Daizaburo received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz. "Social interactions play a central role in ecology and evolution of animals. My goal is to link mechanisms of social behavior with evolutionary patterns: What determines the outcomes of particular social encounters, and why does it matter? My research is primarily conducted in the field and my questions are grounded in the natural history of the animal I am studying. I like to consider social interactions in the context of the animal’s entire lifetime: earlier experiences, seasonality, and life history stage of the animal has much to do with how they view their social environment. Moreover, the social environment itself—i.e., the organization of the social groups (or lack thereof) in which the animal lives—sets the stage for how animals should interact with others. Ultimately, these factors influence big evolutionary processes such as coevolution, speciation and evolution of societies."