Astghik Kuzanyan is a researcher at the Institute for Physical Research of National Academy of Sciences and a lecturer at the Russian-Armenian University. In 2021-2022 she was a Promise Armenian Institute’s Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Los Angeles in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Kuzanyan received her Ph.D. in Laser Physics from the Supreme Certificate Committee of the Republic of Armenia and her M.S. degree in Radioengineering and Telecommunication from the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Armenia, International Scientific-Educational Centre, and B.S. degree in Radiophysics from Yerevan State University. Astghik is a researcher at the Institute for Physical Research National Academy of Science of Armenia. Astghik Kuzanyan research focuses on material science and single photon detection.