Laszlo Csonka, Ph.D.

Laszlo Csonka, Ph.D.

Purdue University

Laszlo Csonka, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Purdue University. His major research interests include the analysis of the responses of bacteria to osmotic and high temperature stresses, using Salmonella enterica as model organism.
 
He received a B.S. in mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular engetics from Harvard University.
 
He was awarded the 2009 US-Indo Fellowship from ASM to teach a Genomic Annotation Computer Lab Course at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in Hyderabad, India, and was the recipient of the 2012 Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction, shared with 4 colleagues, at Purdue University.