CURRENT MISSION

Restoring productivity of depleted lands
Restoring fisheries around the world
Balancing carbon in soils and seas
Reversing coral reef bleaching due to lethal overheating

ABOUT ME

Brian Von Herzen obtained his A.B. in Physics, Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in Computer and Planetary Science from Caltech where he was the recipient of the prestigious Hertz Fellowship (http://www.hertzfoundation.org). While at Princeton, Brian spent four years working closely with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. At Princeton his dissertation was on global climate models and how the Earth's climate changes. During his Caltech years Brian worked on models being developed for terraforming Mars—a problem related to Earth’s climate change challenge. From these experiences he acquired a detailed understanding of the Earth’s carbon cycle and envisioned a solution to global warming using a technology-based complex of natural biogeochemical interactions.

PHILOSOPHY

Learn. Create. and Love.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

The value of a network grows as the square of the number of participants. By giving and receiving, I add to the value of Couch Surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Its great to share my home town with others, and I have stayed with friends new and old across the USA, Mexico and Canada.

Interests

Most of Brian’s career has been in the Silicon Valley high-tech environment where he developed innovative solutions for companies like, Pixar, Dolby, and Microsoft. Among other projects, he designed a field programmable gate array (FPGA) application that was considered the world’s fastest at the time. Brian also speaks Russian and French, and pilots his own plane.

• dancing
• environment
• flying
• electronics
• technology
• cycling
• surfing
• ecology
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Carbonomics

The Majestic

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flew a small plane across the Atlantic ocean, capturing the melting of Greenland's ice cap in photographs and video.

Teach, Learn, Share

climate balance of the Earth.
coral reef ecology
renewable energy resources
computer technology
electronics
flying
dancing

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, United States

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