Biography:Lia Osipian
Lia Levonevna Osipian (Armenian: Լիա Լևոնի Օսիպյան, born January 15, 1930) is an Armenian biologist, plant physiologist, and mycologist.[1]
Career
Born in the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Osipian studied at Yerevan State University from 1947 to 1952.[2] After graduating, she worked as an assistant and lecturer at the university until she received her doctorate in biological sciences in 1970. She became a professor in the Department of Botany in the Faculty of Botany at Yerevan State University in 1971.[3] Twice, from 1986 to 1990 and 1999 to 2002, she served as the dean of the Faculty of Biology.[4] In 1996, Osipian became a full member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences and is an Honorary Scientist of Armenia.[5][6] Over the course of her academic career, she has been the doctoral supervisor for over 20 students.
Legacy
In 2022, a newly discovered species of fungus from Iran, Sphaerulina osypianiae, was named after her.[7]
References
- ↑ "Osipian, Lia Levonevna | International Plant Names Index". https://www.ipni.org/a/24399-1.
- ↑ "HONORED BOTANIST AND MYCOLOGIST:(on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of Academician of National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia Lia L. Osipyan)". Proceedings of the YSU B: Chemical and Biological Sciences: 57–58. 2015.
- ↑ Нанагюлян, С. Г. (2020). "К юбилею академика НАН Республики Армения Лии Левоновны Осипян" (in ru). Микология и фитопатология 54 (2): 153–154. doi:10.31857/S0026364820020075. ISSN 0026-3648. http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?doi=10.31857/S0026364820020075.
- ↑ "Լիա Լևոնի Օսիպյան". http://publishing.ysu.am/hy/Lia-Osipyan.
- ↑ "Lia L. Osipyan, Faculty of Biology". http://ysu.am/faculties/en/Biology/section/staff/person/Lia-Osipyan.
- ↑ "Национальная академия наук Республики Армения" (in ru). https://www.sci.am//m/membersview.php.
- ↑ Azimi, Hossein; Abbasi, Mehrdad; Osipyan, Lia (2022-02-20). "New species of Sphaerulina on Populus from Iran". Applied Entomology and Phytopathology 89 (2): 257–262. doi:10.22092/jaep.2021.356523.1421. ISSN 1026-5007. https://jaenph.areeo.ac.ir/article_125194.html.
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