CURRENT MISSION

Looking for an exciting PhD position...

ABOUT ME

I am a friendly, openminded person. I enjoy to get to know new people and hopefully learn some new stuff from them. I like to joke around, but i can also be serious if need be.

PHILOSOPHY

Even if life seems bad at the moment, it is still pretty cool to be alife! Just take a minute and think of all the cool stuff you can do or see!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Did some surfing on my most recent vacation in New Zealand - had some pretty nice first couchsurfing experience.

Interests

I guess I am kind of a sports maniac. I especially like to do outdoor sports. My favourites are biking, hiking and running. I have been focusing on them the last few years, but recently I am trying to do more new stuff, I tried swimming, bouldering,... I will see what comes next. Although I am from Austria, I am not really into skiing ;-).

I worry about environmental issues and I try to live as "environmentally friendly" as possible, even if that sounds corny :-). This also influenced my university education. Right now I am working at a university in the field of atmospheric physics.

Another rather big step for me was becoming a vegetarian a few month back. And so far it works pretty well for me.

• education
• vegetarian
• running
• bouldering
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• swimming
• teaching
• physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Just an example of a movie that impressed me recently - Into Eternity - a pretty nice documentary about a nuclear waste repository, that is built to last 100,000 years, which is as crazy as it sounds :-).
I mostly enjoy comedy movies, some action movies; and a serious movie once in a while.

I listen to all kinds of music.

I like to read about nature - i have a subscription of National Geographic; science; biographies; social/environmental issues;...
I also like fantasy or science fiction books; I like Terry Pratchets Discworld

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

On my last vacation I cycled around the North Island of New Zealand. I started in Auckland and made my way down to Wellington in about 4 weeks, then I took the train back up. Pretty cool experience!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Canada