Prafullachandra Vishnu Sane
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Prafullachandra Vishnu Sane obtained his BSc (Agriculture) and MSc (Agriculture) from Nagpur University, after which he served the Bureau of Indian Standards (1961-64) and then obtained PhD (Plant Biochemistry) (1968) from the University of Alberta, Canada. Thereafter, he worked as Assistant Research Botanist for three years at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship to work in Bochum University on electron transport and energy transduction in chloroplast membranes and showed the presence of proton translocating proteins responsible for generating a pH gradient across the membranes. He joined as Head, Agricultural Biochemistry Section, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in 1972; and also worked as Director, National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) (1984-97).
Research Interest
Photosynthesis, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
