Dimitar Zhelev

Dimitar Zhelev is a geography teacher at the American College in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is silultaneously doing doctoral research at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski.

Education

Dimitar graduated with a degree in geography from Sofia University. During his student years, he participated in several geographical expeditions, fieldtrips and projects. The most interesting of which took place in the Russian taiga, near Lake Ladoga. Dimitar also spent a semester at Hope University, Liverpool, United Kingdom, as an exchange student.

Dimitar completed his master's degree in the department of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology at Sofia University in 2011. His scientific research has been related to the geographical distribution and concentration of heavy metals in the soil and the river sediments. He has published several scientific articles in Bulgarian, Russian and English. One of them, studying the geochemical background of Mount Athos, Greece, was published in the official bulletin of the Russian National Geographic Society.

Interests

Dimitar's spare time is filled with hiking, reading, writing, photograph and bodybuilding. He is inspired by travel and exploring Bulgarian and other European countries. He has visited more than 30 countries.

From Dimitar

"Geography is not only a study of Earth, but it is the personal way of feeling and understanding our planet as a global system. If we can feel and undestand Earth, we will be able to protect and respect its diversity and richness. So we only need our minds and hearts to prove that we deserve and cherish the chance to call the Earth our Home.

Contact Information

You can contact Dimitar at dimitar.zhelev@gmail.com.