Dr. Elisabeth Gantt
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Creator: Hofmeister, Richard K
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1979
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports Winter 1979
Dr. Elisabeth Gantt, a biologist at the Smithsonian's Radiation Biology Laboratory in Rockville, MD, studies algae in solution. Dr. Gantt studied the photosynthetic apparatus of plants, in particular, plants in the algae family. The conversion of solar into chemical energy via the pigment chlorophyll--the process known as photosynthesis--takes place in plants with relatively high efficiency.
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Smithsonian Institution Research Reports Winter 1979
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-016, Box 1, Folder: Research Reports Winter 1979
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1979
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SIA2011-1158 and 79-14206-12A
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