Danny Ionescu

Danny Ionescu
דני יונסקו
Born (1976-07-02) 2 July 1976
Bucharest, Romania
NationalityIsraeli, German
Alma materSchool of Marine Sciences (B.Sc.)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD)
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
SpouseMina Bizic
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology, Environmental science
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Berlin
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Thesis Cyanobacterial Biogeography and Nitrogen Fixation: Lessons from environmental and model organisms  (2009)

Danny Ionescu (Hebrew: דני יונסקו) is an aquatic microbial ecologist leading a research group in the department of Environmental Microbiomics at the Technische Universität Berlin. His primary research focus centers around the biology of giant bacteria and microbial life in the Dead Sea.