Dai Akita earned his PhD in Life Science from Hokkaido University in 2017, focusing on the mathematical and experimental study of slime mold. After completing his doctoral studies, he joined Mizuho-DL Financial Technology Co., Ltd. as a financial engineer and worked there until 2022. Upon leaving the company, he joined the Takahashi-Shiramatsu Laboratory at the University of Tokyo, where he is currently researching information processing in neuronal cultures.