Prof. Dr. Siewert J. Marrink is a  Professor and Head of Molecular Dynamics Group, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He graduated in 1989 and obtained MSc from Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, where he completed his Ph.D. study in 1994. Then, he served as a Contract Researcher at the BASF Ludwigshafen, Germany in 1995. Subsequently, as a Postdoctoral Fellow, he went to Max ­Planck ­Institute for Biology Tübingen, Germany, Department of Applied Mathematics, Australian National University, Australia, Petroleum Cooperative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia, and Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands from 1996 to 2005. His research is aimed at an understanding of (bio)molecular processes, using multiscale molecular dynamics simulations. Besides, he is a Board Member of GBB, the Director of Berendsen Center, Editorial Board Member of Biophysical Journal, Panel member of ERC consolidator grant, etc.