| Rudy Ballieux | |
| Birth Name: | Rudolf Eugène Pierre Albertus Ballieux |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Pekalongan, Dutch East Indies |
| Death Place: | Doorn, Netherlands |
| Nationality: | Dutch |
| Occupation: | Immunologist |
Rudolf Eugène Pierre Albertus "Rudy" Ballieux (17 September 1930 – 22 October 2020) was a Dutch immunologist.
Ballieux was born on 17 September 1930 in Pekalongan in the Dutch East Indies.[1] After attending the Hogere Burgerschool he studied chemistry and medical science at Utrecht University. He earned his doctor title in 1963 under F.L.J. Jordan.[1]
Ballieux was professor of Clinical Immunology at Utrecht University between 1977 and 1991. He subsequently served another four years as of Psychoimmunophysiology, a bijzonder hoogleraar being a professor paid for by external funds, in his case the Utrecht University Fund.[1] In the later part of his career Ballieux did research on the influence of stress on the immune system.[2]
Ballieux was the first Van Loghem Laureate lecturer of the Dutch Society for Immunology in 1981.[3] He was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991.[4] Among his most notable students was stem cell biologist Hans Clevers.
He died in Doorn on 22 October 2020, aged 90.[5]