Daniel Arnon
Daniel Arnon · Science & Medicine
Plant physiologist who elucidated photophosphorylation, the mechanism by which plants convert light into chemical energy.
1910, Warsaw, Poland — 1994, California, United States
Poland · United States
Daniel Arnon is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Plant physiologist who elucidated photophosphorylation, the mechanism by which plants convert light into chemical energy.
Daniel I. Arnon was a Polish-born American plant physiologist at the University of California, Berkeley, who elucidated photophosphorylation — the process by which chloroplasts convert light into the chemical energy (ATP) that powers photosynthesis. His work was foundational to modern understanding of how plants capture solar energy. He was Jewish, born in Warsaw.
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Plant physiologist who elucidated photophosphorylation, the mechanism by which plants convert light into chemical energy.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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