Professor Guranda E. Gvaladze

Who is Professor Guranda E. Gvaladze?

Professor, Dr. Guranda E. Gvaladze (b. on June 23, 1932, in Tbilisi) is a distinguished Georgian botanist, Doctor of Biological Sciences (Full Doctor, 1974), Professor (1991). She is one of the founders of the Georgian scientific school of Plant Embryology, founder (1990) and the first Head (1990-2003) of the Department of Plant Reproduction Research of the Georgian National Botanical Garden at the Ilia State University (Tbilisi).

1951-1956 - Student of the Faculty of Biology of the Tbilisi State University.

1956-1959 - Post-Graduate Student of the Department of Cultural Plants of the Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences.

1959-1966 - Research Fellow of the Department of Cultural Plants of the Institute of Botany.

1966-1983 - Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Cultural Plants of the Institute of Botany.

1983-1990 - Head of the Department of Cultural Plants of the Institute of Botany.

1990-2003 - Head of the Department of Plant Reproduction Research of the Institute of Botany.

2003-2010 - Chief Research Fellow of the Department of Plant Reproduction Research of the Institute of Botany and the Botanical Garden.

Since 2010 - Chief Research Fellow of the Department of Plant Reproduction Research of the Georgian National Botanical Garden (former Institute of Botany) at the Ilia State University (Tbilisi).

In 1962 she received a Ph.D. degree in Botany, in 1974 - a degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences.

Professor Gvaladze is author of more than 180 scientific-research works (among them 3 monographs) in the field of Plant Embryology. She is author of 2 textbooks also.

She is participant of many International Symposiums and Conferences (France - 1970, 1986; India - 1976; Poland - 1980; Slovakia - 1982; Italy - 1991; Switzerland - 1994, etc.). In 1976-1990 she was a Co-manager of the joint Slovak-Georgian Scientific Programme in Plant Embryology.

Professor Gvaladze is a Member of the: Scientific Council of the Georgian National Botanical Garden, Presidium of the Georgian Botanical Society, International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR), International Organization of Plant Information (IOPI), Pan-European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology (EuroScience). In 1998 she was elected as an Academician of the Abkhazian National Academy of Sciences (former "Abkhazian Regional Academy of Sciences"), based in Tbilisi.

In 1990 she received the International S. Navashin Medal "For Outstanding Contribution in Plant Embryology".