Victor Nigon

Victor Marc Nigon (born 11 October 1920 in Metz, France, died 5 July 2015) was a biologist who was first to study the nematode worm ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' in the laboratory, with Ellsworth Dougherty, in the 1940s.

Jean-Louis Brun, a student of Nigon, continued experiments on the 'Bergerac' variety of ''C. elegans''.

The specific epithet given to the nematode species ''Caenorhabditis nigoni'' is a tribute to Victor Nigon. Provided by Wikipedia