Christiaan Sybesma (August 31, 1928-January 31, 2018), an extraordinary biophysicist of our time

Wim J Vredenberg; Govindjee Govindjee

doi:10.1007/s11120-020-00734-x

Christiaan Sybesma (August 31, 1928-January 31, 2018), an extraordinary biophysicist of our time

Photosynth Res. 2020 Jun;144(3):297-300. doi: 10.1007/s11120-020-00734-x. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

Authors

Wim J Vredenberg¹, Govindjee Govindjee²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. wim@vredenberg.nl.
² Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Center of Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, IL, 61801, USA.

Abstract

We provide here a brief Tribute to Christiaan Sybesma (1928-2018), a highly respected biophysicist of our time. We remember him by giving a brief highlight of his life and a glimpse of his outstanding contributions in photosynthesis. He was a charming and highly respected scientist of our time.

Keywords: Biophysics; Excitation energy transfer; FMO (Fenna-Matthews-Olson) protein; P840; Reaction center BChl a; Rhodospirillum rubrum.

Publication types

Bibliography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

Belgium
Biophysics / history*
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Indonesia
Netherlands
Photosynthesis*
United States

Personal name as subject

Christiaan Sybesma