Dr. Torsten Nygaard Kristensen is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Denmark. He received his Master of Science (2001) and his Ph.D. (2004) from the Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University (AU). His main research focus is on understanding the genetic and physiological architecture of complex traits including human diseases and on identifying mechanisms that constrain and enforce adaptation to stressful environments. Related to this, he has a strong interest in conservation genetics where his research focuses on the genetic characterization of endangered wild and domestic populations and on finding solutions to genetic challenges such as genetic drift and inbreeding in small populations.