Ia Kupatadze holds a degree in architecture from Georgia Technical University and a MFA from the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art and Design. She worked as an architect and developer for five years before moving into her current position as the Coordinator of the College of Engineering of Ilia State University, where she has taken on a variety of administrative, management and strategic duties. Currently she is at Cornell University, working on a Fulbright Scholarship in the area of Research.