She received her Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Biology at Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. She was then awarded the MEXT scholarship by the Japanese government to continue her studies in Japan. Having worked as a researcher at both Hokkaido University and the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, she received both her MSc and PhD in Food Hygiene from the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.