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

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‘How the plants grow because of the power of the sun’s rays,

(He who is) ninety years old, named Govind(jee) knows that.

He has praised other investigators in the field of this topic;

On this birthday event, let us wholeheartedly praise him.’

Two ślokas for Govindjee by Hans Henrich Hock (professor emeritus, University of Illinois), 2022

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 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.

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Stirbet, A., Shevela, D., Pareek, A. et al. Govindjee’s 90th birthday: a life dedicated to photosynthesis. Plant Physiol. Rep. 27, 543–557 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40502-022-00690-9

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