2023-present
University of Bologna, Astronomy department, postdoctoral researcher,
Ilia State University, Graviation and Cosmology group, researcher
2018-2023
School of Natural Sciences and Medicine, Gravitation and Cosmology group
Ilia State University (Georgia) and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany)
Joint Ph.D. program, thesis: “Primordial Magnetic Fields: Evolution and Signatures”. Supervisors: Tina Kahniashvili, Jens Niemeyer
2015 - 2017
School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of Physics
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Msc thesis: “Stability of Non-radial Modes and Star Formation in the Galactic Dark Matter Field”. Supervisor: Alexander G. Tevzadze
2011 - 2015
School of Exact and Natural Sciences, Department of physics,
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Bsc Thesis: “Jeans instability in the field of external galactic asymmetric halo”. Supervisor: Alexander G. Tevzadze
Publications: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/fq=%7B!type%3Daqp%20v%3D%24fq_database%7D&fq_database=database%3Aastronomy&q=author%3A(%22Mtchedlidze%22)&sort=date%20desc%2C%20bibcode%20desc&p_=0
Awards, research grants
2025 - present
“What do magnetised jets tell us about the large-scale magnetisation of the Universe?” (YS-24-758 Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia, SRNSFG)
“Messengers from the Early Universe: Relic Gravitational Waves and Detection Prospects through Pulsar Timing Arrays ” Research project (FR-24-2606, project coordinator), SRNSFG
2024
Jumber Lominadze Young Scientists Award 2024
2023 and before
Tsinandali Award 2022, 2023 honour prizes in Exact and Natural Sciences
“Phase transition-generated Magnetic Fields through Large Scale Structure”, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG) & German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2022
“Primordial Magnetic Fields through Large Scale Structure”, SRNSFG-DAAD, 2021
“Evolution and Signatures of Primordial Magnetic Fields”, Ph.D. research project
(PHDF-19-4101), SRNSFG, 2019
“Cosmic Magnetic Fields: Evolution and Observational Signatures”, SRNSFG-DAAD, 2019
“Reconstructing the Early Universe: Cosmic Magnetic Fields and Gravitational Waves”
Research project (FR-18-1462, project coordinator), SRNSFG, 2019
“The Evolution of Cosmological Magnetic Fields in Expanding Universe ”
Ph.D. research project (N 04/46-3), SRNSFG & The Volkswagen Foundation, 2018
“The Stability of Non-radial Modes and Star Formation in the Galactic Dark Matter Field”, MSc student research project (MR_2016_1_233), SRNSFG, 2017
Some of invited talks
2025 - Review talk: "Searching for the origin of cosmic magnetic fields: current status", EAS, Cork, Ireland
2023 - ”Primordial Magnetic Fields in the Cosmic Web and Galaxy Clusters”, Nordita Astrophysics Seminar, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 - “Modelling the evolution of primordial magnetic fields”, Bologna, Italy, [https://indico.ict.inaf.it/event/2136/contributions/13581/attachments/6537/13336/Bologna_conf_23.m4v]
2022 - "Evolution and signatures of primordial magnetic fields", University of Hamburg, [https://owncloud.gwdg.de/index.php/s/0aOndPDVPYi04sE], online
2021 - "Evolution and Signatures of Primordial Magnetic Fields”, Carnegie Mellon University, Journal Club Meeting (online)
2021 - “Evolution of Primordial Magnetic Fields during Large-Scale Structure Formation ”, APC, Paris, France
Public outreach
2023 - Stockholm University Summer School, “About Large-scale Magnetic Fields”
2022 - Outreach interview about magnetisation of the Universe
2022 - Three Minute Thesis, National Scientific Library of Georgia
2022 - The Astronomy Day, poster: “What do we know about our Universe?” (in Georgian), Evgeny Kharadze Georgian National Astrophysical Observatory, Georgia
2020 - Talk at the public school: “The Standard Model of Cosmology” (in Georgian, online) [https://internationaldoctoralschool.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/SM_71_public_school_Rev2.pdf]
2020 - Lehmann-Haupt International Doctoral Program Forum: "Magnetic Fields and Evolution of the Universe" Tbilisi, Georgia [https://internationaldoctoralschool.iliauni.edu.ge/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/LHIDP_forum_UnivMFs.pdf]
Teaching
Instructor for “Introduction to Astrophysics”, Goettingen University, Germany, (2018-2019);
Instructor for “Introduction to Cosmology”, Ilia State University, Georgia, (2018-2019);
Instructor for “Physical Cosmology II”, Ilia State University, Georgia, (2020);
Co-supervision of Master student, MSc thesis: “Primordial Magnetic Fields in Merging Galaxy Clusters”, Tbilisi, Georgia
