Chicita F. Culberson

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Chicita F. Culberson
Born
Chicita Forman

(1931-11-01)November 1, 1931
Bill Culberson
AwardsAcharius Medal
Scientific career
FieldsLichenology
InstitutionsDuke University

Chicita Frances Culberson (born Chicita Frances Forman, November 1, 1931, in

lichenologist
.

Education

She graduated with a B.S. from the

Bill Culberson.[2][3] In 1954, she received an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin, and in 1959 she received a Ph.D. from Duke University.[2]

Career

A botanical researcher at Duke University, Culberson pioneered the use of thin-layer chromatography in the identification of secondary lichen products.[4]

In 1992, she became one of the first modern recipients of the Acharius Medal.[5]

In 2000, botanist Theodore Esslinger circumscribed Culbersonia, which is a fungal genus in the family Caliciaceae and named in Bill Culberson and Chicita F. Culberson's honour, his "longtime friends and mentors".[6][7] At the 9th International Association for Lichenology conference held virtually in Brazil on 4 August 2021, the lichen chemistry symposium was dedicated to Culberson for her 90th birthday.[8]

The standard author abbreviation C.F.Culb. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[9]

Personal life

Culberson was married to fellow lichenologist

Bill Culberson from 1953,[10]
until his death in 2003. Culberson died on March 3, 2023, at Croasdaile Village, a senior adult community in Durham, North Carolina.

See also

Sources

  1. ^ "Obituary for Chicita Frances Culberson". Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ a b "Chicita F Culberson, Senior Research Scientist". fds.duke.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  3. ^ "IAL - Acharius Medallists". www.lichenology.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  4. ^ Acharius Medallists: Chicita F. Culberson Archived 2013-11-07 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; published 2007 or earlier; retrieved October 22, 2013
  5. ^ Acharius Medallists Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved October 22, 2013
  6. S2CID 86045065
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  7. S2CID 246307410
    . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. ^ LaGreca, Scott (2021). "The lichen chemistry symposium at IAL9 was dedicated to Chicita Culberson for her 90th birthday" (PDF). International Lichenological Newsletter. 54 (2): 19–21.
  9. ^ International Plant Names Index.  C.F.Culb.
  10. ^ Acharius Medallists: William Louis Culberson Archived 2007-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved November 28, 2017

External links

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