Gela Beselia has been appointed as an Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA) since 2018 and as of 2024, holds the academic position of Professor.
From 2003 to 2006, he completed PhD studies at the Ivane Beritashvili Institute of Physiology of the Georgian National Academy of Science. Gela Beselia obtained her Ph.D. degree in medicine in 2008. He also holds a State Certificate in Phthisiology, Pulmonology, and Neurology, he has completed relevant residency programs and specialization courses. In 2011-2012 he has undergone an internship in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY, USA). In 2020 – 2022 Gela Beselia was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA). Aside from scientific research, he has academic (conducted a course in the Physiology of Behavior and a course of in Physiology in medical high schools) and 8 years of practical medical experience. Since 2010 he has been a researcher in the Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Functions at the Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine.
He is a participant in 13 scientific-research projects, among them he was twice awarded the Presidential Grant Competition for Young Scientists and the winner of the grant competition for young scientists by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia. Gela Beselia is an author and contributor to 28 scientific publications and has also participated in more than 15 international conferences. At the same time, he is a member of the Ivane Beritashvili Society of Physiologists of Georgia, the Georgian Neuroscience Association (GNA), the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), and the Federation of European Neuroscience (FENS). In 2016-2020, he was the executive secretary of the Georgian Neuroscience Association. He has undergone various professional training.