Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Govindjee’s 90th birthday : a life dedicated to photosynthesis

Stirbet, Alexandrina ; Shevela, Dmitry ; Pareek, Ashwani ; Naithani, Sushma ; Björn, Lars Olof LU orcid ; Eaton-Rye, Julian J. and Nonomura, Arthur (2022) In Plant Physiology Reports 27(4). p.543-557
Abstract

We celebrate Govindjee, Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the discovery of the two-light reactions and two photosystems, PSI and PSII, leading to the Z-scheme of the electron transport chain; and for breakthrough advances in oxygenic photosynthesis. Govindjee’s publications have been cited over 26,000 times. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, USA; National Academy of Agriculture Science, India; and National Academy of Sciences, India; and beyond that, he has received many awards from scientific societies, most recently, the ISPR... (More)

We celebrate Govindjee, Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the discovery of the two-light reactions and two photosystems, PSI and PSII, leading to the Z-scheme of the electron transport chain; and for breakthrough advances in oxygenic photosynthesis. Govindjee’s publications have been cited over 26,000 times. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, USA; National Academy of Agriculture Science, India; and National Academy of Sciences, India; and beyond that, he has received many awards from scientific societies, most recently, the ISPR Lifetime Achievement Award, August 2022. As even today, Govindjee continues to actively contribute to the field, we highlight the major events in his colorful personal and rigorous scientific life with emphasis on the work done after his retirement, and as well, his prodigious accomplishments as teacher, editor, and science historian.

(Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Govindjee, History of science, Light reactions of photosynthesis, Oxygenic photosynthesis, Z-scheme
in
Plant Physiology Reports
volume
27
issue
4
pages
15 pages
publisher
Springer
external identifiers
  • scopus:85140075498
ISSN
2662-253X
DOI
10.1007/s40502-022-00690-9
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
f0db3a38-2b41-4c1e-b3ca-e64aac73492a
date added to LUP
2023-02-09 11:31:42
date last changed
2023-02-09 17:01:42
@article{f0db3a38-2b41-4c1e-b3ca-e64aac73492a,
  abstract     = {{<p>We celebrate Govindjee, Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He is renowned for his pioneering work in the discovery of the two-light reactions and two photosystems, PSI and PSII, leading to the Z-scheme of the electron transport chain; and for breakthrough advances in oxygenic photosynthesis. Govindjee’s publications have been cited over 26,000 times. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, USA; National Academy of Agriculture Science, India; and National Academy of Sciences, India; and beyond that, he has received many awards from scientific societies, most recently, the ISPR Lifetime Achievement Award, August 2022. As even today, Govindjee continues to actively contribute to the field, we highlight the major events in his colorful personal and rigorous scientific life with emphasis on the work done after his retirement, and as well, his prodigious accomplishments as teacher, editor, and science historian.</p>}},
  author       = {{Stirbet, Alexandrina and Shevela, Dmitry and Pareek, Ashwani and Naithani, Sushma and Björn, Lars Olof and Eaton-Rye, Julian J. and Nonomura, Arthur}},
  issn         = {{2662-253X}},
  keywords     = {{Govindjee; History of science; Light reactions of photosynthesis; Oxygenic photosynthesis; Z-scheme}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{543--557}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Plant Physiology Reports}},
  title        = {{Govindjee’s 90th birthday : a life dedicated to photosynthesis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40502-022-00690-9}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s40502-022-00690-9}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}