Photo of the Year 2016

Govindjee; William Arnold (2016 Govindjee and Rajni Govindjee Awardee); Arnold's advisor Aditi Das (Biochemistry); and Rajni Govindjee.

Photo taken after the MCB ceremony where William was honored
William Arnold (looking through the hand spectroscope that once belonged to Robert Emerson); Govindjee (wearing Emerson's apron, 1940s-1950s); and Melissa Chipman (2016 Robert Emerson Awardee, holding the light housing that was used to give the second beam of light during the discoveries made by Emerson (1957) and then by the Govindjee (1960)); Melissa's advisor is Feng Sheng Hu (Plant Biology/ Geology). In the background is Govindjee's 1965 Z-scheme of photosynthesis. Photo by Joan Huber.
Mac Sargeant (Emeritus: Plant Biology); Rajni Govindjee; William Arnold (holding the certificate of his award); and Govindjee. They all are wearing Govindjee's old ties for fun; some ties are red - in honor of Emerson as he always wore red tie when he did experiments in the lab in 155-157 Natural History Building.

Photo by Joan Huber.
William Arnold and Melissa Chipman, holding their certificates of their awards. Photo by Joan Huber.

Date: April 4, 2016

Photo taken by Joan Huber

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