Kristian Thijsses has developed and applied coarse-grained simulation algorithms on dense active biological matter in complex surroundings, often in close collaboration with experimentalists. He did his Ph.D. in Oxford, where he studied the control of dense micro swimmers through static environments using continuum models.  Afterwards, he did a Postdoc in Cambridge, where he used discrete particle-based modelling to describe configural changes pliable media. He was then awarded an Marie-Curie Independent Fellowship at the NBIA to simulate collective dynamics in simple pliable environments, where he currently investigates the transient behaviours of Eukaryotic Cells and planktonic cells in a variety of different environments. He aims to push the field of active  matter to study the transient properties of soft, out-of-equilibrium materials  in adaptable media to understand the mechanical feedback responses of biological materials and eventually design new materials mimicking biological processes.