George Gegelashvili - Curriculum Vitae#

Education & academic degrees:

• 1987 PhD (Candidate of Biological Sciences), from Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, Kiev, Ukraine, and the Supreme Certification Commission at Council of Ministers of USSR.
• 1981 Master, with Honors (Biology/Biochemistry), Tbilisi State University, Georgia

International training:

• 1993 EMBO course :" Cytoplasmic Ca2+", Uppsala, Sweden;
• 1993 "Neurochemistry of Calcium”, Montpellier, France
• 1993 Elba International Neuroscience Program, Elba, Italy
• 1991 Visiting scholar, University of Minnesota, College of Vet. Medicine, USA

Positions (since 1991):

• 2011 - 2021 Professor, Dept. Drug Design and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (full or part-time position)
• 2007 - 2013 Professor, Institute of Chemical Biology, Ilia State University (ILIAUNI), Tbilisi, Georgia (part-time position)
• 2009 - 2010 Neuregeron Pty, Melbourne, Australia (part-time position)
• 2007 - 2009 Research Professor/ Head, Molecular Neurobiol. Unit, Dept. Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark.
• 2005 - 2007 Research Advisor, Neurogen Corp., Brandford, USA
• 2002 - 2004 Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2000 - 2001 Visiting professor, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia, UCI, Irvine, CA, USA
• 1996 - 2002 Assoc. Res. Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology/ Biology, RDSP, Copenhagen
• 1993 - 1996 Visiting professor /Assoc. researcher, Protein Laboratory, Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen
• 1991 - 1992 Visiting researcher, Royal Danish School of Pharmacy (RDSP), Copenhagen

Awards & special fellowships:

• 2011 Research Professorship (Lundbeckfonden)
• 2001 Bøje Benzon Award
• 2000 Visiting professorship to USA (Alfred Benzon Foundation)
• 1997 NASTRA award (Danish Medical Research Council)
• 1994 FEBS International Fellowship
• 1993 DANVIS visiting fellowship
• 1991 Denmark-USSR academic exchange fellowship

Teaching /Supervision:

• 5 PhD / 19 Masters
  
• 7 international and local courses
  
• 21 Public lectures (e.g. schools, libraries, interest- & seniors' clubs, other general audiences)

Organizer & chairman of symposia at 6 international scientific meetings.

Invited speaker & oral presentations at 21 international meetings.

Peer reviewer for international foundations (3) / scientific journals (12).

Present /former member of 9 international & Danish scientific societies.