Maia Merlani has completed her PhD from Tbilisi State University. She is a Senior Research Scientist at Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Plant Biopolymers. Her field of interest is a Chemistry and synthesis of Natural Compounds. She is the author of more than 55 papers in reputed journals and presentations at 60 international scientific conferences. She was granted Georgian Presidential Scholarship for Young Scientists (1997), NATO Scholarship (2002, 2003-2006) and Matsumae International Foundation Scholarship (2013). She is a member of organizing committee of several international conferences in the field of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Maia Merlani has completed her PhD from Tbilisi State University. She is a Senior Research Scientist at Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Plant Biopolymers. Her field of interest is a Chemistry and synthesis of Natural Compounds. She is the author of more than 55 papers in reputed journals and presentations at 60 international scientific conferences. She was granted Georgian Presidential Scholarship for Young Scientists (1997), NATO Scholarship (2002, 2003-2006) and Matsumae International Foundation Scholarship (2013). She is a member of organizing committee of several international conferences in the field of Organic and Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

Her field of interest is a Chemistry and synthesis of Natural Compounds.