Contemporary Resume

Armen Mirzoian 6000 Ammendale Rd Beltsville, MD 20705 Tel: (240) 264-1598 Email: armen.mirzoian@ttb.gov

WORKEXPERIENCE 07/2003-current Senior Scientist at USTreasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Taxand Trade Bureau (TTB), BeverageAlcoholLaboratory, 6000 Ammendale Rd, Beltsville,MD 20705 • Mastered the operations ofmodern analytical instruments for analysis of alcohol beverage products and routinely analyzed alcoholic beverages for determinationof label compliance, standards of identity, consumer safety, authenticityandother regulatorycompliance purposes • Developedandvalidatednumerous methods of analysis of small and large molecules in complexmixtures using LC/MS/MS, LC-qTof, GC/MS, and U(H)PLC • Critically reviewed, analyzed, and reportedanalytical findings following the guidanceof ISO17025 Quality Control System • Lead and managed several projects including:AlcoholBeverageSampling Program(ABSP), Allergen and Gluten labeling compliance, and AlcoholBeverageAuthentication • Performed multi-technique andmulti-analyte analysis of various alcoholic beverages andapplied multivariate analyticalmodels for classificationandauthenticationpurposes 01/1999-07/2003 Postdoctoral Fellow , University ofMiami , School ofMedicine , Department ofMolecular andCellular Pharmacology , Miami, FL 33136 • Incorporation of unnatural amino acid into neuronal acetylcholine nicotinic receptors • Synthesis and characterization of aminoacylated nucleotides • Expression and electrophysiological studies of neuronal acetylcholine nicotinic receptors 09/1993-07/1998 Graduate Research Assistant , University of Miami , Department of Chemistry , Coral Gables, FL 33146 • Organic synthesis of cyclodextrin based electroactive receptors and ligands • Electrochemical studies and electrochemically controlled complexation of supramolecular host-guest systems EDUCATION 07/1998 University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, Ph.D. Chemistry. Dissertation: Solvent Effects and Redox Control on Host-Guest Binding Phenomena 08/1992 Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology , Moscow, Russia, BS Chemistry SELECTED TRAINING COURSES AND CERTIFICATES • Theory, application, andoperation of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry • Concise Course In Brewing Technology, Siebel Institute • ISO/IEC 17025:1999 InternalAuditor Certificate • Twelve leadership, communication, andmanagement courses as part of three years Employee Leadership Program(ELP) • Separate courses in theory, application, and operations of LCMSMS, GC, HPLC, qTOFMS • Theory andapplications of Solid PhaseMicro-extraction (SPME) • The Alcohol School,Montreal