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My journey in photosynthesis research

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At the invitation of Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, I provide here a brief autobiography for this special issue that recognizes my service and research for the larger international community of photosynthesis research.

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Acknowledgments

I am thankful to all my students, post-doctoral associates and coworkers in Russia for their contributions and support for my research. I am very grateful to Govindjee, Bill Parson, and Suleyman Allakhverdiev for their kind and marvelous work on editing papers included in this volume. This work was supported by a Grant of Russian Science Foundation 14-14-00789.

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  1. Institute of Basic Biological Problems, RAS, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

    Vladimir A. Shuvalov

  2. Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS, 119991, Moscow, Russia

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Shuvalov, V.A. My journey in photosynthesis research. Photosynth Res 125, 5–8 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-015-0077-1

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