Abstract
We present here a tribute to one of the foremost biophysicists of our time, Vladimir Anatolievich Shuvalov, who made important contributions in bioenergetics, especially on the primary steps of conversion of light energy into charge-separated states in both anoxygenic and oxygenic photosynthesis. For this, he and his research team exploited pico- and femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy, photodichroism & circular dichroism spectroscopy, light-induced FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared) spectroscopy, and hole-burning spectroscopy. We remember him for his outstanding leadership and for being a wonderful mentor to many scientists in this area. Reminiscences by many [Suleyman Allakhverdiev (Russia); Robert Blankenship (USA); Richard Cogdell (UK); Arvi Freiberg (Estonia); Govindjee Govindjee (USA); Alexander Krasnovsky, jr, (Russia); William Parson (USA); Andrei Razjivin (Russia); Jian- Ren Shen (Japan); Sergei Shuvalov (Russia); Lyudmilla Vasilieva (Russia); and Andrei Yakovlev (Russia)] have included not only his wonderful personal character, but his outstanding scientific research.
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Source Photosynthesis laboratory, Pushchino
Source Photosynthesis laboratory, Pushchino
Source Photosynthesis laboratory, Pushchino
Source Alexey Semenov
Reproduced from Shuvalov and Parson (1981a)
Source A. Yakovlev
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We are grateful to R.A. Khatypov and A.M. Khristin for their help in collecting information for this Tribute. We also thank all the members of the Laboratory in Pushchino for discussion. SIA was supported by a grant from the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project No. 121033000136-4). We are grateful to William Cramer and Robert Blankenship for their guidance and valuable suggestions. Govindjee thanks the excellent staff of the School of the Integrative Biology (SIB) and of Molecular & Cellular Biology (MCB) of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) for support.
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Vasilieva, L.G., Kaminskaya, O.P., Yakovlev, A.G. et al. In memory of Vladimir Anatolievich Shuvalov (1943–2022): an outstanding biophysicist. Photosynth Res 154, 207–223 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00932-9
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