L. Nicholas Ornston | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1940 |
| Education | |
| Partner(s) |
May Kihara (m. 1963)Donna Parke (m. 1976) |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Yale University |
Leo Nicholas Ornston (born 1940) is an American microbiologist who researched the evolution of microbes. He was a faculty member at Yale University from 1969–2011, where he was made the director of its Center for Biological Transformation. He has held the position of editor-in-chief at Applied and Environmental Microbiology and of co-editor at Annual Review of Microbiology.