Joe Lutkenhaus

Joe Lutkenhaus
Born	(1947-04-24) April 24, 1947 Decorah, Iowa
Nationality	United States
Fields	Microbiology
Institutions	University of Kansas Medical Center
Alma mater	Iowa State University University of California, Los Angeles
Known for	Discovering the Intracellular Structure of Bacterial Cells
Notable awards	Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (2012)

Joe Lutkenhaus, Ph.D, is a Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He received a B.S. in organic chemistry from Iowa state University and then a PhD in biochemistry for the University of California, Los Angeles. Following his PhD, Lutkenhaus pursued his postodoctoral studies with William Donachie at Edinburgh University and then continued at the University of Connecticut Health Science center. In 2002, Dr. Lutkenhaus became a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.^[1]

Honors

• Member of the American Academy of Microbiology
• 2012 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
• 2014 Member of the National Academy of Science

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