Malumian was a member of IAU (since 1997), EAS and one of the founding members of ArAS.

On March 7, 2022, one of the seminars held at the BAO was devoted to Malumian’s memory. The speaker was BAO Senior Research Associate Ruben Andreasyan, who presented a talk on V. Malumian’s life and activities.

Meline Asryan