"I started working on ants in 2001 when I joined Bert Hölldobler’s department at the University of Würzburg as an undergrad, and I’ve never looked back. Initially, I wanted to become a tropical ecologist but then pivoted toward evolutionary biology and population genetics. Fast forward a few years and I’m giving an interview to Neuron, which I guess means I have now become a neurobiologist. Still studying ants of course."