Lia Kotorashvili

I, Lia Kotorashvili, have been working at the GTU Food Industry Research Institute since 1983. I am currently a Senior Research Fellow in the Food Quality and Safety Research Division. In 1982 I graduated with honors from the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Georgian Technical University and was awarded the qualification of Engineer-Chemical-Technologist. In 2009 I defended my dissertation on the topic: "Development of a rational technology for obtaining natural flavorings of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages from basil raw materials", I was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Food Technology. I have taken qualification courses - at the Educational-Scientific Institute of Standardization and Metrology, specialty: product certification, certification body and accreditation of the examination laboratory (with honors). My field of scientific interest is to study food safety and security processes, to set norms; Selection of methods for detecting product counterfeiting; Natural food additives: dyes, flavorings, thickeners, etc. Development of rational production technologies and definition of their fields of application; The main directions of creation and commercialization of innovative technologies in the Georgian food industry, etc. Sh. Among the works done by me are the following: • Investigation of the scientific basis for the production of natural food flavorings; • Development of scientific basis for the process of steam distillation of essential oils with water; • Investigation of scientific bases of Georgian type wines; • Development of realistic technology for obtaining natural grape dyes; • Development of technologies for obtaining bioactive extracts from laurel and eucalyptus raw materials; • Research on natural bread improver technology; • Development of rational technologies for the production of environmentally friendly food additives: dyes, flavorings, thickeners; • Development and introduction of essential oil lavender care-growing and processing technologies (World Bank grant); • Development of liquid sugar production technology (GTU Grant); • Development of technology for making natural bread additive (STU Grant); • Development of realistic technology for making honey wine; • Impact of pesticides and poisonous chemicals on the quality and safety of grapes and their processed products. During my scientific career I have published 91 scientific papers, including 1 monograph, 1 textbook. In addition to scientific research, I also engage in combination activities. I work as a pedagogue at the Georgian Technical University and Tbilisi Iv. Javakhishvili State University - Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences. I received a silver medal at the USSR National Economic Achievement Exhibition in Moscow in 1988. Since 2019, I have been elected a member-correspondent of the Georgian Academy of Engineering.