Gheylen Daghfous is a curator at the Biodôme de Montréal and a research consultant with the Université de Montréal Department of Neurosciences. He holds a doctorate in biology and physiology of organisms from the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris, and did postdoctoral work in neurobiology at Université de Montréal. At the Biodôme, he’s involved primarily in managing animal populations and in maintaining the ecological concepts of the different ecosystems. He also works on various wildlife research and conservation projects.