Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Professor, Dr. of Biol. Sc., Chairman of Scientific Council, Head, Dept. Blood Circulation and Metabolism, I. Beritashvili Center for Experimental Biomedicine, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Nodar P. Mitagvaria PhD, Dr. of Sc., Professor, Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. Works in Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biiomedicine since 1967 at first as a Research Scientist and than as a Head of Dept. of Metabolic Maintenance of the Brain Functions, as a Vice-Director of mentioned Center and currently is a Chair of Scientific Board of the Center, Head of Dept. of Cerebral Circulation and Metabolism and Senior Consultant of Valley Cancer Institute (Los Angeles, CA, USA), is an author of three monographs and over 150 articles published in Georgian, Russian and English languages.