Kresten Lindorff-Larsen carries out research with the aim of improving methodologies for biomolecular simulations, focusing on the comparison between molecular dynamics simulations and experimental data. Kresten earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and a candidatus scientiarum in biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen. Prior to joining DESRES, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology at the University of Copenhagen.