Elephter Andronikashvili Institute of Physics

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Elephter Andronikashvili Institute of Physics is a science research center at Tbilisi State University in Georgia. It began in December 1950 and was named after Elephter Andronikashvili in 1999, who helped establish it and led the institute for almost 40 years. Giorgi Kharadze also served as a director at another time. The institute is based on Tamarashvili Street 6, Tbilisi, and today operates as an independent research institute within the university.

Today the institute has about 189 staff, including 104 scientists, and consists of five scientific departments plus a library and a workshop. It has a history of major facilities, including a nuclear reactor (in operation 1959–1990) and a high‑altitude cosmic‑ray lab on the Tskhratskaro Pass (1959–1986). The institute hosted its first international conference in 1955 and continues to participate in numerous international events. It publishes around 125 scientific papers each year.

Elephter Andronikashvili Institute of Physics collaborates with leading universities and research centers worldwide, including Brazil, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Japan, and Ukraine. It participates in international projects such as CERN’s ATLAS experiment and works with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna) and Helsinki University of Technology. In addition to fundamental research, the institute conducts applied work, such as reducing vehicle emissions with nanotechnology and developing radiation‑resistant ceramics for extreme conditions.

Since 2006, the director has been Gela Gelashvili.