Nina Golubkova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian lichenologist
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Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg
About Nina Golubkova
- Nina Sergeevna Golubkova (Russian: ???? ????????? ?????????) (January 28, 1932 in Leningrad – August 24, 2009 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian lichenologist. In 1955, after graduating from Leningrad State University with a degree in mycology, Golubkova joined the Komarov Botanical Institute, where she worked under the supervision of Vsevolod Savich.
- In the 1960s, she studied specimens which had been retrieved during various Soviet expeditions to the Antarctic; her research on these samples led to multiple scientific publications and the identification of several new species.
- She also participated in specimen-collecting expeditions to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan, and to the steppes, taiga, and desert of Mongolia, and in 1978, she was a contributor to volume 5 of the Handbook of Lichens of the USSR.In 1982, Golubkova was promoted to director of the Institute's Lichenology and Bryology Laboratory, a position she retained for over 20 years.
- In the aftermath of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, she arranged for the publication of volumes 6 through 10 of the now-renamed Handbook of Lichens of Russia , of which she served as editor-in-chief.In 2000, Golubkova was awarded the Acharius Medal for lifetime achievement in lichenology.Two lichen species, Chaenothecopsis golubkovae and Catillaria golubkovae, have been named in her honor.
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