Muhammad Asali is an associate professor of economics at the international school of economics in Tbilisi, and the head of graduate studies at the school. He held visiting and adjunct professorships at Union College, New York University, and Columbia University. He received his BA in accounting and economics, and his MA in economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, all with distinction; and he received his PhD in economics from Columbia University. His research in the field of labor economics focused on topics like immigration, discrimination, human capital formation, and conflict cycles. His teaching interests include labor economics, microeconomics, econometrics, and time series econometrics.