Photosynthetica 2025, 63(2):81-92 | DOI: 10.32615/ps.2025.010

The 12th International Conference on "Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability 2024": in honour of John Allen,Eva-Mari Aro, İbrahim Dinçer, Kazunari Domen, Elizabeth Gantt, and Andrey Rubin

M. ZIVCAK1, J. KERN2, T. TOMO3, G. SOYKAN4, J.J. EATON-RYE5, S.I. ALLAKHVERDIEV4, 6, B.D. BRUCE7
1 Institute of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture, Trieda A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
2 Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720 CA, USA
3 Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, 162-8601 Tokyo, Japan
4 Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
5 Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, 9054 Dunedin, New Zealand
6 К.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya St. 35, 127276 Moscow, Russia
7 Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

The 12th International Conference "Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability 2024" was organised in honour of John Allen, Eva-Mari Aro, İbrahim Dinçer, Kazunari Domen, Elizabeth Gantt, and Andrey Rubin, by Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul from 13 to 19 October 2024. The International Society of Photosynthesis Research (ISPR) and the International Association for Hydrogen Energy (IAHE) supported the event. In the brief report, we provide a summary of the conference, the scientific contributions of honoured scientists, and a brief content of individual sessions. We specifically focused on the participation of young researchers, their presentations and awards.

Additional key words: artificial photosynthesis; hydrogen production; international conference; natural photosynthesis.

Received: March 20, 2025; Revised: March 20, 2025; Accepted: March 20, 2025; Prepublished online: April 15, 2025; Published: July 10, 2025  Show citation

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ZIVCAK, M., KERN, J., TOMO, T., SOYKAN, G., EATON-RYE, J.J., ALLAKHVERDIEV, S.I., & BRUCE, B.D. (2025). The 12th International Conference on "Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability 2024": in honour of John Allen,Eva-Mari Aro, İbrahim Dinçer, Kazunari Domen, Elizabeth Gantt, and Andrey Rubin. Photosynthetica, 63(2), 81-92. doi: 10.32615/ps.2025.010
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