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Honoring two stalwarts of photosynthesis research: Eva-Mari Aro and Govindjee

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On behalf of the entire photosynthesis community, it is an honor, for us, to write about two very eminent scientists who were recently recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society of Photosynthesis Research (ISPR) on August 5, 2022; this prestigious Award was given during the closing ceremony of the 18th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research in Dunedin, New Zealand. The awardees were: Professor Eva-Mari Aro (Finland) and Professor Emeritus Govindjee Govindjee (USA). One of the authors, Anjana Jajoo, is especially delighted to be a part of this tribute to professors Aro and Govindjee as she was lucky enough to have worked with both of them.

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SIA was supported by the state assignment of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Theme No. 122050400128-1).

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  1. Photosynthesis Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Indore, 452001, India

    Anjana Jajoo

  2. Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India

    Rajagopal Subramanyam

  3. Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Szeged, Hungary

    Győző Garab

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

    Győző Garab

  5. K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow, 127276, Russia

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

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Jajoo, A., Subramanyam, R., Garab, G. et al. Honoring two stalwarts of photosynthesis research: Eva-Mari Aro and Govindjee. Photosynth Res 157, 43–51 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-022-00988-7

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