ELM TREE RESEARCH - Key Persons
Ashot Papoyan, PhD is the co-founder and CEO of Elm Tree Research, as well as managing partner at Elm Tree Clinic. He oversees the Research and Development efforts and execution of clinical trials. Previously, Dr. Papoyan was the Associate Director at TetraGenetics, where he was involved in the discovery of therapeutic antibodies against ion channels.
His research interests are related to pain, addiction and autoimmune disorders. He has authored numerous scientific publications in peer reviewed journals and is an inventor of several patents. Dr. Papoyan holds a doctorate degree in Molecular Biology from Cornell University and a Master's degree in Biophysics from Yerevan State University.
Manukyan Zorayr is active in clinical research with over three dozen publications in peer reviewed journals and has authored a patent for a risk-based monitoring technology -TrialSight. Zorayr earned a PhD in Statistical Sciences from George Mason University and a PhD in Biology from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. He also has an MS in Industrial Mathematics from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany.