Iwona Stroynowski | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1950 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Spouse | Ryszard Stroynowski |
| Children | 2 daughters |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | bacterial genetics, molecular immunology |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
| Thesis | (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Yanofsky |
| Doctoral students | Bette Korber |
Iwona Teresa Stroynowski née Fleszar[1] (born 1950) is a Polish-born American immunologist who is Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She discovered the process of gene expression control called attenuation early in her career, the first example of a riboswitch mechanism.