Gerald Esch – WFU Biology

Gerald W. Esch

December 31, 2019

We are saddened to announce that Gerald W. Esch, Charles M. Allen Professor Emeritus of Biology, died December 18, 2019. Dr. Esch joined Wake Forest’s biology faculty in 1965. He retired in 2017. At Wake Forest, he held a number of academic and administrative positions, including Charles M. Allen Professor of Biology, dean of the…

Parasitologist Esch Featured by the BBC

March 28, 2011

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| Gerald Esch, Parasitology, research

WFU News Service Gerald Esch read an excerpt from his book, “Parasites and Infectious Disease: Discovery by Serendipity, and Otherwise” for a program on BBC Radio. His 2007 book deals with the role of serendipity in discovery as it applies to parasitism and infectious disease. The segment on the weekly BBC program, “Something Understood,” was…