Leif Hove-Madsen is a Senior Researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, Spain. He earned his B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1984, his M.Sc. in Biology in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Zoo-Physiology in 1992 from the University of Aarhus. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University and is a regular member of the Biophysical Society.