Lars Roepstorff graduated as a veterinary surgeon 1985. He has practised as an equine clinician both in private practice at different clinics and at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). He’s scientific work has been focused on biomechanical studies of equine locomotion with the overall aim to improve performance and soundness and it comprises more than 110 scientific papers. Lars has been or is involved as supervisor in 14 PhD-projects, more than 50 bachelor/master theses within the veterinary, animal husbandry, equine studies and engineering programs and examined an equal number of student thesis. He was chairman of the international committee for ICEL 2012 (International conference on Canine and Equine Locomotion) and have been presenter and invited speaker on numerous scientific as well as sports conferences around the world. 2011 he became Professor of Equine Functional anatomy and is today working with applied biomechanics in three different areas, development of tools for objective equine lameness diagnostics and locomotion analysis, horse-rider interaction and equine footings. Especially his scientific work in equine footings has led to applications in Equestrian sports, acting as an official for the International Equestrian  Federation (FEI) at Olympics (London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo) assessing footing quality with methods developed by him and his colleagues.