Peter Kristensen, Phd.

Biography

Peter Kristensen holds a Master degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Biostructural Chemistry from Aarhus University. In 1995 he move to Cambridge (UK) to work with Greg Winter at the Medical Research Centre, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Centre for protein Engineering. The work was centered on establishing new selection methods in protein engineering, especially focusing on selection to optimize enzymatic stability and catalytic properties. In 1998 returned to Aarhus University where he was appointed Associate Professor in 2000 at the Department of Molecular Biology. In 2010, as a result of a large organisatorial change within Aarhus University, he became affiliated with the newly formed Department of Engineering. For a number of years Dr Kristensen acted as Degree program coordinator for the Biotechnology education, in addition he is chairman of the Research and Innovation Committee at Department of Engineering and member of the PhD committee at Department of Engineering

Research Interest

Dr. Kristensen has developed innovative methods for antibody selection against single rare cells present in a heterogeneous population using phage display and the research is today mainly focused at identifying biomarkers on circulating cancer cells, developing antibodies capable of modulating the vascular system in addition to identifying biomarkers of cells undergoing ageing.