1.3 Physical sciences

¡ Atomic, molecular & chemical physics (physics of atoms & molecules incl. collision, interaction with radiation, magnetic resonances, Moessbauer effect); Condensed matter physics (incl. formerly solid state physics, superconductivity); Particles & fields physics; Nuclear physics; Fluids & plasma physics (incl. surface physics); Optics (incl. laser optics & quantum optics); Acoustics; Astronomy (incl. astrophysics, space science)

First Name, Surname: Tamaz Butkhuzi

Basic education (qualification): Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physics

Area of expertise: Semiconductor Physics. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 5 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: Russian

Place of employment: Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Position: Scientific Projects Manager, Senior Researcher

Phone: +995(32) 230611

Mobile: +995(93) 256194

E-mail: tamazbutkhuzi@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Jaba Chigvinadze

Basic education (qualification): Experimental Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Low Temperature Physics and Techniques. Superconductivity. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

Position: Head of Superconductivity Laboratory

Phone: +995(32) 397924 

Mobile: +995(99) 194440

Fax: +995(32) 391494

E-mail: jaba@iphac.ge

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First Name, Surname: Nikoloz Chikhradze

Basic education (qualification): Engineer-Physicist in Solid State Physics

Academic degree: PhD in Technical Sciences

Area of expertise: Materials Science. Solid State Physics. Explosives and Blasting Technologies. (1.3, 2.5, 2.7)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: G. Tsulukidze Mining Institute / Georgian Technical University

Position: Director / Assoc. Professor

Phone: +995(32) 324716

Mobile: +995(93) 314542

Fax: +995(32) 325990

E-mail: chikhradze@mining.org.ge

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First Name, Surname: Rafael I. Chikovani

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Solid State Physics)

Academic degree: PhD in Technical Science, PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Physics of Semiconductors. Semiconductor Device. Luminescence. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University

Position: Head of Center of Microelectronics

Phone: +995(32) 365317, 397066

Mobile: +995(99) 180108

E-mail: rchikovani@mail.ru

First Name, Surname: Levan Chkhartishvili

Basic education (qualification): Theoretical Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Physics. Materials Science. Nanotechnology. (1.3, 2.5, 2.10)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University

Position: Full Professor

Phone: +995(32) 314593, 371942

Mobile: +995(99) 340736

Fax: +995(32) 441153

E-mail: chkharti2003@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Temur Dzigrashvili

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Solid State Physics)

Academic degree: PhD in Physics

Area of expertise (scientific discipline & sub-discipline): Crystallography of Twinning & Shear-Like Phase Transformations. Nanocrystals. (1.3, 2.5, 2.10)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University - Republic Center for Structure Researches

Position: Deputy Head of the Center

Phone: +995(32) 361403

Mobile: +995(99) 273804

Fax: +995(32) 528351

E-mail: dzigra@gtu.edu.ge

web: http://www.gtu.edu.ge/gtu/departments/rcsr/temur.htm

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First Name, Surname: Besik Eristavi

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Solid State Physics)

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise (scientific discipline & sub-discipline): Auger Electron Spectroscopy. Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University - Republic Center for Structure Researches

Position: Leading Researcher

Phone: +995(32) 383763  

Mobile: +995(93) 782866

Fax: +995(32) 528351
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First Name, Surname: Tamaz Eterashvili

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Solid State Physics)

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise (scientific discipline & sub-discipline): Fatigue. Crack formation. Fracture. (1.3, 2.5)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: German, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University - Republic Center for Structure Researches

Position: Professor - Project manager

Phone: +995(32) 332973

Mobile: +995(93) 243638

Fax: +995(32) 395532

E-mail: tetrcsu@gtu.edu.ge

web: http://www.gtu.edu.ge/gtu/departments/rcsr/tamaz.htm

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First Name, Surname: Gela Goderdzishvili

Basic education (qualification): Physicist in Solid State Physics

Academic degree: PhD in Technical Science

Area of expertise: Semiconductors. Optoelectronics. Microelectronics. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University

Position: Assoc. Professor

Phone: +995(32) 667170

Mobile: +995(99) 469550

E-mail: Gela49@mail.ru

First Name, Surname: Sergo Gotoshia

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Physics of Semiconductors & Dielectrics)

