The Photosynthesis Page
Govindjee
Professor Emeritus of
Biophysics,
Biochemistry, and
Plant Biology
in the Departments of
Plant Biology,
Biochemistry
and the
Center for Biophysics & Quantitative Biology
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Department of Plant Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 265 Morrill Hall, MC-116 505 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801-3707, USA Work Phone: 217-333-1794 Home Phone: 217-337-0627 Fax: 217-244-7246 email: gov@illinois.edu For concerns regarding this site's contents, please contact gov@illinois.edu. |
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Honoring Govindjee, celebrating 90 years | Link |
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About Govindjee's name |
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Recent Publications from Govindjee and colleagues | Link |
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Govindjee is thankful for IT support provided by the UIUC Life Sciences Office of Information Technology (Andrew Debevec, Karl Schlipf, Thomas Uebele, Jeffrey Haas). | |
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A thoughtful comment by a 8th grader during COVID-19, with nice surprise photos |
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A 2019 thank you "Letter" to all (with names) who have ever published with Govindjee |
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A thank you to the plants doing photosynthesis, with photos |
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From Around the World: Historical | Link |
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Robert Emerson’s 1927 doctoral thesis, submitted under Otto Warburg, in English:
“On the Effect of Hydrogen Cyanide, Hydrogen Sulfide and Carbon Monoxide on the Respiration of Various Algae” translated by H. Lichtenthaler and L.O. Bjorn
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On the Discoveries of Robert Emerson by Govindjee & Rajni (Christmas 2020)
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Wings to a Child’s Dreams (A Tribute to Govindjee) by Virendra Kumar, with permission of the author |
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Govindjee's Photosynthesis Museum by Diana Yates | Article |
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Scientific Reporter Conversations 2020: An interview of Govindjee by Meher Wan
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Rajya Sabha (Upper House of India) TV Eureka: A presentation and an Interview with Govindjee | YouTube |
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Annual Reviews Conversations: An Interview with Govindjee | YouTube |
| Transcript of the Interview by Don Ort |
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Z-scheme and Educational Posters by Dima Shevela, Govindjee, and colleagues | Link |
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Teaching of Photosynthesis by Govindjee | Link |
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Govindjee's Book Collection | Link |
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Govindjee's Publications in Pub Med | Link |
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Govindjee's citations (Publications) at Google Scholar | Link |
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A Comment "Running on Sun" written by Najafpour (Iran),Barber (UK), Shen (Japan), Moore (USA) and Govindjee (USA) | Article |
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See the attached press release, showing commentary as part of a special collection to mark the centenary of Ciamician's paper: The Photochemistry of the Future. | Article |
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Talks and Videos by Govindjee | Link |
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Awards and Honors given to Govindjee | Link |
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An article in Hindi: Govindjee: The One Who Revealed the Secrets of Photosynthesis by Kapoormail Jain. Science India, (June 2019) pp. 14-24. |
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| Kumar, Arun and Nonomura, Arthur (2023) "Govindjee, who revealed the secrets of photosynthesis and inspired five generations of explorers" International Journal of Life Sciences 12(3): 141-150; DOI: 10.5958/2319-1198.2023.00014.3 |
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“Govindjee, Mister Photosynthesis”, SIB News Report, 2012, p. 9 |
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Photosynthesis On-line: 2010, by Larry Orr and Govindjee Please send suggestions for revision to gov@illinois.edu and to Larry.Orr@asu.edu for the 2008 Version |
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Honoring Benson; Blankenship; Buchanan; Jagendorf; Joliot; Junge; Krasnovsky; Lichtenthaler; Nelson; Ogren; Shuvalov; Veziroğlu; and Von Wettstein | Link |
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Time Line of Photosynthesis by Govindjee and D. Krogmann, 2006. |
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Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Flier and Commentary | Link |
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View Photosynthesis by Rabinowitch and Govindjee | Link |
Allahabad, India, in 1955; from left toright: T. Rajarao,
Rajni Varma, Manmohan Laloraya and Govindjee,
graduate students of Professor Shri Ranjan,who had
earlier worked with F. F. Blackman of UK.
Send a mail to Govindjee
Last Page Update: May 2025