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Wendell L. Roelofs (b.
1938) was the first researcher
to characterize insect sex
pheromone structures,
developing microchemical
techniques for the isolation and
identification of pheromone
components. Roelofs obtained his
B.S. in
chemistry in
1960 from
Central College in
Pella, Iowa and his
Ph.D. in
organic chemistry from
Indiana University in
1964. Currently he is the
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
of Insect Biochemistry at the
Department of
Entomology at
Cornell University in
Geneva, New York.
