Giorgi Kvesitadze

Date of Birth: May 30, 1942

Academician (biochemistry-biotechnology), Member of Georgian Academy of Science (1988).

He has published over 200 papers in the filed of biochemistry and biotechnology.
In 1969 defended the candidate thesis on: " Biothinthesis of a-Amylase in deep culture of Aspergillus aryzae" and in 1979- the doctor's scientific degree on " The characterization of amylolitic enzymes of fungi, general Aspergillus".

Main sphere of scientific activity:
Study of extremophylic microorganisms and their enzymes; creation of ecobiotechnologies based on the abilities of plants to assimilate and metabolize organic toxicants.

Giorgi Kvesitadze is the professor of Tbilisi State University and Georgian Technical University. Under his guidance 57 candidates and 8 doctors of sciences have been trained. He is the member of editorial boards of two international (Fresenius Enviromental Bulletin; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety), two Russian (Biochimia, Prikladnaya biochimia i microbiologia) and two Georgian (Moambe, Matsne) scientific journals, the read of the council for granting scientific degrees (biochemistry, biotechnology).
In 1995 he was selected  as an active member of International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Art (California USA) and in 1996-a member of Georgian Academy of Ecology. Giorgi Kvesitadze is the member of the World biotechnologists Association.

Address:

Office:

Agmashenebeli Avenue, 10 km
Tbilisi 380059
Georgia
Tel: 958-145(off). FAX: 987-980. 

 

Home:

Abasheli Str. 7a,
Tbilisi 380079
Georgia
Tel: 235604

 

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