Photosynthetica 2022, 60(3):360-361 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2022.026

Bacon Ke (1920-2022): a pioneer of primary photochemistry of photosynthesis

G. GOVINDJEE1, R. MALKIN2, T. OGAWA3
1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
2 University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
3 Kamisaginomiya 3-17-11, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 165-0031, Japan

Bacon Ke was a physical chemist and an ingenious instrument designer whose work led to an in-depth understanding of the primary photochemistry of photosynthesis.

Additional key words: Bacon Ke; obituary

Received: May 23, 2022; Accepted: May 24, 2022; Prepublished online: May 26, 2022; Published: September 8, 2022  Show citation

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GOVINDJEE, G., MALKIN, R., & OGAWA, T. (2022). Bacon Ke (1920-2022): a pioneer of primary photochemistry of photosynthesis. Photosynthetica, 60(3), 360-361. doi: 10.32615/ps.2022.026
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