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Special Issue: Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability

Submission status
Open
Open for submission from
10 July 2023
Submission deadline
30 April 2024

Photosynthesis represents the central process in nature that is responsible for using solar energy to convert about 100 gigatons of carbon dioxide into the energy-rich carbohydrates each year that ultimately support almost all ecosystems. The key step for the conversion of solar energy into chemical energy takes place in molecular machines known as photosystems and performed by plants, algae, and some bacteria. Despite the many discoveries and achievements in recent decades, many aspects of photosynthesis remain unexplored.

Many researchers globally are working on understanding how photosynthesis functions, and how this process can be made more efficient and applied towards reaching the United Nations sustainability goals. This article collection invites articles featuring original research, reviews, and new methods relating to the application of photosynthetic mechanisms towards sustainability.

This collection is connected to the 11th International “Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability – 2023” .

Editors

  • Tatsuya Tomo Tatsuya Tomo , 

    Tatsuya Tomo

    Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

  • Rajagopal Subramanyam Rajagopal Subramanyam  &

    Rajagopal Subramanyam

    Rajagopal Subramanyam is Professor at the Dept of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India. He contributed to the area of photosynthesis for over 25 years, with focus on chloroplast bioenergetics & acclimation. His group studied the structural and organizational dynamics of photosystems (PS) & light-harvesting complexes (LHC) in C. reinhardtii & A. thaliana. His lab used proteomic and metabolomic-based approaches to dissect abiotic stress-responsive events in chloroplasts. He studied the influence of high light and Fe deficiency on the organization of photosynthetic apparatus & proposed a structural model of PSI

  • Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

    Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev is Head of the Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory at the K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow. For the last 15 years, he worked in the development of artificial photosynthesis systems to obtain molecular hydrogen as an alternative energy source. He was awarded the Global Energy Prize in 2021 for his contribution to the development of alternative energy. In 2022, he was awarded the title of Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation in recognition of his contribution to the study of plant biology development and the fundamental principles of photosynthesis.

Articles (8 in this collection)