!!David Lordkipanidze - Curriculum Vitae
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[Biography|Biography_David_Lordkipanidze_en.pdf]
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__EDUCATION__
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Degree: Doctor of sciences (Habilitation)\\
Field: Archeology, Geography and Paleoanthropology\\  
Thesis Title: “Early hominids and paleoenvironments in Southern Caucasus”
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Name of the institution: Tbilisi State University\\
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia\\
Date of award: 2001
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Degree: Candidate of sciences (Ph.D)\\
Field: Geography.\\
Thesis title: The peculiarity of interaction between environment and early humans in mountain regions.\\
Name of the institution: Russian Academy of Sciences\\
Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.\\
Date of award: 1992
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Post-graduate studies (Masters degree)\\
Field: Geography\\
Name of the institution: Faculty of Geology and Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences\\
Place: Moscow, Russian Federation.\\
Period: 1986-1992\\
Date of award: 1992
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Diploma (Bachelors degree): Diploma with Honor\\
Field: Geography\\
Name of the institution: Faculty of Geology and Geography, Tbilisi State University\\
Place: Tbilisi, Georgia\\
Period: 1980-1985\\
Date of award: 1985
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__KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGES__
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ENGLISH		Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly\\
FRENCH		Speak: well; Read: correctly; Write: correctly\\
GERMAN		Speak: well; Read: correctly; Write: correctly\\
RUSSIAN		Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly\\
GEORGIAN	Speak: fluently; Read: correctly; Write: correctly
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__EMPLOYMENT RECORD __
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*General director – Georgian National Museum, 2005 – now. During this period different international exhibitions has been held by the Georgian National Museum at the leading Museums of world including the tour of the Vani Treasury.
*Deputy director – Georgian State Museum, 2002-2005
*Visiting scholar – Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, January 2002 - May 2002
*Visiting scholar - National Natural History Museum, Paris, France, 1999-2000
*Head of the department – Geology and Paleontology Department, Georgian State Museum - 1997-2001
*Senior researcher – Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences of Georgia - 1992 - 1997 

__FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND HONORS __
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*Postdoctoral Scholar - Gottingen University, Germany, 1992
*Postdoctoral Scholar- National Natural History Museum, Paris, France, 1996-1997; Postdoctoral Scholar - German Archeological Institute, Lisbon and Madrid, 1996
*Fulbright Scholarship – Visiting Professor, Harvard University, USA -  2002
*Award of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei “Fabio Frassetto” International Prize – 2008
*Décoration de L’Ordre du Mérite (France) - 2006
*Rolex Award for Enterprise - 2004
*Georgian National Prize for Science and Technology - 2004
*Décoration des Palmes Académiques (France) - 2002
*National Decoration of Georgia - 2001
*Award of the Prince of Monaco -2001
*Royal Society award for visiting scientist in UK - 1998

__MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS __
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*Member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea), elected as a member of the Section A7 – Behavioural Sciences, 2010.
*Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, elected as an Active Member of Class I – Humanities, 2009. 
*Member of the Georgian Academy of Science – 2009
*Member of the World Academy of Art and Science - 2008
*Corresponding Member of German Archaeological Institute - 2008
*Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – 2007