Nina Sergeevna Golubkova (russian: Нина Сергеевна Голубкова) (January 28, 1932 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– August 24, 2009 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Russian lichenologist. In 1955, after graduating from

Leningrad State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

with a degree 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 ...

, Golubkova joined the Komarov Botanical Institute, where she worked under the supervision of

Vsevolod Savich Vsevolod Pavlovich Savich (; 19 February 1885 – 25 May 1972) was a Soviet lichenologist. He headed the Section of Cryptogamic Plants of the Komarov Botanical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Savich died in Leningrad ...

.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

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In the 1960s, she studied specimens which had been retrieved during various Soviet expeditions to the

Antarctic The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...

; her research on these samples led to multiple scientific publications and the identification of several new species.Acharius Medallists: Nina Siergeovna Golubkova
by Yuri Kotlov; at the International Association for Lichenology; published 2000; retrieved August 6, 2014 She also participated in specimen-collecting expeditions to the

Pamir Mountains The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range between Central Asia and Pakistan. It is located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

, and to the steppes, taiga, and desert of

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

,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 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 The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, 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 __NOTOC__ The Acharius Medal is awarded by the International Association for Lichenology (IAL) for lifetime achievement in lichenology. The organization resolved at its 1990 meeting that it would simultaneously honor professional achievement and c ...

for lifetime achievements in lichenology.Acharius Medallists
at the International Association for Lichenology; retrieved August 6, 2014 Two lichen species, ''

Chaenothecopsis golubkovae ''Chaenothecopsis'' is a genus of about 40 species of pin lichens in the family Mycocaliciaceae. Many of the species are resinicolous, meaning they grow on conifer resin or other plant exudates. Most common host plants are trees in the genera ''A ...

'' and ''

Catillaria golubkovae ''Catillaria'' is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Catillariaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Italian lichenologist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1852. It is the type genus of Catillariaceae, which was circumscribed by Austrian l ...

'', and the lichen genus ''

Golubkovia ''Golubkovia'' is a single-species genus in the family Teloschistaceae. It contains the species ''Golubkovia trachyphylla'', a crustose lichen. The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by Sergey Kondratyuk, Ingvar Kärnefelt, John Elix, Arne Thell, a ...

'', have been named in her honor.

References

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