Estelle Louise Jensen (25 May 1888 – 10 January 1962) was an American

plant pathologist Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungus, fung ...

Early life

On May 25, 1888, Jensen was born as Estelle Louise Jensen in

Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

Education

Jensen received an A.B. degree from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

in 1909 and an A.M. degree from

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...

in 1910.

Career

From 1912 to 1913, Jensen was a xylotomist for the recently formed

Forest Products Laboratory The Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is the national research laboratory of the United States Forest Service, which is part of USDA. Since its opening in 1910, the FPL has provided scientific research on wood, wood products and their commercial us ...

of the Department of Agriculture. During the period 1913–1917, Jensen was an instructor in

mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...

for the University of Minnesota and a researcher at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Her research interests included

imperfect fungi The fungi imperfecti or imperfect fungi, are fungi which do not fit into the commonly established Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic classifications of fungi that are based on biological species concepts or morphological characteristics of sexual str ...

that are pathogens of

cereal A cereal is any Poaceae, grass cultivated for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, Cereal germ, germ, and bran. Cereal Grain, grain crops are grown in greater quantit ...

Personal life

In 1917, Jensen married Elvin C. Stakman, a professor. They have no children. On January 10, 1962, Jensen died suddenly and unexpectedly in Minnesota. Jensen was 73. Jensen is buried as Louise Jensen Stakman at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Selected publications

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References

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External links

Sigma Fi diploma for Elvin Charles and Louise Estelle Stakman, 1906, 1909

Finding aid, Elvin C. Stakman papers, 1918-1973
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen, Estelle Louise 1888 births 1962 deaths American phytopathologists Women phytopathologists American women scientists University of Minnesota alumni Smith College alumni