Emile Roubaud

Emile Roubaud (March 2, 1882 in Paris – September 30, 1962 in Paris) was a French biologist and entomologist known for his work on paludism, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. In 1920, he and Felix Mesnil achieved the first experimental infection of chimpanzees with Plasmodium vivax.

He made his career at Pasteur Institute. He is a recipient of the Montyon Prize.

He was President of la Societe entomologique de France in 1927 and a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1938.