Biography

Irine Gotsiridze is Director of the International Accreditation Center of Georgian Technical University and Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering of the Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems. She has worked at the university since 1995 and headed the Department of Biomedical Engineering from 2007 to 2021. During that period, biomedical engineering programmes were developed in Georgian and English at all three levels of higher education. The English-language bachelor’s programme, which she leads, received international ABET accreditation in 2023.

She took part in the EU TEMPUS project “Biomedical Engineering Education Tempus Initiative in Eastern Neighbouring Area” (2013–2016), under which a joint master’s programme in biomedical engineering was established together with Tbilisi State Medical University and Akaki Tsereteli State University. Since 2026 she has been co-chair of the project “MedTech Bridge – Joint Master Study Programme in Medical Engineering” (NAWA, KATAMARAN).

Her research interests include biomedical engineering, bioinformatics and engineering education. She is the author of a three-part textbook on biomedical engineering. She is fluent in English and Russian.

Education

• Georgian Technical University – doctoral degree, 1993
• Tbilisi State Conservatory – piano, master’s-equivalent degree, 1971–1976
• V. I. Lenin Georgian Polytechnic Institute – master’s-equivalent degree

Scientific degree and rank

• PhD (degree awarded on 30 December 1993)
• Professor, Georgian Technical University

Work experience

• 1995 – present: Georgian Technical University – Director of the International Accreditation Center; Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Informatics and Control Systems
• 2007–2021: Georgian Technical University – Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering
• 1977–1995: Institute of Pharmacochemistry, Georgian Academy of Sciences – Senior Researcher (development of new devices for the automation of pharmacological experiments)
• 1975–1977: Central Research Laboratory of Tbilisi Medical Institute, Experimental Neurophysiology – Senior Engineer (development of experimental equipment)
• 1971–1975: Institute of Electrical Machines (IEMT) – Junior Researcher (electron microscopy experiments)

Publications

Textbooks

• Gotsiridze I., Gigilashvili G. Biomedical Engineering, Part 3. Basics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2016 (in Georgian).
• Gotsiridze I. Biomedical Engineering, Part 2. 2012 (in Georgian).
• Gotsiridze I. Biomedical Engineering, Part 1. 2009 (in Georgian).

Articles

• Hrubiak A., Poladishvili D., Khundzakishvili A., Gogitidze Z., Konovalenko S., Gotsiridze I. Tunable proton-to-electron transport and conductivity switching in the α-FeOOH/α-Fe₂O₃ mesoporous composites. Solid State Sciences, 176, 108277, 2026.
• Chang S., Gotsiridze I. Interpretation and characterization of seizure detection in epilepsy with deep learning processing. Works of Georgian Technical University, No. 2, pp. 127–133, 2025.
• Hrubiak A., Beyene A., Yavorskyi Y., Gotsiridze I., Ostafiychuk B. Structural features and electrochemical behavior of amino acid-based biocomposites. Renewable Energy, 254, 123758, 2025.
• Chang S., Gotsiridze I. STFT spectrogram for epilepsy seizure detection and channel selection. Works of Georgian Technical University, No. 2, pp. 120–127, 2025.
• Gotsiridze I., Surguladze M. Leveraging artificial intelligence for monitoring neovascular age-related macular degeneration progression. Transactions of Georgian Technical University: Automated Control Systems, No. 2(38), pp. 100–108, 2024.
• Madani S., Gotsiridze I. Explore selection patterns in cancer-associated genes in various species: the comparative analysis. CME Journal of Clinical Case Report, pp. 1–12, 2024.
• Esvanjia N., Gotsiridze I., Pitskhelauri A. Ensuring accuracy and safety: quality assurance in nuclear medicine. Proceedings of the International Conference “Modern Challenges and Achievements in Information and Communication Technologies”, 2024.
• Abelashvili N., Gotsiridze I., Babuashvili M. A study of blood glucose determination by means of an interlaboratory test. Journal of Technical Science & Technologies, 8(1), 2024.
• Gotsiridze I., Kitaevich M. Digitizing lung auscultation: improving automatic classification of pulmonary sounds with new dataset. Transactions of Georgian Technical University: Automated Control Systems, 2023.
• Madani S., Gotsiridze I. A new gene contributes to diabetes and affects glucose metabolism. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology, 8(2), pp. 56–67, 2023.
• Gotsiridze I., Gigilashvili G. The importance of biomedical engineering as STEM education in Georgia and new challenges for internationalisation of this process. Proceedings of the 2nd Paris Conference on Education (PCE2023), 2023.
• Gotsiridze I., Madani S. A theoretical study on treatment methods using electrical stimulation, review. Current Clinical and Medical Education, 2023.
• Gotsiridze I., Gigilashvili G., Gigilashvili T. A Microsoft Excel application for implementing the AHP method. International Scientific-Practical Conference “Modern Challenges and Achievements in Information and Communication Technologies”, 2023.
• Madani S., Gotsiridze I. Effect of biologically active compounds recovered from kefir (a probiotic fermented milk) on thyroid toxicity. Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries, 2022.
• Gotsiridze I., Pitskhelauri A., Esvanjia R. Role of radiological measurements in dental practice. Proceedings of “Innovations and Modern Challenges 2022”, 2022.
• Madani S. A. E., Gotsiridze I. Study of BRAF and RAS mutations in the thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology and papillary thyroid cancer. Advance Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Discoveries, Vol. 48, Issue I, 2021.
• Gotsiridze I., Gigilashvili G., Pitskhelauri A. Features of pediatric bones scanning with ^99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals. International Scientific Journal “Intellectual”, No. 41, pp. 99–103, 2021.
• Madani S. A. E., Gotsiridze I. Study of BRAF and RAS mutations in thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology and papillary thyroid cancer. Food Processing & Nutritional Science Research, 1(2), pp. 105–112, 2020.

Awards, prizes

• Gold Medal of Georgian Technical University, 2023
• Certificate of Completion, Faculty Development Program, San Diego State University (SDSU), 2023
• Medal of Honour (No. 725), awarded by the President of Georgia, 2013