CURRENT MISSION

Developing better antivenoms against African snakes

ABOUT ME

From an early age, I have travelled the World. As a child, I spent three years in Seattle and have since then also lived in Australia and Paris. I enjoy travelling, and I have travelled in countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, Russia, the US, China, the Caribbean, Israel/Palestine, Rwanda, New Zealand, and more or less all over Europe. In my spare time, I am an active runner, hiker, and skiier, and I love challenging my limits by bungy-jumping, sky diving, water sports, and in 2012 I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.

Since February 2014, I have been a PhD student within development of modern snake antivenoms at the University of Copenhagen. I also hold an M.Sc.Eng in Advanced and Applied Chemistry from The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris.

Prior to my PhD-studies, I was part of founding Biosyntia ApS – a biotech company within synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. In early 2014, I founded my second biotech company, VenomAb IVS, together with 3 co-founders, with the aim of developing better snakebite antivenoms. In early 2012, I also founded the network for young bio-entrepreneurs REBBLS (Rising Entrepreneurs in BioBusiness and Life Science) together with 7 co-founders, where I used to be the Vice President.

PHILOSOPHY

Help others... This will come positively back to you in the long term.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I use Couch Surfing for meeting people where I travel in order to get the "insider tour" or just meet other cool travelers.
Also, I might occasionally use it to find hosts when traveling.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Limited - but I have heard good things about it from several friends

Interests

Travelling, hiking, running, soccer, reading, water sports, exploring culture, seeing friends, Nature

• culture
• running
• technology
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sports
• soccer
• biology
• chemistry
• engineering
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I like psychological dramas when watching movies and black English humor.
I enjoy jazz, rock, and classical music
I have read quite a few of Dostojevskij's novels, but also many other classics.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed Kilimanjaro
Crossed the Australian desert in complete solitude
Studied in Paris
Been to Siberia
Traveled in Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania

Teach, Learn, Share

Student exchange in Paris
Traveling in Scandinavia
Traveling in Australia (not only the East Coast, but all over)
Cultural differences between Scandinavians
Living in Costa Rica

More technical stuff:
Global antivenom situation
Drug Discovery
Antibody technology
Chemistry

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, China, Russian Federation, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States