Shamil Shetekauri

Shamil Shetekauri (Georgian: შამილ შეთეკაური; born July 10, 1955) is a Georgian scientist, botanist, and botanical geography specialist in the study of flora, biodiversity, taxonomy of plants and plant ecology.

Member of the Georgian Botanical Society (საქართველოს ბოტანიკური საზოგადოება) (1980), Member of the International Organisation for the Phytotaxonomic Investigation Mediterranean Area (OPTIMA) (2002), Member International Geographical Union (IGU) (2002), Head of the NGO "TEBULO" (2002), Fellow of the London Linnean Society (FLS), regional expert in Caucasus of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (2008), Member of scientific chamber of Botanical Institute of Ketskhoveli (კეცხოველის ბოტანიკის ინსტიტუტი) (2008).

Shamil Shetekauri was born July 10, 1955, in Khone, Dusheti District, Georgia.

In 1973–1978 he successfully finished Faculty of Gardening and Viticulture in Georgian State Institute of Agriculture (სასოფლო-სამეურნეო ინსტიტუტი) and received Master of Sciences in Agronomy.

Since 2010, he has served as a chief researcher and head of Department Plant Systematic and Geography Tbilisi Botanical Garden and Institute of Botany.