Nana Bolashvili ( ka, ნანა ბოლაშვილი; November 25, 1967) is a Georgian geographer. From 2006 to 2007 she served as a deputy director of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography of the

Tbilisi State University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...

. Since 2007 she has served as a director of the Institute. She is the president of the Alexander Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia and member of the Editorial-Publishing Board of the Journal ''Amirani'' of the International Scientific-Research Institute of Caucasiology.

Early life

Nana Bolashvili was born on November 25, 1967, in the

Borjomi Borjomi ( ka, ბორჯომი) is a resort town in south-central Georgia, 160 km from Tbilisi, with a population of 11,122 (2021). It is one of the municipalities of the Samtskhe–Javakheti region and is situated in the northwestern p ...

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

. In 1989 she finished the Faculty of Geography and Geology at

specialty of

Surface-water hydrology Surface-water hydrology is the sub-field of hydrology concerned with above-earth water, in contrast to groundwater hydrology that deals with water below the surface of the Earth. Its applications include rainfall and runoff, the routes that surface ...

Career

From 1989 to 1992 she worked in the Laboratory of the Department of Hydrology and Geoinformation Technologies of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography. From 1992 to 1996 she was a Postgraduate Studies student surface-water hydrology,

water resources Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slight ...

and

hydrochemistry Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water based on the standards of its usage. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance, generally achieved through tre ...

. From 1985 to 1987 she worked in the Ilia Chavchavadze Tbilisi Institute of Foreign Languages specialty of the

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

. From 1992 to 2000 Bolashvili was a Research Fellow of the Department of Hydrology and Geoinformation Technologies of the Institute. From 2000 to 2005 she was a senior research fellow of the Department. In 1998 she participated in an International Training Course on "Weather modeling", in

Beit Dagan Beit Dagan ( he, בֵּית דָּגָן, ''lit.'' "House of Grain") is a town and local council in the Central District of Israel. it had a population of in . It was awarded local council status in 1958. History During the Ottoman period, ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

; later, in 2000 and 2011-12 she participated in a course on "Satellite Meteorology" in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. In 2001 and 2012 she attended an emergency meeting and became a scientific advisor of the

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through ...

. She is a member of the Scientific Board (Bonn, Germany). Nana Bolashvili promoted and lead the compilation of the first `` National Atlas of Georgia`` in English. The atlas was presented at the

Frankfurt Book Fair The Frankfurt Book Fair (German: Frankfurter Buchmesse, FBM) is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. It is considered to be the most important book fair in the world for internationa ...

in 2018, where Georgia was the guest of honor.Nana Bolashvili, Andreas Dittmann, Lorenz King, Vazha Neidze (eds.): ``National Atlas of Georgia``, 138 pages, Steiner Verlag, 2018,

Research

Her research fields cover freshet prognosis,

water resource Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation water. 97% of the water on the Earth is salt water and only three percent is fresh water; slightl ...

assessment and management,

karst Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...

and karstic water formation. She has participated in local and international grant projects, and published articles in Georgian and international journals.

References

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