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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • PhD Student
  • Engineer in applied physics
  • No hometown listed
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

I'm working on creating a new source of clean energy.
Love to talk about new ideas, and I hope to change the world one day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love the trust and communality of it; we help eachother and everyone profits.

Interests

  • environment
  • cooking
  • wine
  • beer
  • movies
  • reading
  • music
  • hiking
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • sports
  • business
  • engineering
  • languages
  • philosophy
  • physics
  • software
  • travel
  • sustainability
  • metaphysics

Music, Movies, and Books

Artists I like include (in no particular order): Daft Punk, Justice, Parov Stelar, The Black Keys, Muse, Ratatat, Phoenix, Awolnation, Two Door Cinema Club, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Chet Baker, Grant Green, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Schubert.

Books: the Aubrey-Maturin series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Lord of the Rings, Eragon (so mostly fantasy), Sophie's world, The Grand Design, Into the Wild

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Became German champion in the Splash sailing class.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've got knowledge in physics and quite a few programming languages, and I've done some web design.

Would love to talk about ideas, books, philosophy, or think of a new app.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Myanmar, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States

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