Lilit Sahakyan

Dr. Lilit Sahakyan

Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies of National Academy of Sciences, RA, Yerevan 0025, Armenia

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 October 2018 in Science of The Total Environment
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GTGevorg Tepanosyan
Gevorg Tepanosyan
Lilit SahakyanLilit Sahakyan
Lilit Sahakyan
OBOlga Belyaeva
Olga Belyaeva
SAShushanik Asmaryan
Shushanik Asmaryan
ASArmen Saghatelyan
Armen Saghatelyan

1 August 2017 in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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GTGevorg Tepanosyan
Gevorg Tepanosyan
NMNairuhi Maghakyan
Nairuhi Maghakyan
Lilit SahakyanLilit Sahakyan
Lilit Sahakyan
ASArmen Saghatelyan
Armen Saghatelyan

1 October 2017 in Chemosphere
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GTGevorg Tepanosyan
Gevorg Tepanosyan
Lilit SahakyanLilit Sahakyan
Lilit Sahakyan
OBOlga Belyaeva
Olga Belyaeva
NMNairuhi Maghakyan
Nairuhi Maghakyan
ASArmen Saghatelyan
Armen Saghatelyan

GTGevorg Tepanosyan
Gevorg Tepanosyan
Chiara BaldacchiniChiara Baldacchini
Chiara Baldacchini
Lilit SahakyanLilit Sahakyan
Lilit Sahakyan
Trees play a pivotal role in improving urban environmental quality and provide several ecosystem services including the removal of pollutants from the air, such as particular matter (PM) and potentially toxic elements (PTE). Therefore, understanding the tree PM and PTE capturing potential, also in connection with plant species, is of great concern, especially in urban areas. This study aims to reveal the link between the elemental composition of PM deposited on tree leaves and soils PTE contents, as well as to rank the PM capturing efficiency of 10 different tree species growing under the impact of urban environments. This also allowed us to test the efficiency of PM deposited on tree leaves as a PTE biomonitoring and pollution source identification tool, in the two biggest urban areas of Armenia. Indeed, high contents of PTE are detected in both soil- and leaf-deposited PM from sites characterized by the presence of localized and active pollution sources (i.e., industrial unites, high traffic, etc.), which are identified by specific tracers (such as Mo, Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cd). Among the studied tree species, the highest PM amount per unit leaf area is observed for Platanus orientalis, but elm species are also identified as promising canditates to be considered for their PM removing potential, and need to be included in future more details studies.


14 February 2022 in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
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Meline BeglaryanMeline Beglaryan
Meline Beglaryan
DPDavit Pipoyan
Davit Pipoyan
GTGevorg Tepanosyan
Gevorg Tepanosyan
Lilit SahakyanLilit Sahakyan
Lilit Sahakyan