I was born in Armavir, Armenia. I spent my early years in Armavir and later moved to the capital city of Yerevan to continue my education at Quantum College.

In 2004, I was admitted to the Department of Radio-Physics at Yerevan State University (YSU). I spent two years at YSU acquiring fundamental skills in Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics.

In 2006 I transferred to University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND, USA), where I continued pursuing my passion, i.e., engineering complex systems. I graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and Minors in Mathematics and Physics.

During my studies in North Dakota, I received several awards, including, but not limited to, “The Most Innovative Engineering Design” award in 2009 and “Outstanding Student “ award in 2008 and 2009.

I got my Master's Degree from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My research was focused on modeling human interaction with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Currently I am a Ph.D. student at the same department.

I like Latin dances, more specifically, jive and rumba. Also, I find great joy in ice-skating, cycling, weightlifting, and, last but not least, living in Cambridge.

In the long run, I plan on establishing the foundation of aeronautics industry in Armenia to build UAVs for civilian applications.

"My next goals are to open the National Airspace of the US for commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and make unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) more reliable. Furthermore, I hope to establish engineering research centers in developing countries."