CURRENT MISSION

To focus the varied bits of my life onto one definable challenge.

ABOUT ME

I'm a grad student in biology, studying fish (and occasionally squid) brains, especially the visual system and its development. Most of this is working on a microscope project designed to acquire 3D information from a single time point, using a technique called light field microscopy. I live in San Francisco and take the caltrain to school with my bike. Sometimes I ride home and seek out the oddly-placed or abandoned along the way. I love photographing these things, and other things, too.

If and when I graduate, I plan to drive from London to Mongolia, then go to Baja to open the hostel / rustico science lab I've been (slowly) working on with some friends for the past year, then return to the bay to grapple once more with the science.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

none so far, other than knowing quite a few people how have had really good experiences.

Interests

Photography, bicycles, exploring, where the rubber meets the road, cephalopods, non-visual computer interfaces, the desert.

• fish
• arts
• photography
• clothing
• drawing
• cycling
• fishing
• biology
• science

Teach, Learn, Share

I like making stencils for clothing and other stuff. I have a machine that cuts vinyl into any shape you can draw with vector art; for each cutout, you get a sticker and a stencil! I like showing people how this works.