Narine Sarvazyan, PhD.

Professor, George Washington University & American University of Armenia. She is the US Fulbright Scholar, the American Heart Association Established Investigator, and the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award from two universities. She mentored numerous students, postdoctoral researchers, and medical fellows, with several of her former trainees currently leading their own labs. She holds a number of key US patents in the fields of spectral imaging and cardiac tissue engineering. In 2021 she founded 3DArmenia Initiative to help promote digital preservation of Armenian heritage.