Armen Sedrakian is a theoretical physicist and astrophysicist. He carries out research at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is a​ Professor at Wroclaw University​ in Poland. Armen's current research interests include: (a) effective models of QCD and its applications to compact star physics; (b) pairing, condensation and clustering in nuclear and related systems, such as ultracold gases; (c) astrophysics of compact stars in general. He obtained his Masters degree from Rostock University (Germany), PhD from Yerevan State University (Armenia) and Habilitation from Tübingen University (Germany). Previously, he held research positions at Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (Germany), Cornell University (USA), and Groningen University (The Netherlands) and Tübingen University (Germany).