After receiving my PhD in Zurich, I crossed Central America by bicycle (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/dominik79) and then found a new research job in Munich till 2016. Now I am looking for new challenges...

Philosophy: In difficult situation, always do what Batman would do.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

meeting cool people by surfing, hosting and joining events...

Interests

sports (favourites: beach volleyball, basketball, table tennis and other racket sports, mountain biking, orienteering, snowboarding, footbag, waterpolo, judo, triathlon...) and strategy games

"Life is complicated - Sport is easy"

Music, Movies, and Books

music: hiphop, triphop, flipflop

movies: Lukas Moodysoon, Pedro Almodóvar, Roberto Benigni, Ulrich Seidl and David Fincher are my favourite directors. I cannot watch Bollywood movies.
Why not start with these ones: Lilja-4-ever, Life is beautiful, Animal Farm, Into the Wild, Pay It Forward

favourite authors: Haruki Murakami, Miranda July, Amelie Nothomb, Javier Marias, Vladimir Nabokov, J. R. R. Tolkien, Max Goldt; I don`t like Pynchon.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I remember a judo competition, where I won the decisive fight for our school-team when I was maybe 16. Achieving my PhD was nice as well. And then there was my 10 months bicycle tour through Latinamerica.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you: German, Microbiology, table-football, how to play Diabolo (not the computer game), whistling by blowing into your to a bowl formed hands, chess...

I want to learn: how to dunk a basketball, Swedish, Spanish and improve beat boxing

What I Can Share with Hosts

I guess, some stories...

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland