Yoel Margalith

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Yoel Margalith (February 1933 – 2011) was an Israeli researcher.^[1][2] He was a professor at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.^[3]

Yoel Margalith was born in February 1933 in Čantavir, Yugoslavia.^[4] In 1948, he emigrated to Israel with his family.^[4] Margalith attended the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.^[3]

Margalith discovered Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and was given the name, Mr. Mosquito, due to this discovery.^[4][3][5]

• 2003: Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement^[6]