Obituary: Omar Mukbaniani

Omar Mukbaniani, 73, died Jan. 18 in Tbilisi, Georgia.

“Omar Mukbaniani was a professor at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, chair of macromolecular chemistry, and head of the Department of Chemistry. Mukbaniani was a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Georgia. For several years, he served as a member of the advisory board and the editorial board of the journal Proceedings of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Chemical Series, and was a contributing editor of the journals Polymer News, Polymers Research Journal, and Chemistry & Chemical Technology. He served as chair of the ACS Georgia International Chapter in 2021.”—Tamara Tatrishvili, assistant

Most recent title: Director, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry and Polymeric Materials

Education: BS, chemistry, Tbilisi State University, 1971; MS, chemistry, A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, 1976; PhD, chemistry, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 1977

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