Patrick Pageat is the founder of the Research Institute in Semiochemistry and Applied Ethology (IRSEA). He is currently serving as Research Dean and Head of the Department of Chemical Ecology at IRSEA. He is a veterinary doctor who completed his PhD in Biological Sciences (Speciality: Entomology) at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris in 1991. In 2002, he received a diploma from the European College of Veterinary Behaviour Medicine for Companion Animals. He has served as an associate professor of applied ethology and animal welfare at the Purpan Engineering School and as a visiting professor at the University of Pisa in Italy. Over 400 patents have been filed as a result of his research work, and numerous research articles have been published in international journals. He served as president of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine from 2008 to 2011. His teaching and research disciplines include chemical communication and the pathology of behaviour in animals.