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Laser Raman Spectroscopy, Photoluminescence, Ultraviolet-Visible-Infrared Spectroscopies of Solids, Semiconductors, Mixed Solid Solutions, Nanomaterials, Surfaces, Surfaces Modified by Ion Implantation & Radiation, Inorganic & Organic Compounds, Objects of Life Sciences, Food, Pharmaceutical Objects, Ecology, Fuel. Extremal Ion & Laser Technology. Optical & Laser Engineering. Instrument-Making of Optical Laser Systems. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: R. Agladze Institute of Inorganic Chemistry & Electrochemistry

Position: Senior Research Scientist

Phone: +995(32) 393586

Fax: +995(32) 301430

E-mail: sergotoshia@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Nikoloz Jalabadze

Basic education (qualification): Engineer-Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Solid-State Physics. Nanotechnology. Material Science. Hard metals. Scintilation Materials. (1.3, 2.5, 2.10)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University

Position: Project Director

Phone: +995(32) 332197

Mobile: +995(99) 923604

Fax: +995(32) 332197

E-mail: jalabadze@gtu.ge

web: http://www.gtu.edu.ge/gtu/departments/rcsr/jalabadze/nikoloz.html

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First Name, Surname: George Japaridze

Basic education (qualification): Theoretical Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Condensed Matter Theory. Nanophysics. (1.3, 2.10)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

Position: Head of Condensed Matter Physics Department

Phone: +995(32) 394915  

Mobile: +995(99) 454915

Fax: +995(32) 391494

E-mail: giajaparidze@gmail.com

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First Name, Surname: Giorgi Kharadze

Basic education (qualification): Theoretical Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Condensed Matter Physics. Quantum Liquids. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, French, Russian

Place of employment: E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

Position: Chairman of Scientific Council

Phone: +995(32) 394619

Mobile: +995(77) 426247

E-mail: g_kharadze@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Barbara Kilosanidze

Basic education (qualification): Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Optics: Holography, Polarization Holography, Optical Systems of Objects Recognition, Optical Information Storage and Processing, Holographic Optical Elements. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Institute of Cybernetics

Position: Head of the Laboratory of Holographic Recording and Processing of Information

Phone: +995(32) 931125

Mobile: +995(93) 306693

Fax: +995(32) 305931

E-mail: barbara.kilosanidze@osa.org, bkilosanidze@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Elguja Kutelia

Basic education (qualification): Physicist (Solid State Physics)

Academic degree: PhD in Physics

Area of expertise: Physical Material Science. (1.3, 2.5)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian Technical University - Republic Center for Structure Researches

Position: Professor / Head of the Center

Phone: +995(32) 528351 

Mobile: +995(77) 499841

Fax: +995(32) 528351 

E-mail: ekutelia@gtu.edu.ge

web: http://www.gtu.edu.ge/gtu/departments/rcsr/gujak.htm

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First Name, Surname: Jumber Lominadze

Basic education (qualification): Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion. Theoretical Astrophysics. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: Georgian National Academy of Sciences

Position: Academician-Secretary of the Department of Mathematics and Physics

Phone: +995(32) 996125, 365161

Mobile: +995(99) 350045

Fax: +995(32) 998823, 966907

E-mail: jumber.lominadze@science.org.ge, contact@gsa.gov.ge

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First Name, Surname: Grigol Mamniashvili

Basic education (qualification): Experimental Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Magnetism & Superconductivity. (1.3)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

Position: Head of Magnetic Phenomena Physics Laboratory

Phone: +995(32) 391752

Mobile: +995(95) 252684

Fax: +995(32) 391494

E-mail: gmamniashvili@yahoo.com

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First Name, Surname: Tamaz Marsagishvili

Basic education (qualification): Theoretical Physicist

Academic degree: PhD in Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Area of expertise: Chemical Physics. Electrochemistry. (1.3, 1.4)

Professional experience in the area of expertise: more than 15 years

Knowledge of foreign languages: English, Russian

Place of employment: R. Agladze Institute of Inorganic Chemistry & Electrochemistry

Position: Head of Laboratory

Phone: +995(32) 301830, 956322

Mobile: +995(99) 190172

Fax: +995(32) 301830

E-mail: tmars-iice@caucasus.net

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