Mauricio Cantor is a Brazilian biologist who is interested in behavioural ecology and the ecology of interactions both among species and individuals. His research focusses on the emergence of patterns and strategies in non-human animal societies, mainly using whales and dolphins as models due to their behavioural plasticity and social system complexity—as well as exciting fieldwork challenges. Mauricio recently joined the Farine lab at the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology to develop his postdoctoral research on the evolution of interspecific cooperation, specifically the cooperation between top predators to access a common resource. In using state-of-the-art computational tools and mathematical models to confront unprecedented empirical data on the unique cooperative foraging between wild dolphins and artisanal fishermen from southern Brazil, Mauricio will quantitatively evaluate the direct benefits accrued from both predators aiming to unravel the mechanisms generating such unique cooperation between human and wildlife. Mauricio is also involved in some spin-off research projects, most of which adopting network thinking to explore processes at the population (e.g. social behaviour among terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates) and community levels (e.g. ecological interactions and interspecific behaviour). More on his website.