Varazdat Stepanyan

Adjunct Lecturer

Varazdat Stepanyan joined the American University of Armenia as an Adjunct Lecturer in 2023. He holds a master's degree in Physics and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He is continuing his academic journey as a second-year Ph.D. student specializing in condensed matter physics at Yerevan State University. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, he conducts research at the Quantum Science and Technologies lab at AANL. Varazdat Stepanyan's research interests include Polymer Physics, Physics of Complex Systems, Quantum Thermodynamics, Quantum Field Theory, Quantum Computing and Quantum Optics.

Higher Education

2022, MS in Physics

Yerevan State University

2022, BS in Computer Science

American University of Armenia

2020, BS in Physics

Yerevan State University

Courses taught:

  • Mechanics

Publications:

  1. V. Stepanyan and A.E. Allahverdyan, Energy densities in quantum mechanics, Quantum 8, 1223 (2024).
  2. A. Hovhannisyan, V. Stepanyan, and A. E. Allahverdyan, Photon cooling: Linear versus nonlinear interactions, Phys. Rev. A 106, 032214 (2022).
  3. A. V. Asatryan, H. H. Mikayelyan and V. A. Stepanyan, Helix-Coil Transition in Heterogeneous Biopolymers: Influence of Fixing Bond Scale, J. Contemp. Phys. 57, 308–312 (2022).
  4. V. A. Stepanyan, S. G. Khachatryan and S. A. Hovhannisyan, Thermodynamics of Physical Approximations to Non Deterministic Polynomial Complete Problems, J. Contemp. Phys. 57, 36–40 (2022).
  5. V. A. Stepanyan, A. A. Hayrapetyan, E. Sh. Mamasakhlisov, The Rouse Model of Viscoelasticity and Diffusion Behavior of Chromatin, J. Contemp. Phys. 55, 254-258 (2020)

Awards:

Best Master of the Republic of Armenia in the Sphere of IT Award, Second Grade Prize

Issued by The Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia, Jun 2022

Best Master of Yerevan State University Faculty of Physics Award after First Dean Norayr Qocharyan

Issued by Faculty of Physics of Yerevan State University, Jun 2022

Office location: 337W/PAB