William S. Romoser
Quick Facts
Biography
William Sherburne Romoser (born 1940 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American entomologist. He is an emeritus professor of Arbovirology and Medical Entomology at the Ohio University.
Education and career
Romoser completed his BSc at Ohio State University in 1962.He stayed to complete his PhD in Zoology under the supervision of Carl Venard at the same institution in 1964.His thesis title was The Development Of The Oesophageal Diverticula In Aedes Triseriatus (Say).
Romoser is now an emeritus professor of Arbovirology and Medical Entomology at the Ohio University. Previously, he was the Director of Ohio University Center for International Studies and the Director and co-founder of the Ohio University Tropical Disease Institute.
He was the sole author of the original edition of The Science of Entomology (1973) and has been a contributing author to Biology of Disease Vectors (1996) and Medical Entomology: A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods (2000).
In late 2019, having spent years analyzing NASA images of Mars, Romoser presented a poster on evidence of insect-like forms on the red planet at a national meeting of the Entomological Society of America.
Books
- The Science of Entomology.1st ed. Macmillan (1973), ISBNÂ 0-02-403420-7.2nd ed. Macmillan (1981) ISBNÂ 978-0024034106.