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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.
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Nina Golubkova
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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. 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 Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. 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
Two lichen species, Chaenothecopsis golubkovae and Catillaria golubkovae, have been named in her honor.
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