
EDUCATION:
2001 – PhD (Candidate of Biological Sciences);
1995-1998 – Post-Graduate student, institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics, Georgian Academy of Science;
1990-1995 – Under-Graduate student, Faculty of Physics, Department of Biophysics, Tbilisi State University.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2008 - present – Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia;
2007-2008 – Main Specialist, Department of Scientific Researches and Development, Tbilisi State University;
2006-2008 – Director, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics, Tbilisi;
2005-2006 – Senior Research-Scientist, Department of Genome Structure and Function, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics, Tbilisi, Georgia;
2002-2005 – Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, USA;
2001-2002 – Research Scientist, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics, Georgian Academy of Science;
1997-2001 – Junior Research Scientist, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biological Physics, Georgian Academy of Science;
1990 – Laboratory Assistant, Department of Biochemistry, Tea Enterprise Scientific Union “Anaseuli”.
BUSINESS TRIPS:
2008 – Visiting Scholar, Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
2002-2005 – Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University, USA.
He is a co-author of more than 20 scientific works, one patent and three provisional patent applications
He has a wife and child
Languages - English and Russian