About Martha Christensen
Lived 1932 – 2017 (aged 85). Martha Christensen was an American botanist, ecologist and mycologist.
Dr. Martha Christensen (born 4 January 1932, Ames, died 19 March 2017, Madison) was an American mycologist, botanist and educator known as an expert in fungal taxonomy and ecology, particularly for soil-dwelling fungi in the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium.
Education and career Christensen received her B.S. degree in 1953 from the University of Nebraska, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in botany from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She was hired as the first female faculty member in the Department of Botany at the University of Wyoming in 1963.
Service and awards She served as president of the Mycological Society of America from 1987 to 1988, and received the organization's William A. Weston Award in teaching excellence in 1991. In 2013 she received the Johanna Westerdijk Award from the Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute.
Research Christensen's research covered a wide variety of mycological topics, and she was supported in that work by over 60 grants.
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American botanist (1932-2017)
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Martha Christensen was born on 4 January 1932 in Ames.
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Martha Christensen died on 19 March 2017 in Madison.
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Martha Christensen was a botanist, ecologist and mycologist.
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