Nina Golubkova

Nina Sergeevna Golubkova (Russian: Нина Сергеевна Голубкова) (January 28, 1932 in Leningrad – August 24, 2009 in Saint Petersburg) was an award-winning 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.[1] 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.[2] She also participated in specimen-collecting expeditions to the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan,[1] and to the steppes, taiga, and desert of Mongolia,[3] and in 1978, she was a contributor to volume 5 of the Handbook of Lichens of the USSR.[1]

In 1982, Golubkova was promoted to director of the Institute's Lichenology and Bryology Laboratory,[1] a position she retained for over 20 years.[3] 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.[1]

In 2000, Golubkova was awarded the Acharius Medal for lifetime achievement in lichenology.[4]

Two lichen species, Chaenothecopsis golubkovae and Catillaria golubkovae, have been named in her honor.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 A Tribute to Nina Sergeevna Golubkova (1932–2009), by Lev G. Biazrov, Mikhail P. Zhurbenko and Mark R. D. Seaward; published 2010 in the Lichenologist, volume 42, pp 227-229; doi:10.1017/S0024282909990685, archived at the University of Oslo
  2. ↑ Acharius Medallists: Nina Siergeovna Golubkova, by Yuri Kotlov; at the International Association for Lichenology; published 2000; retrieved August 6, 2014
  3. 1 2 3 REPORTS: Nina Sergeevna Golubkova, by Mikhail Andreev; in the International Lichenological Newsletter; volume 42, number 1; page 16-17; published October 2009; retrieved August 6, 2014
  4. ↑ Acharius Medallists, at the International Association for Lichenology; retrieved August 6, 2014
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'N.S.Golubk.'". International Plant Names Index.
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