Hi! I'm a research scientist but don't let that fool you into thinking I'm a total nerd :)
I am down to earth and love the arts, music, history, learning about other cultures, hiking and camping. Also conversation about politics, culture, biology, astrophysics, history, and more. Did I mention live music?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet new people and learn new cultures. I can afford hotel room but think this is a much better way to visit a new country/city!

Interests

Music, Art, World Cultures, History, Science (of course!), Hiking, meeting new people

• arts
• culture
• politics
• music
• live music
• hiking
• camping
• skydiving
• biology
• history
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Old School Metal, Classical and lately a lot of Bluegrass

Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Camus, Mark Twain, Stephen King, JRR Tolkien, Christopher Hitchens, Hunter S Thompson, Ray Bradbury, Shakespeare, George Orwell, Kafka, Bertrand Russell, and many more.

Movies: Blade Runner, The Thing, any Monty Python movie, original Star Wars trilogy, Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, The Big Lebowski, Shawshank Redemption, Ferris Bueller's Day Off

TV: Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Battlestar Galactica (new one), House of Cards, Supernatural, Breaking Bad, Sopranos, Lost, The Daily Show & Colbert Report, Rome, Seinfeld, The X-Files, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I'm working on a gene therapy approach to curing HIV when I'm not skydiving, hiking the Grand Canyon, or trying to make the world a better place

Teach, Learn, Share

"The Mind Is Everything - What You Think You Become"

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm clean and respectful. I've got carpentry skills and always happy to lend a hand on projects around the house. Also I've driven across the USA coast-to-coast five times so I have lots of tips about what to do when visiting the States.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, England, Ireland, Jamaica, Macao, Mexico, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States