Johan Sebastiaan Ploem

Johan Sebastiaan Ploem (born 25 August 1927, Sawahlunto) is a Dutch microscopist and digital artist, who made significant contribution to the field of fluorescence microscopy.

DUTCH NATIONAL MUSEUM FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE (Boerhaave Museum, Leiden the Netherlands). Ploem's prototype fluorescence epi-illuminators and microscopes form a part of the permanent exposition of the Dutch National Museum of Science and Medicine (Boerhaave Museum, Leiden, the Netherlands) A comprehensive report has been made for this museum presenting published reviews of Ploem's contributions to fluorescence microscopy, citations and web links to his inventions and developments. This report is published in a website:

www.ploem-fluorescence-microscopy.com