Beka Chitadze
PhD student
- Project: Project 13.3
- Research Group
- Address: iomE, Hanns-Dieter-Hüsch-Weg 15 (Biozentrum I, Room 01.466), 55128 Mainz
“The RTG gives me the structure, resources, and mentorship to push my project forward and grow into an independent researcher.”
Education
- Since 2025: PhD studies on “Molecular manipulation of host phenotype via regulatory interference”, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany
- 2022-2024: MSc in Ecology, Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia
Thesis: "Molecular taxonomy and biogeography of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) distributed in Georgia" - 2018-2022: BSc in Ecology, Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia
Thesis:"Phylogenetic analysis of rock lizards of the genus Darevskia distributed in Georgia"
Working Experience
- 2024: Taxonomic Expert - Laboratory Assistant, Project “BioScan” within Biodiversity Genomics Europe, Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2023-2024: Internship at Alexander Koenig Zoological Research Museum, Germany
- 2021-2024: Invited Research Assistant, Project “Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL)”, Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2023: Internship at Richard Lugar Public Health Research Center, Georgia
- 2021-2022: Laboratory Assistant, Molecular Genetics Laboratory at Ilia State University in Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2021: Internship at Natural History Museum in Oslo, Norway
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Chitadze B, Bulbulashvili N, Japaridze LG, Drogvalenko A, Moulet P, Seropian A (2024)
First record of 15 species of Hemiptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) in Georgia. Caucasiana, 3: 127-143. -
Seropian A, Arsenashvili E, Bulbulashvili N, Shubashishvili A, Iankoshvili G, Todua M, Ananiashvili A, Japarashvili S, Chkhartisvhili T, Memishishi A, Balkhamishvili S, Chitadze B, Karalashvili E, Mumladze L, Hein N, Rulik B (2023)
Into the unknown: the first barcode-assisted checklist of Psocoptera (Insecta, Psocodea) of Georgia with a census on country species richness. ZooKeys, 1168, 77. -
Chitadze B, Arsenashvili E, Bulbulashvili N (2023)
Leptopus hispanus and Erianotus lanosus: the first DNA-assisted records of Leptopodidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) for the fauna of Georgia. Caucasiana, 2, 25-28. -
Japarashvili S, Bulbulashvili N, Seropian A, Chkhartishvili T, Iankoshvili G, Chitadze B, Balkhamishvili S, Arsenashvili E, Todua M, Memishishi A (2023)
New and well-forgotten: DNA-assisted records of two beetle (Insecta, Coleoptera) species new for the fauna of Georgia with an update on the distribution of some other little studied taxa. Caucasiana, 2, 63-70.