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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Dutch, English, French; learning Russian
  • 33, Male
  • Member since 2016
  • Education, Open science, Science Communication
  • Bioengineer
  • From Ghent, Flanders, Belgium
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About Me

Curious, sociable and easygoing. Always in for a good conversation. Love sports, eating healthy, science and exploring.
Travelling the world for pleasure and work, both overlap quite a bit. Studying how communities use technology or science to improve their well-being. Contributing to open source projects that increase people's access to scientific resources and knowledge for building a better life for themselves.
Working together with artists, designers, students, architects, philosophers, citizens and more to co-create new and cool things with biology and technology!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To connect with people that I'd otherwise not meet. I care for ways of visiting a place that are less about consuming attractions or producing pictures, but more experiencing the atmosphere, its people, the environment.

Interests

I like to keep an open mind and am curious to learn about whatever comes my way.

  • arts
  • books
  • theater
  • cooking
  • movies
  • reading
  • sports
  • biology
  • science
  • volunteering
  • climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books - always reading one or more books, and cursing my backpack for being loaded with them
Man's Search for Meaning
The Social Conquest of Earth
Fooled by Randomness
Het Smelt

Movies - generally into all genres with few exceptions. Vast knowledge on indie and weird horror movies.
Salt of the Earth
Yellowbrickroad
Maniac

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Started, together with a group of friends, a nonprofit dedicated to education for underprivileged groups and improving the educational system in Belgium.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to do Do It Yourself science experiments at home with your friends or children, how to grow your own mushrooms or fascinating developments in science or technology.
I want to learn about how people live well in their city/country.
I'd love to share a meal, because that's when the stories get told.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, a helping hand, a curious ear

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Laos, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium

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