Daniel was born in Vladivostok, Russia, and moved to Israel during his teenage years. He took undergraduate courses in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, and earned a BA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (magna cum laude). He then completed his PhD in neuroscience through a direct track at Tel Aviv University, Israel. After graduating, he trained in advanced imaging methods, comparative hippocampal anatomy, and computational modeling at the Department of Psychology and the Centre for Brain Sciences at Harvard University, USA. Afterwards, he continued his training at the Max Planck Society, Germany, where he deepened his knowledge in 7-Tesla MRI and evolution. After recently securing an ERC Starting Grant, Daniel is about to open his own lab and embark on an independent research path into the nature and evolution of human memory.