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Los Angeles, California, United States
@avi-adhikari
Member since 2016
I am Brazilian and I recently started working as a neuroscience professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). I study how the brain inhibits impulsive fear. I am also a passionate guitar player and love nothing more than jamming with my friends by the fire on a chilly night. I love to travel and do so quite spontaneously (recent ones were India, Korea, Netherlands and Hawaii). I don't have a brain-to-mouth filter, so I am very honest, sometimes too honest. I am very social, and meet random people all the time. My apartment is in the Westwood neighborhood, next to UCLA. Please note I can only host 1 guest at a time, so don't contact me me if you need more than 1 spot.
Fluent in Bengali, Bangla
Fluent in English
Fluent in Portuguese
Learning Spanish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
To meet people with different backgrounds and share fun stories
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: 100 years of solitude, Stumbling upon happiness, A history of the world in 6 glasses, Anna Karenina Movies: Goodbye Lenin, Waking Life Shows: The wonder years, The Simpsons, Curb your enthusiasm, Freaks and geeks, Bojack Horseman, Master of none, Seinfeld Music: Classic rock - The Beatles, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin and many many more. Food: Seafood! It's much better than landfood.
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Once I was physically chased by an alligator :-/
My Interests
Finishing things! I don't like leaving things unfinished. Once I start working on somethi Having engaging and fun conversations for hours with people I just met. I am proud to be good at: -Noticing when people have new haircuts -Putting the cap back on the toothpaste -Being an adventurous eater