CURRENT MISSION

I've accidentally taken the Fourier transform of my cat :) Now I'd like to find out how to IFFT the cat back.

ABOUT ME

http://gaborstefanics.googlepages.com/photos

PHILOSOPHY

I am a biologist.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've heard about it from friends but I just registered here. Pls give me some time to find out how exactly do I participate :)
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OK, I've hosted Edgar and Teresa from Lyon
and I was hosted by Chyi in Tokyo
and I like to go to CS meetings in Budapest at Villa Negra.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just registered.
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CS rocks!!!

Interests

People, music, science, religion, philosophy, traveling. Beer. And maybe some more beer. And I gave up smoking recently so if we meet and if I ask a cigarette from you in a desperate moment please don't give it to me.

• animals
• pets
• cats
• dogs
• design
• beer
• running
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• snorkeling
• swimming
• biology
• neuroscience
• psychology
• religion
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I read a lot and I have about 80-90 GB music ranging from JS Bach to Gorillaz, current list in winamp includes Thievery Corp., U2, De-Phazz, Paris Combo, DJ Vadim, Madonna, Rose, Maria Peszek, Felix Mendelssohn, Dido, Gotan Project, Moby, Vaya Con Dios, A R Rahman, Mélanie Pain, Portishead, Gorillaz, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Massive Attack.

The last three books I've read were
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Thanks, Chyi! :))
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie
and I enjoyed all three very very much (the best one was the Wind-up Bird, though).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

OK, I tell you a story, when I was a little kid I was crazy about pets but my family lived in a small apartment back then and we didn't have any pets, though from time to time I took a cat or puppy or a tree-frog home, they always had to be removed from the flat. So my parents knew how much I liked pets/animals.. At one summer weekend - I guess I was about seven - my family went for a day out to a small river and omg there were loads of frogs, I was chasing and collecting them in a large jar the whole day (with water and stuff, they were treated well) and I had fun. Of course when the time to go home arrived in the evening I had to release them. My parents knew I was a wayward kid and they wanted to make sure I let all the frogs back to the river. They took everything from me eg. googles, snorkel etc. which could have been used as a means of transportation of hidden frogs, you can imagine it was a kinda funny war btw me and my parents. My last and only chance was to put one little frog in swimming suit :) and yes I managed to outsmart my parents, took one frog home - and I was so proud of myself and I was also laughing my head off (it was just the humor of the situation and not the frog in my swimming suit) that I told them, I just couldn't help :) sure they took the frog from me. But next spring my family adopted a dog at last, and I guess the frog incident had it's share making them finally cave in. A couple of years later we moved to a big house with a garden and we have dogs and cats ever since.

Ayeah, and once I saved the life of a friend.

Teach, Learn, Share

I am in psychophysiology, I design and run experiments and analyze brain data. I do this mostly using Matlab. I have a PhD in Neuroscience and a background in Psychology and Philosophy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom