Willem Rudolfs
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Willem Rudolfs | |
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| Born | February 13, 1886 |
| Died | February 20, 1959 (aged 73) |
| Citizenship | United States, Netherlands |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois System Pasteur-instituut Rutgers University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University |
| Thesis | Experimental studies on sulfur oxidation by micro-organisms (1921) |
Willem Rudolfs (February 13, 1886 – February 20, 1959) was a Dutch-born biochemist in entomology and pioneer in the field of sanitary sciences.
Rudolfs was born in Wageningen, the Netherlands, and moved to the United States. In 1921, he earned his PhD at Rutgers College.[1]
From 1921 to 1925 Rudolfs was a teacher at the Department of Entomology of Rutgers University.[2] In this period, his research as a biochemist in entomology was focused on mosquitos: repelling them from human skin, attracting them so they can be counted, behaviour in different weather conditions.[3][4]
In his thirty years at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, Rudolfs became a notable authority on sanitary sciences.[5] He was a member of the Federation of Sewage Works Association[6], now the Water Environment Federation. This organization now honors exceptional publications with the Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal [7][8].
In 1952, Rudolfs retired and moved back to the Netherlands.[9] He held several lectures that inspired the Dutch industry to take on industrial waste water treatment collectively.[10][11][12]