Kálmán Laki

Kalman Laki (February 1, 1909 – February 12, 1983), sometimes referred to as Koloman Laki, was a Hungarian-American biochemist who contributed to the discovery of factor XIII. He was a scientist at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Biography Born in Szolnok, Hungary, Laki completed doctoral studies in chemistry at the University of Szeged before coming to the United States in 1947 as an NIH scientist. A substance they identified, initially named Laki–Lorand factor, became known as factor XIII. Laki was awarded an honorary medical degree from the University of Debrecen. He had been in the hospital after minor surgery when he had a heart attack.