Nana Bolashvili

Nana Bolashvili (ნანა ბოლაშვილი; November 25, 1967) is a Georgian geographer born in Borjomi Georgia. From 2006 to 2007 she served as a deputy director of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography of the Tbilisi State University. Since 2007 she has served as a director of the Institute. Since 2016 she is the president of the Alexander Javakhishvili Geographical Society of Georgia

Education
From 1984 to 1989 she studied at the Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University at the Faculty of Geography and Geology, specializing in surface-water hydrology. From 1985 to 1987 she studied at the Ilia Chavchavadze Tbilisi Institute of Foreign Languages the English language.

From 1992 to 1996 she was a PhD student at the Georgian Academy of Sciences, specializing in Surface-water hydrology, water resources and hydrochemistry.In 1998 she participated in an International Training Course on "Weather modeling" in Beit Dagan, Israel; in 2000 she participated in a course on "Satellite Meteorology" in Nanjing, China.

Career
From 1989 to 1992 she worked as a laboratory assistant in the Department of Hydrology of the Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, Georgian National Academy of Sciences. From 1992 to 2000 Bolashvili was a scientist at the Department of Hydrology and Geoinformation Technologies of the Institute of Geography. From 2002 to 2008 she worked as a geography teacher at the private school “British Connection – Academic”. In 2005-2006 she was a scientific secretary of the Institute of geography. From 2000 to 2018 she was a senior scientist at the department of hydrology and climatology. Since 2018 up to now she is a principle researcher at this department. From 2006 to-2023 she was an expert in geography at the National Examination Center, Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia.

Since 2010 she became a scientific technical correspondent (STC) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). In 2023 she was appointed as a member of the 2nd IWG of UNCCD. She was a participant of all meetings (e.g. in March 2024 in Chile. In December 2024 there will be the next UNCCD COP (Conference of the Parties) in Riyadh.

Research
Her research fields cover freshet prognosis, water resource assessment and management, karst and karstic water formation. She has participated in local and international grant projects, and published articles in Georgian and international journals.

Nana Bolashvili promoted and lead the ``National Atlas project`` during several years. This first ``National Atlas of Georgia`` in English was presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2018, where Georgia was the guest of honor. The National Atlas of Georgia was awarded the National Vakhushti Bagrationi prize (Laureate Diploma) in November 2023 for its comprehensive texts and new large-sized colour maps.