Lela Bakanidze

For more than 30 years Professor Lela Bakanidze, Doctor of Sciences, had worked at the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) of Georgia. During this period she was the Head of the Department of Biosafety and Threat reduction, Deputy Head of the Department of Especially Dangerous Infections (EDI). Dr Bakanidze was the Head of NCDC Bioethics Committee. Later Lela Bakanidze had moved to Georgian Agrarian University, where she was the Nonproliferation Programs Manager. Prof. Bakanidze is American Biosafety Association (ABSA) Registered Biosafety Professional (RBP).

Lela Bakanidze was President of Georgian Biosafety Association (2009 – 2013), Chair of the International Federation of Biosafety Associations (IFBA) Board of Directors (2017 – 2020), at present she is the Vice - President of the Biosafety Association for Central Asia and Caucasus (BACAC).

Since 2016 Prof. Bakanidze works in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, she is the Key Expert for On-Site Technical Assistance (OSA) to the EU Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Centers of Excellence Initiative Regional Secretariat for Central Asia. As an OSA key expert Lela Bakanidze actively was involved in Regional Secretariat work. She had participated in the NAP/NAQ processes, meetings with local stakeholders in partner countries and ongoing projects experts, delivered lectures on CBRN security for wide population, educational institutions, etc., actively collaborated with PCs, JRC, FPI, other international and donor organizations, etc.

Lela Bakanidze is the author of two monographs and about 100 scientific papers.