Dan Lessin is a postdoctoral researcher at the REAL Lab (Robotics, Evolution, and Art Lab) at ITU Copenhagen in Denmark. He has an undergraduate degree in studio art and animation from Harvard and a PhD in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin. Dan has industry experience in real-time 3D graphics, motion capture, and 3D modeling and animation. He has also previously worked as a flight instructor in helicopters and airplanes.