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Overview

  • 3 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • worker, observer, learner, teacher
  • PhD in evolutionary genetics
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

cultivating evolutionary consciousness

ABOUT ME

Let's have a coffee or a beer.

PHILOSOPHY

To liberate myself from waste and busywork, from excessive appetite and competition. To focus things toward a simple equilibrium, where I can get on with the essential business of life and live with determination.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Although busy with my research, I (we) are able to host surfers one or two at a time at our apartment in Silver Lake.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have surfed and hosted.

Interests

Nature, Hiking, Evolutionary Biology.

  • beer
  • coffee
  • hiking
  • biology
  • business
  • genealogy
  • tourism
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Bergman, Hertzog, Lynch, Von Trier, Korine, Darwin, Dobzhansky, Mayr, Fisher, Wright, Fukuoka, Marx, Sigur Rós, Mogwai,The Stooges,Shuggie Otis,Víctor Jara,Black Sabbath,Los Fabulosos Cadillacs,Big Youth,Fela Kuti,Elliott Smith,Juan Luis Guerra,The Brothers Johnson,Ethiopiques,Darondo,Israel Vibration,Mana,Sizzla,Dr. Dog,Japancakes,Culture,Black Uhuru,Roots reggae,Yabby You,Dungen, Bowerbirds, Quilapayún, Do make say think, Explosions in the sky, Dennis Brown, GY!BE

Teach, Learn, Share

I study the genetics of evolutionary processes such as adaptation, and the formation of new species.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A bit limited at the moment, we can share our apartment, healthy fresh cooked meals, good conversation, and guide you on expeditions into the wilderness of the San Gabriel mountains less than an hour away.

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Switzerland, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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