I'm a PhD student in Cambridge, studying the cell cycle (http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/blackwell-alexander)! I live in a small flat near the centre of Cambridge, with my partner Milja.

I'm new to couchsurfing, and not the best at writing things about myself!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

to meet interesting people and to learn new things.

Interests

- Art
- Reading
- Laughing about things
- Cycling
- Being challenged
- Plato
- Music of all kinds

• arts
• writing
• chess
• reading
• music
• cycling
• biology
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard); One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn); stuff by Kafka; The Wayward Bus (John Steinbeck)

Music:

Avishai Cohen; Tigran Hamasyan; The Cat Empire; Dawn of Midi

Teach, Learn, Share

I am an experienced teacher of:

Biology
Chess
Drumming

and happy to share whatever I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom