title: René Marcelle (December 30, 1931-December 18, 2011), the first editor-in-chief of Photosynthesis Research.
abstract: This tribute honors the first editor-in-chief of Photosynthesis Research, René Marcelle the Belgian plant physiologist who, with publishers in The Netherlands, launched the journal in 1980. Here, we present a glimpse of René Marcelle's early life, his education and research, as well as his editorial work for the journal and other conferences in plant physiology. He worked on control of photosynthesis, both the biological and environmental aspects, as well as on crassulacean acid metabolism. He is best remembered as a kind-hearted and humane editor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, Department of Biochemistry, and Center of Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 265 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.
authors.lastname: Govindjee
authors.affiliation: , 5030, Gembloux, Belgium.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marcelle
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D001901:Botany / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history; D010788:Photosynthesis; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena
keywords: Belgium; Book reviews; Bryophyllum; C. Sironval; Horticulture; Photosynthesis Research