Dr. Galia Dor specializes in Chinese and Japanese philosophy, Buddhism, architecture, art and aesthetics. She also holds degrees in the life sciences- her former field of expertise (studying animal behavior in their natural environment, e.g., nocturnal behavior of the Common dolphin in the Red Sea or the facial expressions of Japanese macaques in Japan).

Dr. Galia Dor lectures in Tel Aviv University and to the general public in Israel, Japan, China and in conferences in Europe and the US, and guides traveling seminars in  Japan and China, with emphasis on aesthetics and art, Buddhism and culinary. 

*  MONDOU- A Japanese word meaning “questions and answers”. In Zen Buddhism it is an intuitive dialogue between teacher and student, as a way towards enlightenment.