Institute of Cybernetics, Georgian Academy of Sciences
S. Euli Str., 5, Tbilisi 380086, Georgia.Date and place of birth: 29 July 1937, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Education:
Graduated Tbilisi State University 1960;
1960-1963- aspirantura (post grad. Student) of Moscow Lebedev Institute of Physics;
1967-PhD (candidate) of Moscow Lebedev Institute of Physics;
1983-Doctor of Phys-Math. Sciences, Tbilisi.
Career/Employment:
Present position - since 1972 - Head of Department of Institute of Cybernetics, Academy of Sciences of Georgia, Tbilisi
1968-1972 -Senior Researcher of Moscow Institute of Organic Materials and Dyes (NIOPIK)
1983-1993 - Vice Director of Institute of Cybernetics
1984 -Professor of Solid State Physics
Brief Career Summary (published in "LC Today")Specialization:(i) main field: Solid State Physics.
(ii) other fields:(iii) current research interest: Optics and electrooptics of Liquid Crystals.Honours, Awards, Fellowships, Membership of Professional Societies:1989- Winner of State Prize of Georgia in Sciences
Short term visiting professor of the University Paris-Sud -1980, Bologna 1983, Bordoaux-1987, Goteborg -1989, Tokyo-1994, Berlin- 1994,1995,1996, Paderborn- 1998Home address: Mtskheta str. 1, 380079, Tbilisi, Georgia; tel -(995 32) 233816.
Phone in Moscow: (095) 492 01 69.
e-mail: root@cybern.acnet.ge or chilaya@yahoo.comMain Publications:- Number of papers in refereed journals: 120
- Number of communications to scientific meetings: 91
- Number of books: 3