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