Roberts Rugh, Ph.D. (16 April 1903 – 11 November 1978), radiation biologist and embryologist.

Roberts Rugh was born to Arthur and Gertrude (Roberts) Rugh in Springfield, Ohio on April 16, 1903, and died on 11 November 1978 in Bethesda, Maryland.

[2] Roberts Rugh began his professional career as a faculty member at Lawrence College (1927-1928) and went on to teach at Hunter College (1929-1939) and New York University (1939-1948) before moving to Columbia University.

[3][4] At Columbia, Rugh joined the Radiological Research Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons.

[5][6][7][8][9] Rugh devoted many of his research pursuits in the field of embryology and published many papers and wrote several books on this topic.