Osipyan was born in Moscow and graduated from Georgy Kurdyumov 's class at Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1955. Later, he summarized his interest in science: in late 1950s and 1960s, Osipyan worked on the extended effects of interaction of electrons with solid matter and discovered the effect of optical excitation of plastic properties in semiconductors. Also in 1960s Osipyan released his theory of dislocations in semiconductor crystal structure.