Dr. Vardan Arutiunian, PhD, is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Sara Jane Webb’s Lab (Seattle, WA, USA). He received a PhD degree in Linguistics / Neurolinguistics at the Center for Language and Brain (HSE University National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) in the field of language and communication in Autism Spectrum Disorder. 

In his research, Dr. Vardan Arutiunian uses multiple approaches and methods such as behavioral assessment, genetic approaches, and neurobiological methods (e.g., magnetoencephalography / MEG, electroencephalography / EEG, brain morphometry) to investigate a variability of language skills as well as structural and functional brain mechanisms of language impairment in children with ASD.

Dr. Vardan Arutiunian received a number of research and teaching awards from several organizations, both Russian and European Union. The main results of his research Dr. Vardan Arutiunian presented in Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Singapore, Canada, and USA.