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French biologist and entomologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Émile Roubaud (2 March 1882 in Paris – 30 September 1962 in Paris) was a French biologist and entomologist known for his work on paludism, yellow fever and sleeping sickness.
In 1906-08 he worked in the French Congo, where he studied the transmission of trypanosomiasis and the role of tsetse flies. In 1909-12 he took part in a mission in Senegal, Casamance and Dahomey, where he performed research of animal trypanosomiasis. On this mission he conducted geographical distribution studies of nine tsetse fly species.[1]
In 1920, he and Félix Mesnil achieved the first experimental infection of chimpanzees with Plasmodium vivax.[2]
He made his career at Pasteur Institute — from 1914 to 1958 he was director of a research laboratory for medical entomology and pest biology at the institute. Here, he also taught classes in medical entomology.[1]
He was president of the Société entomologique de France in 1927 and a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1938. In 1936 he was named president of the Société de pathologie exotique.[3] He is a recipient of the Montyon Prize.
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