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==Early life and education==

 

==Career==

==Research==

Raven's research investigated [[algae|algal life forms]] in the upper levels of the ocean, which underpin [[marine ecosystem]]s and [[Carbon cycle|recycle carbon]]. He has explored how [[carbon dioxide]], light and trace minerals interact to limit [[primary production|primary productivity]] in algae.<ref name=frs2/> Raven had research interests that range<ref name="symposium"/> from organism-level bioenegetics,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |year=1970 |title=Exogenous inorganic carbon sources in plant photosynthesis |journal=Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=167–220 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-185X.1970.tb01629.x |s2cid=86332656 }}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> biochemistry<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |year=2000 |title=Land plant biochemistry |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B |volume=355 |issue=1398 |pages=833–846 |doi=10.1098/rstb.2000.0618 |pmc=1692786 |pmid=10905612}}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> and [[ecophysiology]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |last2=Hurd |first2=C.L. |year=2012 |title=Ecophysiology of photosynthesis in macroalgae |journal=Photosynthesis Research |volume=113 |issue=1–3 |pages=105–125 |doi=10.1007/s11120-012-9768-z |pmid=22843100 |s2cid=5744231 }}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> through to wider-scale [[biogeochemistry]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |last2=Wollenweber |first2=B. |last3=Handley |first3=L.L. |year=1992 |title=Ammonia and ammonium fluxes between photolithotrophs and the environment in relation to the global nitrogen-cycle |journal=New Phytologist |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=5–18 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-8137.1992.tb01087.x |doi-access=free }}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> [[palaeoecology]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |last2=Yin |first2=Z.H. |year=1998 |title=The past, present and future of nitrogenous compounds in the atmosphere, and their interactions with plants |journal=New Phytologist |volume=139 |issue=1 |pages=205–219 |doi=10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00168.x |doi-access=free }}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> and even [[astrobiology]].<ref>{{cite journal |author1=O'Malley-James, J. T. |author2=Raven, J. A. |author3=Cockell, C. S. |year=2012 |title=Life and Light: Exotic Photosynthesis in Binary and Multiple-Star Systems |journal=Astrobiology |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=115–124 |doi=10.1089/ast.2011.0678 |display-authors=etal |pmid=22283409|arxiv=1110.3728 |bibcode=2012AsBio..12..115O |s2cid=43997271 }}<!--|accessdate=27 March 2013--></ref> He published more than 300 refereed research papers,<ref name=scopus>{{Scopus|7103305526}}</ref> over 50 book chapters, the book ''Energetics and Transport in Aquatic Plants'' (1984),<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raven |first1=J.A. |year=1984 |title=Energetics and Transport in Aquatic Plants |edition=1 |publisher=Krieger Publishing Company |isbn=0-8451-2203-7 }}</ref> and, together with [[Paul Falkowski]], the influential textbook ''Aquatic Photosynthesis'' (1997, 2007).<ref>{{cite book | last1=Falkowski | first1=P.G. | last2=Raven | first2=J.A. | year=2007 | title=Aquatic Photosynthesis | edition=2 | publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] | url=http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8337.html | isbn=978-0-632-06139-6 }}</ref> In 2005, Raven led a [[Royal Society of London|Royal Society]] review of the state and implications of ongoing [[ocean acidification]].<ref name=raven05>Raven, J. A. ''et al.'' (2005). [http://royalsociety.org/Report_WF.aspx?pageid=9633 Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide.] Royal Society, London, UK.</ref> {{As of|2016}}, Raven was active in both research<ref name="RavenBeardall2016">{{cite journal|last1=Raven|first1=John A.|last2=Beardall|first2=John|title=The ins and outs of CO2|journal=Journal of Experimental Botany|volume=67|issue=1|year=2016|pages=1–13|doi=10.1093/jxb/erv451|pmid=26466660|pmc=4682431}}</ref> and teaching, despite officially retiring in 2008 when he warned: {{centered pull quote|Life has survived many rapid and large amplitude environmental changes over billions of years, but we should not be complacent about the biological effects of current anthropogenic influences on the environment. At the most selfish level, we depend on the continued provision of 'ecosystem services' for our quality of life.<ref name="symposium"/>}}

 

==Awards and honours==

 

He was elected President of the [[Botanical Society of Edinburgh]] for 1986–88.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/03746608708685428|doi = 10.1080/03746608708685428|title = Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh|year = 1987|volume = 45|issue = 2|pages = 163–165}}</ref>

 

 

He was also a recipient of the Award of Excellence from [[Phycological Society of America]] in 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psaalgae.org/award-of-excellence/ |title=Award of Excellence |website=Phycological Society of America |access-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref> and made an Honorary Life Member of the British Phycological Society in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifesci.dundee.ac.uk/awards/honorary-life-member-british-phycological-society |title=Honorary Life Member of the British Phycological Society |website=University of Dundee |date=20 August 2013 |access-date=1 April 2016 }}</ref>

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