David Tarkhnishvili

Dean of School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Head of the Ilia State University Institute of Ecology, lab of the Quantitative Ecology Scientific interests / research interests: Evolutionary biology, Speciation, Population ecology and genetics, Ecological modeling, Biogeography, Human population genetics, Caucasus Graduated from Tbilisi State University (Biology, zoology) (1982). PhD in Ecology from Research Inst. of Ecology, Ural Sci. Center at Sverdlovsk (pres. Ekaterinsburg), Russia, 1987. Research – interspecific competition of amphibians. Work experience – Tbilisi State University, Vietnam Tropical Center (1990), Bangor University, UK (1996-1997, post-doctoral fellow), Zoological Research Institute and Museum Al. Koenig, Bonn, Germany (1998; 1999-2003; post-doctoral fellow, researcher).Studies mostly in ecology, biogeography, population genetics and evolution of amphibians and reptiles. Over 100 published research papers. At Ilia State since 2006, employed as a dean of the school of Life Sciences, director of the Institute of Ecology, and dean of the School of Science and Engineering. Teaching: An introductory course “Evolution – From Darwin to Present: Facts and Theories”; BSc course “Essentials of Ecology”; “Statistics for Biologists” (MSc) and “Population Ecology and Genetics” (MSc) Taught within BSc and MSc programs in Biology and Ecology