David Lordkipanidze - Curriculum Vitae#

Biography

EDUCATION

Degree: Doctor of sciences (Habilitation)
Field: Archeology, Geography and Paleoanthropology
Thesis Title: “Early hominids and paleoenvironments in Southern Caucasus”

Name of the institution: Tbilisi State University
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia
Date of award: 2001

Degree: Candidate of sciences (Ph.D)
Field: Geography.
Thesis title: The peculiarity of interaction between environment and early humans in mountain regions.
Name of the institution: Russian Academy of Sciences
Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.
Date of award: 1992

Post-graduate studies (Masters degree)
Field: Geography
Name of the institution: Faculty of Geology and Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences
Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.
Period: 1986-1992
Date of award: 1992

Diploma (Bachelors degree): Diploma with Honor
Field: Geography
Name of the institution: Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tbilisi State University
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia
Period: 1980-1985
Date of award: 1985

KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES

ENGLISH Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly
FRENCH Speak: well; Read: correctly; Write: correctly
GERMAN Speak: well; Read: correctly; Write: correctly
RUSSIAN Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly
GEORGIAN Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

• General director – Georgian National Museum, 2005 – now. During this period different international exhibitions has been held by the Georgian National Museum at the leading Museums of world including the tour of the Vani Treasury.
• Deputy director – Georgian State Museum, 2002-2005
• Visiting scholar – Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, January 2002 - May 2002
• Visiting scholar - National Natural History Museum, Paris, France, 1999-2000
• Head of the department – Geology and Paleontology Department, Georgian State Museum - 1997-2001
• Senior researcher – Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences of Georgia - 1992 - 1997

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS

• Postdoctoral Scholar - Gottingen University, Germany, 1992
• Postdoctoral Scholar- National Natural History Museum, Paris, France, 1996-1997; Postdoctoral Scholar - German Archeological Institute, Lisbon and Madrid, 1996
• Fulbright Scholarship – Visiting Professor, Harvard University, USA - 2002
• Award of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei “Fabio Frassetto” International Prize – 2008
• Décoration de L’Ordre du Mérite (France) - 2006
• Rolex Award for Enterprise - 2004
• Georgian National Prize for Science and Technology - 2004
• Décoration des Palmes Académiques (France) - 2002
• National Decoration of Georgia - 2001
• Award of the Prince of Monaco -2001
• Royal Society award for visiting scientist in UK - 1998

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS

• Member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), elected as a member of the Section A7 – Behavioural Sciences, 2010.
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, elected as an Active Member of Class I – Humanities, 2009.
• Member of the Georgian Academy of Science – 2009
• Member of the World Academy of Art and Science - 2008
• Corresponding Member of German Archaeological Institute - 2008
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – 2007