Gunnar Öquist

Gunnar Ӧquist, the pre-eminent Swedish plant physiologist, is distinguished for seminal contributions to understanding how plants, algae and cyanobacteria cope with environmental stress, particularly low temperature, high light and iron deficiency. He continues to elucidate novel molecular mechanisms underlying photosynthetic responses during cold acclimation of evergreens and crop plants, and to make significant discoveries concerning photoinhibition. He has worked closely with Australian scientists, in CSIRO and his laboratory (Umeå), served on ANU advisory boards, and contributed to an AAS-sponsored forum on nurturing creativity in research. With the Umeå Plant Science Center, a Swedish genomics centre, and as Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, he now has opportunities to enhance links between our Academies, and the networking of Australian research with Sweden and the European Union, thereby strengthening the excellent contacts he has sustained between our countries.

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