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  • Fluent in Dutch, English, Western Frisian; learning French, German, Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • PhD Student
  • MSc Bioinformatics, currently pursuing my PhD
  • From Netherlands
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoying life! (while finishing my PhD in Bioinformatics...)

ABOUT ME

I am a normal, easy going guy, originally from the Netherlands but I live in the US. I am in life sciences and I passionately love music, in fact I cannot do without and I love seeing live music and bands.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None so far

Interests

Music. Music is the one thing I cannot live without, ranging from minimal, techno and other electronic to classical music (Mahler comes to mind first). Also, I like science and geeky stuff, Bioinformatics (my field of study), biology, art, philosophy and thinking in general... cooking, traveling, meeting people...

  • arts
  • cooking
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • music
  • live music
  • classical music
  • biology
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

portishead, radiohead, foals, wild beasts, elbow, carl cox, derrick (mayday) may, tom waits, bob dylan, james blake, etc, etc, ... Mahler, metallica, Agustín Barrios....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to a few places. My trip to Bangalore, India was an eye opener for me. That was one of the most surreal trips I have ever been on. And, being on top of the El Teide on Tenerife was quite overwhelming and emotional...

Teach, Learn, Share

open minded people, inspiring people with wide perspectives on all kinds of things, normal people, regular warm and open people....

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands, United States

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