John M. Olson (biophysicist) explained

John M. Olson
Birth Name:	John Melvin Olson
Birth Date:	September 18, 1929
Birth Place:	Niagara Falls, New York, U.S.
Death Place:	Easthampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Field:	ChemistryBiology
Work Institution:	Brookhaven National Laboratory Odense University
Alma Mater:	Wesleyan University University of Pennsylvania
Doctoral Advisor:	Martin Kamen
Academic Advisors:	Britton Chance Lucile Smith
Known For:	FMO complex
Spouse:	Caroline Claypool (m. 1953; 3 children) (d. 2008)

John M. Olson (September 18, 1929 – July 2, 2017) was an American biophysicist and pioneer researcher in photosynthesis, especially light harvesting complex of green sulfur bacteria.^[1]

In 1962 Olson was the first to discover and characterize pigment-protein complex of green sulfur bacteria (Chlorobiota), which was later named after him as Fenna–Matthews–Olson complex.^{[1] [2]} In 1980s he intensively studied bacteriochlorophyll self-assembly in chlorosomes of green sulfur and green non-sulfur bacteria.^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Blankenship, R.E., Brune, D.C. & Olson, J.C. . Remembering John M. Olson (1929–2017) . Photosynthesis Research . 137 . 161–169 . 2018 . 2 . 10.1007/s11120-018-0489-9 . 29460034 . 254935010 .
2. Olson J.M., Romano C.A. . 1962 . A new chlorophyll from green bacteria . Biochim Biophys Acta . 59 . 3 . 726–728 . 10.1016/0006-3002(62)90659-5. 14481936 .
3. Olson J.M. . 1998 . Chlorophyll organization and function in green photosynthetic bacteria . Photochem Photobiol . 67 . 61–75 . 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1998.tb05166.x. 84418381 .

Further reading

• Blankenship, R.E., Brune, D.C. & Olson, J.C. . Remembering John M. Olson (1929–2017) . Photosynthesis Research . 137 . 161–169 . 2018 . 2 . 10.1007/s11120-018-0489-9 . 29460034 . 254935010 .