Background
Lanyi, Janos Karoly was born on June 5, 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1962. Son of Istvan and Klara (Rosthy) Lanyi.
Lanyi, Janos Karoly was born on June 5, 1937 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1957, naturalized, 1962. Son of Istvan and Klara (Rosthy) Lanyi.
Student, Eotvos Lorand University Sciences, Budapest, 1956. Bachelor of Science, Stanford University, 1959. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1961.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1963.
Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University School Medicine, 1963-1965; National Academy Sciences resident associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, 1965-1966; senior scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, 1966-1980; professor physiology and biophysics, University of California-Irvine, since 1980; chair department physiology and biophysics, University of California-Irvine, since 1995. Visiting fellow Cornell Univercity, 1976.
Member American Society Biological Chemists, Biophysics Society, American Society Microbiology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (foreign), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Carol Ann Giblin, September 15, 1962 (divorced December, 1984). Children: Clara Aileen, Sean Renton, Gabriella. Married Brigitte Schobert, March 27, 1988.