About me

Gal Kusar, 1973 B. S. (2000) and Ph. D. (2007) in forestry at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe.

gk_2013_0238 I started my professional career at Slovenian Forestry Institute in 1998. Between 2011 and 2015 I worked as an independent researcher in the fields of forestry and the environment. Between 2015 and 2017 I lived in North Carolina, USA. Back in Slovenia, I worked at Slovenia Forest Service as Data Analyst for one year (2018/2019). Since March 2019 I have been working at Slovenian Forestry Institute.

Natural scientist, traveler, mountaineer, photographer, and homebrewer. Member of the Association of Travel Photographers and Photojournalists of Slovenia (DPFF) and the Association of Homebrewers of Slovenia (DLDP).

Author of newspaper and magazine articles published in Adria In-Flight Magazine, Delo/Polet, Nedelo, Delo/Trip, Horizont, Potepanja, Svet in ljudje, Ognjišče, Reporter, Gozdarski vestnik, Zbornik gozdarstva in lesarsta, Acta geographica Slovenica, and Geografski obzornik.

Since 2001, I have been to Venezuela, Mexico, Colombia, Belize,  gk_2013_0644 Guatemala, Argentina, USA, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma / Myanmar, Georgia, Russia, Egipt, Jordan, Tunisia, and many other European countries.

Languages: Slovenian, English, German, Serbo/Croatian, and Spanish.