I am 29 years old guy living in the very beautiful city with a very beautiful woman.
Most of the time I am busy with my work: investigating human mind with cruel experiments (I am cognitive psychologist working as a researcher at the university).

Apart from my work I do lots of things. I like to walk around the city, meeting my friends (I have a lot). I go to bars. I read books. I visit theaters and cinemas. I travel by bicycle. I go hiking. I play basketball, table tennis and do some other sports. I play quizzes.

I like to learn new things. I can talk to interesting person for hours. It can be science, history, philosophy, politics, crazy personal stories, cities, culture etc.
I also like to experience new things, so I'm ready for some unusual activities.

I don't: watch tv series (one exception: GOT), play video games, go to night clubs, drive a car, catch pokemons, play music.

I like to travel abroad (surprise!). I visit scientific conferences quite often and it's an interesting way to see different cities. Sometimes I travel just to see new places and people. Why do I travel? Apart from trivial stuff like seeing prominent places I like to see the differences in everyday life of people in different cities and countries. The best thing in the trip is to feel yourself like a local.

NB! If you don't like my profile, check out my wife's one: https://www.couchsurfing.com/people/withcaleidoscopeeyes.
We live together and in most cases travel together too.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's the best way to feel how people live in different cities - to live with them.

Interests

• basketball
• neuroscience
• psychology
• science
• bicycle

Music, Movies, and Books

Some "classical" music like Queen, Beatles, Nirvana and System of a Down. A bit of modern Russian rock like Leningrad.

Books: Vonnegut, Nabokov, Feuchtwanger.

Movies: Zemeckis, Bertolucci, Tornatore, Nolan, Dolan.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Traveled to the top of Etna volcano to destroy the ring, if she rejects me. But she agreed!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can tell you about cognitive science, artificial and natural neural networks. I can teach you stats and R programmting language (you can even enroll MOOCs I produced for Stepik.org - if you speak Russian). I can answer questions on everyday life in Russia.

I can show you bar life of St. Petersburg and beautiful or interesting places of the city [THIS WAS TRUE WHEN I LIVED IN ST PETERSBURG, but we can try it in Ghent]. And I'd like to learn the same about your city.

You can take part in experiments we conduct at my work. Sometimes it's interesting!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Again, I can share all my knowledge (if you are interested in it). I can tell you about Russian history and modern life. I can share my place if you come to Ghent.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Russian Federation