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