Willem Rudolfs

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.

From 1921 to 1925 Rudolfs was a teacher at the Department of Entomology of Rutgers University. In this period, his research as a biochemist in entomology was focussed on mosquitos: repelling them from human skin, attracting them so they can be counted, behaviour in different weather conditions.

In his thirty years at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers, Rudolfs became a world leading expert on sanitary sciences. He was a highly involved member of the Federation of Sewage Works Association. Nowadays this is the worldwide operating Water Environment Federation, which honours exceptional publications with the ''Rudolfs Industrial Waste Management Medal''.

In 1952, Rudolfs retired and moved back to the Netherlands. He held several lectures that inspired the Dutch industry to take on industrial waste water treatment collectively. Provided by Wikipedia