CURRENT MISSION Balance my goals of studying chemistry to solve pollution problems and meditation to solve my own mind pollution ABOUT ME Just finished my PhD in Chemistry, taking a short "break" (working part time) before I hit the grind stone again. I love meditation, cooking (especially vegetarian, but my diet adjusts to circumstance), and dancing. Animal friendly, and well friendly in general. I love nature, walking in the woods, climbing trees, etc. Generally I am pretty easy to get along with, and never have made any enemies with the people I lived with. Well at least since I was annoying brother as a teenager, but my sister has forgiven me since then. Over the past four years I have practiced, performed and taught improvisational dance with Griff Goehring and colleagues through a grant from the Barbara Mettler Trust. I have also designed his own curriculum and taught ecology, chemistry and naturalist studies to children as a camp director for Dandelions Summer Camp in New Hampshire (2009) and as a science teacher for Eden Village Summer Camp (2011). Other jobs include work as a farm apprentice, personal support worker for a child with autism and interim lab technician at Hampshire College. I lived in India for 8 months where I was studying pollution from major industries, and my hope is to work on environmental issues in developing nations in the future. Speak a tiny bit of Hindi and Spanish and willing to learn more. PHILOSOPHY Vipassana: http://www.dhamma.org/ Generally I think any beliefs are only as valuable as they can serve me to overcome my negative habits and strengthen my virtues. Generally I strive to be in the moment, have loving kindness towards all around me, and dissolve all judgements and predispositions that lead to separation.