Susanne von Caemmerer

Susanne von Caemmerer FRS
von Caemmerer in 2017
Alma mater	Australian National University
Scientific career
Fields	Plant physiology
Institutions	Australian National University
Thesis	On the relationship between chloroplast biochemistry and gas exchange of leaves  (1981)
Website	biology.anu.edu.au/research/labs/von-caemmerer-lab-co2-fixation-and-water-loss-leaves

Susanne von Caemmerer is an Australian plant physiologist who is a professor and plant physiologist in the Division of Plant Sciences, Research School of Biology at the Australian National University; ^[1] and the Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis. ^[2] She has been a leader in developing and refining biochemical models of photosynthesis. ^{[3] [4]}

Education

von Caemmerer received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics in 1976 from Australian National University, she received her PhD in plant physiology in 1981. ^{[3] [2] [5]}

Career and Research

With Graham Farquhar and Joe Berry, her early work in plant physiology led to the development of a biochemical model of C3 photosynthesis. ^[6] The model that mathematically describes the balance of photosynthetic limitations between light-driven energy supply and carbon diffusion substrate supply has become a cornerstone of research into photosynthesis at the leaf-level and carbon fluxes at larger scales.

She currently^{[ when? ]} serves on the editorial board of the journal Plant, Cell & Environment . ^[7]

Honours and awards

She was awarded the Charles F. Kettering Award in recognition of her excellence in the field of photosynthesis in 2014 by the American Society of Plant Biologists. ^[8]

She was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, ^[9] the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2006 ^[10] and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017. ^[11]

In 2021, she and John Endler were jointly awarded the inaugural Suzanne Cory Medal for Biomedical Sciences. ^[12]

In 2025 she was awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society. ^[13]

References

1. "von Caemmerer Laboratory". 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2016.
2. "Susanne von Caemmerer, Deputy Director". photosynthesis.org.au. ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
3. Farquhar, Graham D.; Caemmerer, Susanne von; Berry, Joseph A. (1 January 2001). "Models of Photosynthesis". Plant Physiology. 125 (1): 42–45. doi:10.1104/pp.125.1.42. ISSN   1532-2548. PMC   1539321 . PMID   11154292.
4. Susanne von Caemmerer publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
5. Susanne von Caemmerer publications indexed by Google Scholar
6. Farquhar, G. D.; Caemmerer, S. von; Berry, J. A. (1 June 1980). "A biochemical model of photosynthetic CO2 assimilation in leaves of C3 species". Planta. 149 (1): 78–90. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.458.8059 . doi:10.1007/BF00386231. ISSN   0032-0935. PMID   24306196. S2CID   20518047.
7. "Plant, Cell & Environment - Editorial Board". Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3040. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
8. "Charles F. Kettering Award". www.aspb.org. American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB). Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
9. "Professor Susanne von Caemmerer". www.science.org.au. Australian Academy of Science. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
10. "Susanne von Caemmerer". 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
11. Anon (2017). "Susanne Von Caemmerer -biography". royalsociety.org. London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
12. "2021 awardees | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
13. Royal Medal 2025