SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MEDICINE
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Ecology-Conservation Biology
Position:Full Professor





Graduate: Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Biology MSc, 1991. Graduate: Ilia State University Biology PhD, 2009. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Biology Faculty, Biophysics Department 1991-2002: researcher. Georgian Center for the Conservation of Wildlife (GCCW) 1994-2006: Conservation biologist & GIS analyst. Ilia State University 2006-present: Professor at Institute of Ecology.

Research interests:

His research interests address:

  • Where, how and why a study living organism occurred, occurs and will occur?

To answer this question he uses the following methods:

  1. Landscape genetics;
  2. Ecological niche modeling & mapping;
  3. Satellite-received radio-telemetry (outfitting animals with radio-transmitters);
  4. Remote-sensing (analysis of satellite imagery);
  5. Animal surveys using camera-traps.

The ultimate goal of the results obtained thanks to these methods is:

  1. To explain evolutionary processes in living organisms (incl. humans);
  2. To contribute to nature conservation.

Scientific interests / research interests

Current Courses

Course Catalog

Master’s level

  • Master Seminar (For Ecology)
  • Statistics for Biologists

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Taxonomic, Molecular, and Geophysical Drivers of Biodiversity (and biodiversity research) in the Caucasus
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology (ENG)
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology (ENG)
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Doctoral Seminar II (Ecology)

2020-2021 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Doctoral Seminar I
  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology
  • Doctoral Seminar II
  • Research Seminar I

2019-2020 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Research Seminar I
  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology
  • Doctoral Seminar I
  • Research Seminar II

2018-2019 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Research Seminar I
  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology
  • Doctoral Seminar II
  • Research Seminar I

2017-2018 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Doctoral Seminar I
  • Doctoral Seminar II

2016-2017 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology
  • Doctoral Seminar I

2015-2016 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals
  • Practice Course: Topography, GPS and GIS

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Statistics for Biologists

Doctoral level

  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology

2014-2015 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Bachelor’s Seminar and Bachelor Thesis
  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals
  • Practice Course: Topography, GPS and GIS

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

2013-2014 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology

2012-2013 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology and Genetics
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Master’s Thesis (Life)
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology

2011-2012 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Ornithology
  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology
  • Multivariate Statistics in Ecology

2010-2011 Year

Bachelor’s level

  • Influence of Climate on Distribution of Plants and Animals

Master’s level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

Doctoral level

  • Spatial Analysis in Ecology

2009-2010 Year

Master’s level

  • Geographic Informational Systems (GIS)
  • Data Acquisition and Analysis in Ecology (Field Course)