Date of Birth

20.11.1965

Education

• 1984 - 1989 - Georgian Polytechnic institute, Faculty of Metallurgy;
• 2009 - 2012 - Georgian technical university, Faculty of Informatics and Management Systems - Doctorate

Scientific Degree (Rank)

• PhD in Engineering Physics;

Work Experience

• LEPL – Ferdinand Tavadze Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences:
  1989 - 1990 Senior assistant labiratory for Powder metallurgy;
  2009 - 2016 Sci. Fellow Laboratory for Boron-containing and composites materials;
  2016 - 2017 - Research Specialist laboratory for Inorganic materials for the chemical and physical-chemical analysis;
  2017 - present - Scientific Worker laboratory for Inorganic materials for the chemical and physical-chemical analysis;

Scientific Interests

• Inorganic materials, physical and chemical analysis;
• Obttaining boron, and materials on its basis. The study of their structure and Physical-mechanical properties;

Papers and Publications

• Electro-Physical and Physical-Mechanical Properties of Cobalt-Doped Boron. Proceedings of the 4th International Boron Symposium, 15-17 October,
• Eskishekhir, Turkey, (2009). (Co-authors: L.Chkhartishvili, G.Darsavelidze, O.Tsagareishvili, D.Gabunia);
  Internal friction in β–rhombo-hedral Boron, doped wiht Cobalt. Georgian National Academy of Sciences, vol.5, no.3, 2011;
• Metal impurities in crystallographic voids of beta-rhombohedral boron lattice: Binding energies and electron levels. Solid State Sciences, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 June 2012 (Co-authors: L.Сhkhartishvili, D.Gabunia I.Murusidze, O.Tsagareishvili);
• Influence of hexagonal boron nitride nanocrystals on wear processes in brass. Nano Studies, #7, 2013. (Co-authors: L.Сhkhartishvili, A.Gachechiladze, B.Margiev, L.Rukhadze, O. Tsagareishvili.);
• Friction Processes in Metallic composite Materials modified with Hexagonal Boron Nitride. The 18th International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials. Program and Abstracts. ISBB 2014.August 31to September 5, 2014, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (Co-authors: O.A.Tsagareishvili, A. Gachechiladze, B. Margiev, L.Rukhadze, L.Chkhartishvili);
• Influence of a real surface on physical-mechanical properties of polycrystalline β-rhombo¬hedral boron. Nano Studies, 2015, #12 (Co-authors: O. Tsagareishvili, I. Kurashvili, A. Sichinava, L. Chkhartishvili, G. Darsavelidze);
• New nanoalloys for modifying the steel. Proceedings of II International Conference-Modern Technologies and Methods of Inorganic Materials Science. Tbilisi, 2015 (Co-authors: A.Gachechiladze, O.Tsagareishvili, B.Margiev, L.Rukhadze, L.Chkhartishvili);

Participation in Scientific Symposiums and Conferences

• Elastic and Inelastic Properties of Boron Alloyed with Transition Metals (Ti, V, Fe, Co, Ni, Zr, Re). 16th International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials,(ISBB2008) Matsue, Shimane, Japan, 7-12 September, 2008;
• Influence of a real Surface on physical-Mechanical Properties of polycrystalline β-rhombohedral boron. The 18th International Symposium on Boron, Borides and Related Materials. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. 31.08 to 05.09, 2014;
• Antifrictional metallic materials modified with hexagonal boron nitride. II International Conference-Modern Technologies and Methods of Inorganic Materials Science. Tbilisi, April, 2015;

Participation in Scientific Grant Projects

• UNTC, GNSF G 4655 „Development of technology of producing of HTEG and creation of test samples“- Researcher (2008-2010);
• GNSF #481-„Tungsten- and Titanium Carbide Based Nanocrystal-lineHard Metals“- Researcher (2009-2011);