Nina Sergeyevna Golubkova

Russian lichenologist (1932-2009).

Nina Sergeevna Golubkova (Russian: Нина Сергеевна Голубкова) (January 28, 1932 in Leningrad – August 24, 2009 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian lichenologist. 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. 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. She also partici