Prof. Mezhlum Sumbatyan is a principal researcher and a Head of Ultrasonic Laboratory in the Institute for Mathematics, Mechanics and Computer Science, Southern Federal University, Russia. He is the Member of the Editorial Board in 2 International journals, Member of the Russian Acoustical Society, Member of Technical Committee, European Acoustical Association (EAA), Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia, Member of Russian National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He has more than 120 papers published in SCOPUS journals. 12 PhD students passed with their thesis under his leaderships.
Research topics:Ultrasonic NDT, Integral Equations, Inverse problems in mechanics and acoustics, Asymptotic methods in short-wave diffraction, Propagation of ultrasonic waves, Computational Hydrodynamics, Aeroacoustics, Turbulence, Boundary Elements Method.