I was very active in CS from 2007-2012 when I was a CS country ambassador to Bulgaria. I've hosted over 100 guests through CS in Sofia and have been a guest in more than 40 cities. Since 2012 I moved back to the US where I studied neurophysiology and vision science at the University of Rochester (PhD) and then became a software engineer at a company in Boston, focusing on applications in science and engineering. But my identity never really left the Balkans.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm not as active as I used to be on CS. I'd like to experience it again. I'm a very independent, low-maintenance guest and appreciate the people I meet in CS--many of whom have become long lasting friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted ( I stopped keeping track )
(These used to be links )

Maegen
Arndis
Dimitris & Stefanos
Ofer
Alper
Konstantinos
Danny
Ivan
Rachael & Elliott
Bogna
Mary Clare
Chantal & Simon
Spyro
Jamie
Allison & Becca
Katie & Shira
Mary
Brianna
Stella
David
Reinhard +2
Sana & Raluca
Anna & Stirling
Alex
Alejandro & Matias
Kristen
Devon
Hüma
Remco
Liesbeth
Olivia
Roseanne
Farid
Sanna
Jordan
Giuliano
Amber
Masha & Michael
Timo
Edwin
Mani
Eric
Leen & Koen
Vera
Tyler (and later, Stella) & Justin
Charmaine
Gaïd
Marisol & Amy
Isa
James, Esther & Mildred
Sabine
Florian
Bia & Maira
Kami
Camille & Nolwenn
Linda
Tina
Kostantin
Ying & Nick
Laura
Daniel
Andrew
Dominic
Viktorija
Bas
Turhan
Autumn & Ben
Hilde
Christiano
Eilen & Matias
Laura
Rebecca & Yovanna
Georges-Michel & Friend
Tim
Jennifer
Adéla #100
Gosia & Michiel
Joanna & Sywia
Martina
Kim
Zuli
Tivi
Anthony
Edita
Manuel
Maria & Michał
Irina & Sana

Surfed ( I stopped keeping track )

Sharon Huntington Beach, California
Brent Huntington Beach, California
Jeff San Clemente, California
Mariana Newport Beach, California
Ivan Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Vania Haskovo, Bulgaria
Stella Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Catherine Belgrade, Serbia
Lela & Helena Belgrade, Serbia
Sana & Raluca Bucharest, Romania
Dimitris Thessaloniki, Greece
Nevena Haskovo, Bulgaria
Tye Burgas, Bulgaria
Brianna Istanbul, Turkey
Doro Brussels, Belgium
Hester Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marco Rotterdam, Netherlands
Rob Best, Netherlands
Liesbeth Antwerpen, Belgium
Hogar Belgrade, Serbia
Stefan & Dessi Varna, Bulgaria
Kostantin Varna, Bulgaria
Linda Haarlem, Netherlands
Vanessa Athens, Greece
Shora Eindhoven, Netherlands
Georgi Devin, Bulgaria
Julia Novosibirsk, Russia
Dobrina Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Tyler & Stella Burgas, Bulgaria
Cielka Eindhoven, Netherlands
Aneta Thessaloniki, Greece
Vasilis Thessaloniki, Greece
Wadim and Mariola Krakow, Poland
Bogna Warsaw, Poland
Marina Kiev, Ukraine
Isidora Belgrade, Serbia

Interests

Most people who know me know that I'll talk about Bulgaria any chance I get.

• traveling
• music
• history
• neuroscience
• science
• beaches
• cultures
• data science
• visual system

Music, Movies, and Books

Music, movie, and book preferences change frequently.
I like movies that make you think for a few days.
I read mostly non-fiction, science, math, and philosophy - I like books that go deeper than surface level.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Ask me about that time I was locked in someone's basement or about the monkeys.

Teach, Learn, Share

If an Atom were enlarged to the size of a football stadium the nucleus would only be the size of a pea while the first electron cloud would circle the stadium. This means that more than 99% of an atom is empty space. It's nothing. Everything is made up of atoms. So everything is more than 99% nothing. Everything is mostly nothing (or at least non-physical). So what's the big deal in allowing yourself to talk about "mind" being a non-physical part of the brain? Are not the holes in swiss cheese separate but connected to the cheese itself? This is something I change my opinion on regularly.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, United States

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