He got his undergraduate degree at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. He received his PhD in animal ecology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and the University of Minnesota. Before his current position, he was an Assistant Professor at California State University, Long Beach. He has studied behavior and conservation in Argentina, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Applied Ecology and Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. He is a member of the Conservation Behavior Committee of the Animal Behavior Society. He is currently interested in the integration of sensory ecology, behavioral ecology, and conservation biology. Esteban's website: estebanfj.bio.purdue.edu/