Garik Israelian
This biographical article needs more biographical information on the subject. Statistical information, such as date and place of birth, information on historical significance, and information on accomplishments is desired. Please remove this message when done. See this article's talk page for more information. (December 2010) Garik Israelian Born Armenia Fields Physics, Astronomy, Spectroscopy Institutions Geneva University Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Gran Telescopio Canarias Alma mater Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias Garik Israelian is an Armenian-Spanish astrophysicist who led the team which found the first observational evidence that supernova explosions are responsible for the formation of black holes. He works for Institute of Astrophysics of Canary islands and European Northern Observatory. He is the leader of the team Observational Tests of the Processes of Nucleosynthesis in the Universe.