Background
Chelidze, Tamaz Lucka was born on December 24, 1934 in Kutaisi, Georgia, United States. Son of Lucka Alexander and Liuba Peter (Darchia) Chelidze.
Chelidze, Tamaz Lucka was born on December 24, 1934 in Kutaisi, Georgia, United States. Son of Lucka Alexander and Liuba Peter (Darchia) Chelidze.
Geophysicist, Moscow State University, 1957. Candidate Physics and Mth., Tbilisi University, Georgia, 1964. D in Chemistry, Institute Chemistry Colloids, Kiev, Russia, 1975.
D in Physics and Mathematics, Institute Physics of Earth, Moscow, 1986.
Research worker Institute Geophysics, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1957—1976, head department, 1976—1985, assistant director, 1985—1992, director, since 1992. Chair geophysical prospecting Tbilisi State University. Director European Center Geodynamical Hazards of High Dams Council of Europe.
Consultant Center Natural Disasters, Tbilisi, 1992—1994. Member European Advisory Commission on Earthquake Prediction, 2000. Invited professor University Strasbourg, 1987, 92.
Professor Rennes (France) University, 1995—1997, Ecole Normale Superieure (Paris), 1999.
Member of Seismological Society of America, Academy Ecological Sciences (correspondent), Georgian Academy of Sciences (correspondent), Georgian Geophysical Society (president 1992-2000), American Geophysical Union (associate).
Married Venera Besarion Tevdoradze, March 4, 1957. Children: Lia, Zurab.