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.
Fluent in German
Fluent in English
Learning Spanish
Learning Swedish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
meeting cool people by surfing, hosting and joining events...
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...
My 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"