Dr.
Roderick Keener Clayton
(
–
)
1922
2011
Cornell University
;
Ithaca, NY
Biophysicist; Plant biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
Elected
1971
Pioneered the discovery and characterization of the photosynthetic reaction center, a protein-pigment complex in which the primary conversion of light into chemical energy occurs.
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