Chicita F. Culberson
American lichenologist
Chicita F. Culberson | |
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| Born | Chicita Forman (1931-11-01)November 1, 1931 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | March 5, 2023(2023-03-05) (aged 91) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Duke University, University of Wisconsin, University of Cincinnati |
| Spouse | Bill Culberson |
| Awards | Acharius Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lichenology |
| Institutions | Duke University |
Chicita Frances Culberson (born Chicita Frances Forman, November 1, 1931, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 5, 2023, in Durham, North Carolina)[1] was an American lichenologist.
Education
She graduated with a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati in 1953, where she also met her future husband, 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
- Category:Taxa named by Chicita F. Culberson
Sources
- Biography of Dr Culberson Archived 2013-11-07 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org
- ^ "Obituary for Chicita Frances Culberson". Retrieved 2024-02-11.
- ^ a b "Chicita F Culberson, Senior Research Scientist". fds.duke.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ "IAL - Acharius Medallists". www.lichenology.org. Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
- ^ Acharius Medallists: Chicita F. Culberson Archived 2013-11-07 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; published 2007 or earlier; retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Acharius Medallists Archived 2021-06-24 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved October 22, 2013
- ^ Esslinger, Theodore L. (2000). "Culbersonia americana, a rare new lichen (Ascomycota) from Western America". The Bryologist. 103 (4): 771–773. doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0771:CAARNL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86045065.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. C.F.Culb.
- ^ Acharius Medallists: William Louis Culberson Archived 2007-07-19 at the Wayback Machine at Lichenology.org; retrieved November 28, 2017
External links
- Dr Culberson's faculty page at Duke University
- Partial bibliography of Dr Culberson's research at Scientific Commons
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Presidents of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society
- Abel Joel Grout (1899–1900)
- George Newton Best (1901–1902)
- John Michael Holzinger (1903–1904)
- Edward Blanchard Chamberlain (1905–1907)
- Theodore Christian Frye (1908–1909)
- Bruce Fink (1910)
- Alexander William Evans (1911–1915)
- Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1916–1919)
- Annie Morrill Smith (1920–1921)
- Albert LeRoy Andrews (1922–1923)
- Robert Statham Williams (1924–1930)
- Edwin Bunting Bartram (1931–1932)
- Aaron John Sharp (1933–1935)
- William Campbell Steere (1936–1937)
- George Elwood Nichols (1938–1939)
- Hugo Leander Blomquist (1940–1941)
- Henry Shoemaker Conard (1942–1945)
- Richard T. Wareham (1946–1947)
- Paul Morrison Patterson (1948–1949)
- Lewis Edward Anderson (1950–1951)
- Geneva Sayre (1952–1953)
- Winona H. Welch (1954–1955)
- Ruth Schornherst Breen (1956–1957)
- John Walter Thomson (1958–1959)
- Roy Franklin Cain (1960–1961)
- Betty Wilson Higinbotham (1962)
- Howard Alvin Crum (1962–1963)
- Harvey A. Miller (1964–1965)
- Seville Flowers (1965–1967)
- Wilfred B. Schofield (1967–1969)
- William Alfred Weber (1969–1970)
- Paul Leslie Redfearn (1971–1973)
- Emanuel David Rudolph (1974–1975)
- Ronald A. Pursell (1975–1977)
- Irwin M. Brodo (1977–1979)
- William D. Reese (1979–1981)
- Thomas Hawkes Nash III (1981–1983)
- Norton G. Miller (1985–1987)
- William Louis Culberson (1987–1989)
- Dale H. Vitt (1989–1991)
- Vernon Ahmadjian (1992–1993)
- Barbara J. Crandall-Stotler (1993–1995)
- Chicita Frances Culberson (1995–1997)
- Brent D. Mishler (1997–1999)
- Robert S. Egan (1999–2001)
- William Russel Buck (2001–2003)
- James Donald Lawrey (2003–2005)
- Nancy G. Slack (2005–2007)
- Theodore Lee Esslinger (2007–2009)
- Karen S. Renzaglia (2009–2011)
- Roger Rosentreter (2011–2013)
- A. Jonathan Shaw (2013–2015)
- Larry L. St. Clair (2015–2017)
- Catherine La Farge (2017–2019)
- Doug Ladd (2019–2021)
- Scott Schuette (2021-2023)
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