Doctor of sciences (History) and Full Professor at TSU Faculty of Humanitarian Sciences, Dean from 2005-2006, Leading Scientist at the Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies, Director of the Departments of Medieval and New and contemporary history of the Middle East (1995-1998 and 2004-2007).  Was Ambassador of Georgia to six states of the Persian Gulf, Egypt and Syria (2007-2010).     Published more than 100 academic works including monographs and articles in Georgian, European and Arabic languages.  Main topics of his studies include political and economic history of Georgia and the Middle East, Islam and its dissemination in Georgia, historical contacts of Georgia and Islamic world, diplomacy and other and“Georgians on the Holy Land (XI-XVII centuries)” and “Georgian Mamluks in Egypt”. He collaborates with Mamluk specialists all over the world and found the graves of the Great Georgian Mamluks in Cairo. Two documentaries have been prepared based on his scripts: “Syria by the eyes of the Georgians”, 1992 (director G. Barnovi) and “Georgian Mamluks in Egypt, 2006 (director M. Kokochashvili). Gocha Japaridze has received the Ivane Javakhishvili medal (2012) and the Order of Excellence (2013).