Complex sentence: Sevian's father, Armen, held the title of candidate master in Soviet Armenia before moving to the United States in 1996 for his PhD studies; as of 2015, Armen is the principal scientist for a laser manufacturing company in Boston.
Split into simpler sentences: Sevian's father, Armen, held the title of candidate master in Soviet Armenia before moving to the United States in 1996 for his PhD studies. As of 2015, Armen is the principal scientist for a laser manufacturing company in Boston.