Enjoy getting the most out of life.
Reading, bicycling, travel, cooking

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy traveling and I'm hoping this opens up some additional opportunities

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: John Irving, Paul Theroux, Neal Stephenson, Don Winslow, Nicholas Baker, W Somerset Maugham ...

Music: Van Morrison, Pink Martini, Miles Davis, Fela Kuti, Soda Stereo...

Movies: the life aquatic, lost in translation...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I sequenced the genome of a hyperthermophilic bacterium

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States