CURRENT MISSION

To not spend my years in graduate school stuck in graduate school

ABOUT ME

I'm a 22-year-old graduate student at Yale University in Connecticut, USA currently pursuing a PhD in Applied Physics.

I love photography and traveling; I'm always up for something new and want to go everywhere to see the sights, experience the culture, and talk to the people.

I'm excited to have the opportunity to travel around and hope to make the most of my time in grad school!

PHILOSOPHY

Cliché, but to make the world a better place. In whatever way I can.

I have always loved teaching and can see myself teaching as a career - either at the high school or university level. I love helping others understand stuff, and will go out of my way to help others.

I believe that people have an obligation to help others, and that selfishness is one of the worst sins. Be good to the world and it will be good back to you!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed:
July 2/3, Amsterdam with Peter Hildering
July 23, Hamburg with Martin Magdalinski
July 24, Hamburg with Biying Hou

Hosted:
June 19, Lina Zhu
June 25, Michael Finkelshtyn
July 7, Eric Brown

Interests

Photography, filmmaking, comedy, music (classical as well as rock and pop), physics, math, science, tennis, soccer, hiking, cooking, swing dancing, hanging out, trying new things!

• culture
• photography
• film making
• dancing
• swing dancing
• cooking
• traveling
• cars
• auto racing
• knitting
• music
• guitar
• piano
• violin
• hiking
• sailing
• soccer
• tennis
• track and field
• mathematics
• physics
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I love classical music. Chopin, Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, etc. I love rock and pop. Coldplay, Death Cab for Cutie, U2, Linkin Park (yes), etc. I love classical music meshed with rock and pop (orchestras playing Lady Gaga, anyone?)

In my spare time (I wish I had more of that) I like taking pop songs and transcribing it on piano. I also am a video game nerd and appreciate the music, and love playing theme songs on the piano.

I don't have favorite movies or books and always hate that question because I never know how to answer it, but I will say I hate High School Musical.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I got the chance of fulfilling a life long dream recently - to drive a race car on the infamous Nürburgring, the longest and most convoluted race track in the world. Since I am really into cars and auto racing, this was an absolute blast for me and I am glad to have done it!

Teach, Learn, Share

Ask me a question about science and I'll go on and on. I am filled with random geeky facts and am not afraid to share them.

I also love music; I've played the piano for 14 years and going, violin for 5 years, and picked up guitar recently. If you play a musical instrument we can jam!

I also really got into swing dancing last year, but am still a beginner and would definitely want to learn more moves!

I'm always up for learning something new, from knitting to sailing - just let me know!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Germany, Netherlands

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States