Background
Gabunia, Leo was born on September 13, 1920 in Irkutsk, Siberia, Georgia, United States. Son of Kalistrate and Nadezda (Dumbadze) Gabunia.
Gabunia, Leo was born on September 13, 1920 in Irkutsk, Siberia, Georgia, United States. Son of Kalistrate and Nadezda (Dumbadze) Gabunia.
Candidate science, Georgian Industrial Institute, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1946. Doctor of Science, Institute Geology, Tbilisi, 1954. Diploma (honorary), Moscow Society Naturalists, 1966.
Diploma (honorary), Society Znanie, Moscow, 1977.
Junior researcher, Institute Geology, Tbilisi, 1947-1950;
senior researcher, Institute Paleobiology, Tbilisi, 1951-1956;
director, Institute Paleobiology, Tbilisi, 1976-1988;
honorary director, Institute Paleobiology, Tbilisi, 1988;
chief of department, Vertebrate Paleobilogy, Tbilisi, 1957-1976;
professor Tbilisi State University, since 1959;
academician-secretary department biology, Georgian Academy Science, Tbilisi, 1976-1988;
academician-secretary, Georgian Academy Science, Tbilisi, since 1988. President Georgian national committee Man and Biosphere, Tbilisi, since 1980. Chief editor Science-popular series, Tbilisi, since 1984.
Consultant Georgian section World Wide Fund for Nature, since 1993.
Member International Association Human Paleontology (founder), Russian Thericol. Society (honorary), American Society Vertebrate Paleontology, French Geological Society.
Married Lili Asatiani, April 9, 1949 (deceased 1994). Children: Salome, Vakhtang, Mzia, Giorgi.
