Claude Combes (born 22 July 1935 in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ; ) is the prefectures in France, prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales departments of France, department in Southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the Me ...

) is a French

biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...

and

parasitologist Parasitology is the study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them. As a biological discipline, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question but by their way of life. This means it f ...

. He is a professor of animal biology and director of the Centre de Biologie et Écologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne at the

Université de Perpignan The University of Perpignan (; ) is a French university, located in Perpignan. History The first university of Perpignan was established in 1349 by King Peter IV of Aragon. It is one of the oldest regional universities, following in the steps ...

. He got his aggregation of natural sciences in 1958 and a doctoral degree in 1967. He has received several scientific awards including the

CNRS Silver Medal The CNRS Silver Medal is a scientific award given every year to about fifteen researchers by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). It is awarded to a researcher for "the originality, quality and importance of their work, re ...

(1986), Skryabin Medal (USSR Academy of Sciences) (1991), Philip Morris Research Prize (1990). He has been a member of the

French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (, ) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific method, scientific research. It was at the forefron ...

since 1996.

Books

* ''La Vie'', 2002 Ellipses (L'esprit des sciences) * ''Taxonomie, écologie et évolution des métazoaires parasites''. (Taxonomy, ecology and evolution of metazoan parasites), 2003 PUP * ''The Art of Being a Parasite'', 2005 The University of Chicago Press (2003 in French) * ''Encyclopedic Reference of Parasitology'', (2nd edition, 38 co-authors), 2002 Springer * ''Interactions durables. Ecologie et évolution du parasitisme'', 1995 Masson (Ecologie, 26) * ''L'homme et l'animal. De Lascaux à la vache folle'', 1999 Belin (Pour la Science) * ''Les associations du vivant : l'art d'être parasite'', 2001 Flammarion * ''Parasitism. The Ecology and Evolution of Intimate Interactions''. 2001 University of Chicago Press

External links

The art of being a parasite
by Claude Combes, in Google Books.

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