Education
In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). In 1962 Mchedlidze received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biology, in 1973 a degree of the Doctor of Biological Sciences.
professor author Doctor of Biological Sciences
In 1954 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the Tbilisi State University (TSU). In 1962 Mchedlidze received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biology, in 1973 a degree of the Doctor of Biological Sciences.
Since 1973 he was Professor of this Faculty. In 1979-1989 he was a Deputy Director of the L. Davitashvili Institute of Palaeobiology, in 1989-2009 a Director of this Institute. Main fields of scientific activity of Guram Mchedlidze were: a fossil dolphin, Tertiary cetaceans, phylogenesis of cetaceans, ancient mammals, et cetera
He was author of more than 100 scientific-research works (among them 5 monographs).
Mchedlidze was organizer and participant of many important scientific events in Georgia and abroad.
In 1983 he was elected as Corresponding Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS).