Dr.
Gayane Asatryan
Function and Responsibilities:
Team Assistant, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Gaining in-depth insights into internal workflows, scientific operations and collaborative scientific administration, with hands-on experience in budget tracking, recruitment processes, and interdisciplinary communication (SAP, Typo, Concludis). I actively oversee administrative functions in a dynamic research section and promote smooth collaboration between management, employees, and external partners.
Career:
2023 - Present - Visiting Scientist, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
2018 – 2023
Project Leader – Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) Laureate, German Research Initiative
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany
2015 – 2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
2013 – 2014
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology, Lille, France
2012 – 2013
First Assistant, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2006 – 2015
Researcher, Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2007 – 2010
Doctoral Researcher, Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), Paris, France
Education:
2007 – 2010Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), Paris, France
PhD in Geosciences and Natural Resources
Grade: Very honourable
2006 – 2011
Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
PhD in Geology (Part-time)
2000 – 2006
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
MSc & BSc in Geology
Grade: Excellent
Awards:
2018 – MOPGA GRI Fellowship – Make Our Planet Great Again German Research InitiativeIssued by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) / DAAD
€1.14 million fellowship supporting interdisciplinary climate research under the Paris Agreement
2013 – IANUS Erasmus-Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship
Issued by the European Commission
2007-2009 – French Government Doctoral Scholarship
Issued by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
PhD research in geosciences and micropaleontology at Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI), France