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Berika Beridze

Ph.D. Biodiversity Policy Department Expert at MEPA Georgia
Georgia, Tbilisi
Recent Job

Biodiversity Policy Department Expert

at

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia

Biodiversity and Species Recovery Division

Past Jobs


  • [2025] - Molecular Biologist at Genomics - Biomedical Research and Genetic Diagnostics

  • [2025] - Supervisot at SpaceFarms Vertical farming in Georgia (Community and Operation Lead)

  • [2024] - Internship at SABUKO

  • [2024-2025] - Assistant Researcher at National Botanical Garden of Georgia. Plants Conservation Department


Worked in

Population and Conservation Genetics; Landscape Genetics; Biogeography; Species Distribution Modeling; Historical Biogeography of Castanea sativa Mill.

Experienced in

Q-GIS; R; Bioinformatics and Genomics.

Interested in:

Adaptational Variation in Trees; Whole Genome Scans; Climate Change; Forests.

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Ph.D. since 25.03.2024
Work was done in the frame of the project: “ Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the Caucasian forests: comparative phylogeography of six forest tree species” funded by the National Centre of Science, Poland (project no UMO-2017/26/E/NZ8/01049) at the Institute of Dendrology PAS, Laboratory of Systematics and Geography
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Online Library Jonjoli (ჯონჯოლი)
Jonjoli (Staphylea colchica) aims to collect studies, books, articles and etc. concerning biodiversity, biology, biogegraphy, environmental and earth sciences of the South Caucasus Region
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Having one more citation always excites me
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"Beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master.”

  • Pravin Lal
My signature on “ The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness”
Which animals have the capacity for conscious experience? While much uncertainty remains, some points of wide agreement have emerged
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Engaging with public
Popularizing science, the Caucasus biodiversity and my research
Short film on my Doctoral Dissertation [in Georgian]
Video by @Litagora / litagora.ge
  • Presenting my research to the National Botanical Garden of Georgia (workplace of that time) 13.03.2024
Presenting my doctoral dissertation to friends and invited guests at Muhudo Bar (Tbilisi) 21.04.2024
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Species Distribution Modelling
The lecture was prepared for the "Young Biologists Association" (Georgia) as part of the "SciTalk" series.
Population genetics of the chestnut tree in the Caucasus and implications for conservation
Virtual STEM symposium organised by the International Society of Georgian Scientists (ISGS)