Guram Mchedlidze

Guram Mchedlidze (born September 27, 1931) is a famous Georgian Palaeobiologist, Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS), Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor.

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September 27 - 1931 - Georgian - Palaeobiologist - Georgian Academy of Sciences

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In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). Since 1973 he is Professor of this Faculty.

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1954 - Tbilisi State University

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In 1962 Mchedlidze received a PhD degree in Biology, in 1973 a degree of the Doctor of Biological Sciences. In 1983 he was elected as Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (GAS).

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1962 - 1973 - 1983

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In 1979-1989 he was a Deputy Director of the Institute of Palaeobiology of the GAS. Since 1989 Mchedlidze is a Director of this Institute.

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1979 - 1989 - Institute of Palaeobiology

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In 1971 he was elected as Fellow of the American Society of Paleontology.

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Main fields of scientific activity of Guram Mchedlidze are: a fossil dolphin, Tertiary cetaceans, phylogenesis of cetaceans, ancient mammals, etc. He is author of more than 100 scientific-research works (among them 5 monographs).

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