- Andrew Benson
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work_institutions =Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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religion = |footnotes = |Andrew Benson is a scientist who, along with
Melvin Calvin andJames Bassham , elucidated the path of carbon assimilation (the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle) in plants. The carbon reduction cycle is known as theCalvin cycle , which inappropriately ignores the contribution of Bassham and Benson. Many scientists refer to the cycle as theCalvin-Benson Cycle , Benson-Calvin, and some even call it the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (or CBB) Cycle.This was done from 1946 through 1953. [http://books.google.com/books?id=qHCzrDHajtoC&pg=PA166&lpg=PA166&dq=%22andrew+benson%22+plant&source=web&ots=lmTqjVYKgo&sig=c-PYTFEwUZEUsnupceTsaK7PhrI#PPA166,M1]
He was a chemistry instructor at the
University of California at Berkley in 1942 and 1943. [http://books.google.com/books?id=2YEFIBqM5sAC&pg=PA111&dq=%22andrew+benson%22+nobel&sig=uYhIXWCCpJ_uGUdMSIdyJzGEAzA]Benson received his Ph.D. in about 1945.
Benson was latter a professor at
Scripps Institution of Oceanography . [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE2DA1239F930A35752C1A964958260 Increasing Plants' Yields With Sun and Diluted Methanol - New York Times ] ] He was also a professor at theUniversity of California at San Diego but had received emeritus status by 2002. [http://books.google.com/books?id=q31RG6OxPKYC&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=%22dr+andrew+benson%22&source=web&ots=U9tbgGE1qz&sig=ibGgvw8W-dHxh132kH8bAf3gHvs]References
External links
* [http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/Profile/index.php?who=abenson Andrew Benson's profile at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography]
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