about

“But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes!” —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Hi and welcome!

My name is Martin (aka ‘JJ’), and I am a scientist and an engineer who spends most of his time thinking about how to make biology easier and safer to manipulate and deploy.

I like poetry, flamenco music, fantasy books, botanical gardnes, jazz rap, dancing, national parks, walking barefoot, some cocktails, and most soups. I don’t like pasta, seaside resorts, metal, conceptual art, red wine, flip-flops, having long fingernails and ice-cold drinking water.

I make silly playlists. Sometimes I write.

“The highest result of education is tolerance.” —HELEN KELLER