Astghik Kuzanyan research focuses on Single Photon Detection. As a PAI Postdoctoral Fellow she worked under the supervision of Professor Artur Davoyan of the UCLA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, on research which involve experimental and numerical studies related to nanometer scale single photon thermoelectric detectors, nanophotonics, and thin film materials. Her research at UCLA laid a foundation for collaborations between UCLA and Armenia’s Institute for Physical Research of the National Academy of Sciences.

Kuzanyan received her Ph.D. in Laser Physics from the Supreme Certificate Committee of the Republic of Armenia and her M.A. degree in Radioengineering and Telecommunication from the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia, International Scientific-Educational Centre, and B.A. degree in Radiophysics from Yerevan State University.

Kuzanyan is currently the head of the Material Science Laboratory at the Institute for Physical Research at the National Academy of Sciences in the Republic of Armenia.