Govindjee Professor Emeritus of Biophysics and Plant Biology in the Departments of Plant Biology, Biochemistry and the Center of Biophysics and Computational Biology

Department of Plant Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 265 Morrill Hall, MC-116 505 South Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801-3707, USA  Work Phone: 217-333-1794  Home Phone: 217-337-0627  Fax: 217-244-7246  gov@uiuc.edu

Announcements

• (Dec. 6, 2001) See a list of members of the National Academy of Sciences,USA, related to photosynthesis research

• (Nov. 7, 2000) See a site by Yvan Fracheboud explaining the use of Chlorophyll Fluorescence for studying Photosynthesis.

• (Oct. 11, 2000) For the Uninitiated: What on Earth is "Photosynthesis"? An overview, a description and a scheme for the "light reactions". Dino needs it and even your dog needs it.

• (Oct.2, 2000): What is Photosynthesis? It includes Applications. Also on Indo-USA Science&Technology site.

• (Oct. 8, 2000): One View of the Z -Scheme of Photosynthesis and How it works. This Z-scheme also appears on MolecAdv.Com site.

• Here are the pictures from the retirement party on October 14, 1999 for you to enjoy. Click here.

• Photosynthesis & Time web site (Govindjee and Matej Lexa). Copyrighted by Govindjee. For text, please consult : J. Whitmarsh and Govindjee (1999) "The Photosynthetic Process". In "Concepts in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis", Edited by GS Singhal, G. Renger, S.K. Sopory, K.-D. Irrgang and Govindjee, pp.11-51. Narosa (India)/Kluwer(The Netherlands); also "click" on various parts of the diagram itself to know the names of the parts. The "Q-cycle" movie can be seen by clicking on the Cytochrome b6/f complex. Please send comments by E-mail (gov@uiuc.edu).

• "Photosynthesis: Physiology and Metabolism", edited by R.C. Leegood, T.D. Sharkey and S. von Caemmerer (Advances in Photosynthesis, Volume 9, Series Editor, Govindjee), has been out since the beginning of 2000. It was published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht; it has 24 chapters, and 624 pages; its ISBN is: 0-7923-6143-1. Click here to see the titles of the chapters and the names of the authors.

• "Photochemistry of Carotenoids", edited by H. Frank, A.J. Young, G. Britton and R. Cogdell (Volume 8 of the Advances in Photosynthesis, Series Editor, Govindjee), has been out since the end of 1999. It was published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht; it has 20 chapters, and 399 pages; its ISBN is: 0-7923-5942-9. Click here to see the titles of the chapters and the names of the authors. Click here to see a chapter on "Carotenoids in Photosynthesis: An Historical Perspective" by Govindjee.

• In 2000, a new book "Probing Photosynthesis: Mechanisms, Regulation and Adaptation", edited by M. Yunus, U. Pathre, and P. Mohanty, was published by Taylor & Francis, London. Click on the title of the book to see the Table of Contents, and, then click on the title of the chapter to see"Milestones in Photosynthesis" bringing out the highlights of photosynthesis for you to enjoy and challenge.
  
  
• Click here to find the list of "Personal Perspectives" published in Photosynthesis Research .
  
• The table of content, along with the names of the authors, of the book "Concepts in Photobiology: Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis," published in 1999, can be seen by clicking here.
  
• The renovation of the site is, for all intents and purposes, finished. Please report any errors by e-mailing gov@uiuc.edu so that they can be promptly corrected. Thank you.

With Coworkers at The University of Allahabad

[This photograph was taken at the University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, India, in 1955; from left to right: T.Rajarao,
Rajni Varma, Manmohan Laloraya and Govindjee,
graduate students of Professor Shri Ranjan, who had
earlier worked with F. F. Blackman of UK.]

With Eugene Rabinowitch of University of Illinois

[This photograph was taken at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1961;
from left to right: Professor Eugene Rabinowitch (PhD thesis advisor ),
Rajni Govindjee (Ph D, 1961, Botany, University of Illinois) and
Govindjee (Ph.D., 1960, Biophysics, University of Illinois).]

Read a poem.

Send mail to Govindjee (gov@uiuc.edu)

Last page update: 23 September 2000