Photosynthetica 2023, 61(4):461-464 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2023.040

In appreciation of an ingenious scientist and a great friend: Győző Garab

G. GOVINDJEE
Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA

To express my appreciation of Győző Garab, I describe below our association over the years, followed by a brief description of his fundamental research in the area of biophysics of photosynthesis.

Additional key words: Jan Anderson; Rajni Govindjee; Wolfgang Junge; Hartmut Lichtenthaler; Paul Mathis; Hartmut Michel; Reto Strasser.

Received: September 25, 2023; Accepted: October 10, 2023; Prepublished online: October 23, 2023; Published: December 19, 2023  Show citation

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GOVINDJEE, G. (2023). In appreciation of an ingenious scientist and a great friend: Győző Garab. Photosynthetica, 61(SPECIAL ISSUE 2023-2), 461-464. doi: 10.32615/ps.2023.040
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