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Armen Mirzoian
6000 Ammendale Rd
Beltsville, MD 20705
Tel: (240) 264-1598
Email:
armen.mirzoian@ttb.govWORKEXPERIENCE
07/2003-current
Senior Scientist
at USTreasury, Alcohol and Tobacco Taxand Trade Bureau (TTB), BeverageAlcoholLaboratory,
6000 Ammendale Rd, Beltsville,MD 20705
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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
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Developedandvalidatednumerous methods of analysis of small and large molecules in complexmixtures
using LC/MS/MS, LC-qTof, GC/MS, and U(H)PLC
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Critically reviewed, analyzed, and reportedanalytical findings following the guidanceof ISO17025
Quality Control System
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Lead and managed several projects including:AlcoholBeverageSampling Program(ABSP), Allergen and
Gluten labeling compliance, and AlcoholBeverageAuthentication
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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
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Incorporation of unnatural amino acid into neuronal acetylcholine nicotinic receptors
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Synthesis and characterization of aminoacylated nucleotides
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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
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Organic synthesis of cyclodextrin based electroactive receptors and ligands
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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
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Theory, application, andoperation of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
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Concise Course In Brewing Technology, Siebel Institute
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ISO/IEC 17025:1999 InternalAuditor Certificate
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Twelve leadership, communication, andmanagement courses as part of three years Employee Leadership
Program(ELP)
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Separate courses in theory, application, and operations of LCMSMS, GC, HPLC, qTOFMS
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Theory andapplications of Solid PhaseMicro-extraction (SPME)
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The Alcohol School,Montreal
Ethanol in Kombucha
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