After graduation from U.M.B.C. with a B.S. in Biology, Dr. Driscoll worked in the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, NCI. While there, he completed an M.S. under Steve O’Brien. The mainstream of his work was genetic variation in three population groups of felids – lions, cheetahs and pumas- as they pertained to phylogenetic inference. Later, he pursued a D.Phil. in Zoology under David at the University of Oxford, this time describing the evolutionary relationships among Felis silvestris subspecies, including the domestic cat. These investigations resulted in taxonomic rearrangements with significant conservation applications while illuminating the origin of an important human commensal. Dr. Driscoll is now focused on detecting the causative genetics behind domestic behavior and is working to translate those findings to individual differences in temperament, reward sensitivity, and reactivity in human subjects.