Doctor of Chemical Sciences; Professor,  Chairman of the Scientific Council of the TSU Petre Melikishvili Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry, he is Chief Fellow.  Main fields include chemistry and chemical technologies, organic chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, chemical ecology, military chemistry. He participates in international forums and is; he is an international technical expert/consultant for OSCE. He has implemented eight special contracts, led international grant activities and has implemented works in the field of military waste disposal.  He has developed the experimental production of agricultural preparations and presently works in the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste.  He is a member of the Georgian Association of Professional Chemists and the Union for Research on Chemical-Ecological Problems, a member of the technical commission of international tenders. His publication sinclude 300 scientific works and 22 patents.  He was awardedthe  Vakhtang Gorgasali Order (class III, in 2002); the commemorative 100th Anniversary of Marshal Bagramyan medal (2006) and the Petre Melikishvili Prize of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences.