Name Surname Mark Kalashian (Kalashyan) 
Academic degree  PhD (Candidate of Biological Sciences)
The position Head of Laboratory / Director of institute of zoology 
Laboratory / department Laboratory of Entomology and Soil Zoology
e-mail mkalashian1@gmail.com; mark.kalashian@sczhe.sci.am 
Phone number 091451446
Link to profile in research platforms: ORCID, researchgate, scopus, google scholar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2448-9547; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Kalashian;                https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23094291300
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=U5NWXK4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Research interests  Entomology, Taxonomy, Ecology and Evolution, Conservation Biology, Nature Protection, PAs , Invasive Species, Climate Change Impacts 

 

Period 

Role 

Number and Title 

Fund 

Amount 

2021-2022 

PI 

20RF-089, Invasions of alien beetle species to the Caucasus 

Higher Education and Science committee 

11.880.000 AMD 

2020-2023 

PI 

EAPI 20-01, Pests of medicinal plants: genome organization and microbiome composition in phytophagous insects and mites associated with plants producing pharmacologically and biotechnologically important metabolites 

Higher Education and Science committee 

24.000.000 AMD 

2021-2024 

PI 

BeechDiv, Biodiversity in deadwood – base for an improvement of sustainable 

conservation of beech Forests in Germany and the Caucasus) 

Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF) 

20.000 € 

2020-2024 

Investigator 

CaBOL, Georgisch-armenisch-deutsche Initiative zum Aufbau einer gemeinsamen Kaukasischen Biodiversitätsforschungsplattform [Georgian-Armenian-German initiative to establish a Joint Caucasian Biodiversity Research Platform] 

Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (BMBF)