The University of Georgia

Maia Merlani
Invited Lecturer
Doctor
Department of Natural Sciences
School of Science and Technology

Education

Georgian Polytechnic Institute - Chemical technology - Master - 09/01/1980 - 07/01/1985

Moscow chemical-technological institute - Chemical technology - Doctor - 26/11/1985 - 26/11/1988

Publications

Antimicrobial Activity of Nitrogen-Containing 5-α-Androstane Derivatives: In Silico and Experimental Studies - 2020

Enzymatic synthesis and antimicrobial activity of oligomer analogues of medicinal biopolymers from comfrey and their species of the Boraginaceae Family - 2022

Caffeic and 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric acid derivatives as antimicrobial agent: biological evaluation and molecular docking studies - 2022

Antimicrobial Activity of Some Steroidal Hydrazones - 2023

Antimicrobial Activity of Catechol-Containing Biopolymer Poly[3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)glyceric Acid] from Different Medicinal Plants of Boraginaceae Family - 2023

Steroidal hydrazones as antimicrobial agents: biological evaluation and molecular docking studies - 2024

Conferences

chemistry - 24-09-2024

Scientific Projects

- 2003

- 2007

- 2009

- 2013

Courses

Medical Chemistry-DENT1111 ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Schedule

Medical Chemistry-DENT1111

Maia Merlani - Invited Lecturer - leads a lecture course in medical chemistry. She holds an academic doctorate degree in chemistry from I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. She is a senior researcher at the Kutateladze Institute of Pharmacochemistry, Tbilisi State Medical University. She has many years of teaching and research experience at several universities in Georgia, and has published 66 publications, including 31 in international refereed journals with a high impact factor. Maia Merlani has experience working as a visiting scientist at universities and research centers in Japan, Greece, and the USA. In 2024, she was awarded the I. Kutateladze Prize of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences. He is a Georgian President's Scholar for Young Scientists (1997), a Matsumae International Foundation Scholar (Japan, 2013), and a Fulbright Scholar (USA, 2018). Google Scholar - over 550 citations, H-index - 13.