PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE ED - , TI - In the field: an interview with Katsufumi Sato AID - 10.1242/jeb.238477 DP - 2020 Nov 15 TA - The Journal of Experimental Biology PG - jeb238477 VI - 223 IP - 22 4099 - http://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/22/jeb238477.short 4100 - http://jeb.biologists.org/content/223/22/jeb238477.full SO - J. Exp. Biol.2020 Nov 15; 223 AB - Katsufumi Sato is a Professor at The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he investigates the behaviour of top marine predators. He completed his undergraduate degree in Fisheries, and his Master's degree and PhD at Kyoto University, Japan. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, Sato was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the same institute, before moving to the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2004. Sato was awarded a National Geographic Emerging Explorer grant in 2009 and promoted to Professor in 2014. Telling us about his research experiences around Japan and in Antarctica, Sato describes how his data logging devices have led to collaborations with scientists across the globe.