Doctor of Physics and Mathematics; Professor; Head of the Mathematical Modelling Sector of the Geophysical Processes of the Sea and Atmosphere of TSU Geophysics Institute; winner of the Merab Aleksidze (1996) and M. Nodia Prizes (2012); Member of the European Union of Earth Sciences (2014); Ocean Expert (http://www.oceanexpert.net/); since 1996 is Chief Editor of the Georgian Journal of the Geophysical Society, Series B. He has participated in international conferences and forums, and is Head of international and national scientific grants. Research interests: mathematical justification of the tasks of ocean and atmosphere dynamics; mathematical modelling of the hydro-thermodynamic and ecological processes in the Black Sea and the atmosphere; and Sea-atmosphere interaction. He has authored up to 170 scientific works in national and international publications.